LINDLEY !!!

[LocustXReign]

PLEASE, someone, what the **** tuning is he in. I must steal EVERY run in this song!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLlothFZzYg&feature=related

[Steve73]

El Rayo-X is a great CD for sure. Open A tuning as a guess?

[or bowling]

Merc was regular Open E tuning tuned up to F IIR...

[MKB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpebrtsSSYY&feature=related

What a band!! Omar Hakim, George Duke, Dave Sanborn, Hiram Bullock, with Lindley on vocals and rhythm guitar?? Yikes!!! Has to be one of the best cover tunes and bands ever.

Lindley's playing a Teisco Del Rey through a Dumble. That's gotta count for TGP points.

[Derek Q]

Lindley's playing a Teisco Del Rey through a Dumble. That's gotta count for TGP points.

...just wearing that Hawaiian shirt should qualify, alone. :D

[bigeric]

No one cooler!

[matte]

without a doubt, one of my favourite musicians, periodinlife. check him out with terry reid (alan white on drums).
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[KRosser]

without a doubt, one of my favourite musicians, periodinlife.

Me too, without a doubt.

[matte]

Me too, without a doubt.
so supremely "musical". the video with terry reid epitomizes all that i value in a communal musical situation.

[KRosser]

so supremely "musical". the video with terry reid epitomizes all that i value in a communal musical situation.

Way more than playing the instrument well, he changes the way the whole band sounds. That's some deep shit.

That clip w/Terry Reid and Alan White you've posted before. It's so great, I never get tired of that one

[sfarnell]

polyester all the way baby. One of my favorite musicians and I was fortunate to see El Reyo X quite a few times in the '80's. In fact, for me Lindley, Ry Cooder and their ilk was the only music that I really liked in the '80s.

Unfortunately, Hiram Bullock died, but I think everyone else is available for a reunion tour. That would be great!

I have a Teisco Del Rey and was thinking of using one of the pickups in a tele build but after seeing that video I may just keep it for rhythm stuff. Very cool sound through a Dumble.

[Flyin' Brian]

He's created his own thing. There's nobody like him. Taste, notes, tone, he has it all. Very Greasy is a spectacular record.

[matte]

Way more than playing the instrument well, he changes the way the whole band sounds. That's some deep shit.

That clip w/Terry Reid and Alan White you've posted before. It's so great, I never get tired of that onesame. i never tire of it either. such positive energy. love the vibe with the bass player and the girl on stage, not to mention the mellow manner in which the band comes together, especially how alan white enters. magick.

[Neer]

Lindley was definitely an inspiration for me to start playing lap steel and I learned all his stuff way back when I started. That said, I like his guitar playing even more.

[KRosser]

Unfortunately, Hiram Bullock died, but I think everyone else is available for a reunion tour. That would be great!



That clip with Hiram was never a touring abnd, it was when Lindley guested on Night Music and they were the house band.

That first clip of "Your Old Lady" was from the original version of his El Rayo X band, and the fantastic Ian Wallace on drums is sadly no longer with us either.

[KRosser]

same. i never tire of it either. such positive energy. love the vibe with the bass player and the girl on stage, not to mention the mellow manner in which the band comes together, especially how alan white enters. magick.

Absolutely.

A personal run-in of sorts I had with Lindley is responsible for one of the most crucial musical epiphanies I've had in life, and was a total game-changer for me. If you and I ever get the chance to hang out, remind me...

[BluesForDan]

bunch of filthy hippies:bonk




my kind of people. woot. when was the video made? :bow

[KRosser]

bunch of filthy hippies:bonk




my kind of people. woot. when was the video made? :bow

1971. Alan White would join Yes the following year

[MikeMcK]

PLEASE, someone, what the **** tuning is he in. I must steal EVERY run in this song!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLlothFZzYg&feature=related

Open E

[Dana Olsen]

1971. Alan White would join Yes the following yearYeah, after a short stint with the Plastic Ono Band (GRIN).

It sounds to me like Lindley is playing this tune in A or Bb, he's on the second neck of the lap, in E tuning (sounds like to me - the top two strings are the root and fifth below it, so that's probably open E), but tuned up to A or Bb - I could be wrong, but that's how I hear it.

Mr. Dave certainly is one of the most joyous players I've ever heard. In addition to being a genuine genius, his intonation is nearly flawless.

Thanks, Dana O.

[clemduolian]

Big DL fan! First time I've ever seen/heard that Terry Reid video. Damn fine!!

[Sweetfinger]

That Terry Reid vid is pretty cool, I've seen it a few times since I saw it on TGP a while ago in a thread about the Black Crowes. I've only been able to see Lindley once 'cause I have lived out in the sticks but I do get to regularly see one of the best bands that have ever come from Mr. Dave's influence- Anybody who digs Lindley will very likely be totally down with Major Lingo:
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Lingo does the occasional Lindley cover, like "Walk To The Sun" or "Premature"

[Dana Olsen]

Man, the more I listen to that Terry Reid video, the more my mind is blown. What a great voice Terry has - amazing!

Not to mention Mr. Dave's contribution - excellent! Made me kind of miss teh "good old days" of rock!

Thanks Matte, Dana O.

[duckbunny]

For me, Lindley is everything right about music. He's a musical soul, y'know?

I guess they call it being a musician.

He's so much more, though.


-db

[zombywoof]

Lindley is the guy who inspired me to start playing the lap steel.

"Mercury Blues" can be played in either Open D or Open E. I play it in Open D but probably because that was what my guitar was tuned to when I decided to figure out how to play the tune.

[jcs]

Lindley is great and he has great ears as well, a real tone monger David Lindley is!!

[LocustXReign]

This thread rules. Thanks, merry xmas fellas, may all your gifts have strings, circuits or tits.

[getbent]

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I've been going to see David Lindley play since I was 8....

The Late for the Sky record is the most soulful playing ever....


He can do no wrong in my eyes...

[kevin hart]

I saw him in the 80's at a small club and was just floored by his playing and his tone.

I loved the sound he got with a Boss CE-2 and I've been using one ever since and I noticed on Jackson Browne's tour last summer that he is also still using one as well.

[changeling]

thanks for that,matte;
i love lindleys' sound,ever since i first heard him play.
the band was killin,terry reid never really got his full due,did he?
real nice lock between the bass and drums.
the sheer spontaneity of alan white hitting that spliff,and coming in when he did reminds me of why i started wanting to be in a band in the first place.
more than anything,that clip makes me nostalgic for the days when we thought music could change the world.

[GTRJoe]

Lindley is truly a gifted player. I always enjoy hearing him. I've seen him play live a few times. Twice with El Rayo X and once solo. I've also been luck enough to hang with him a little. First time was back about the time he was playing with Jackson Browne. He was at the Blue Guitar when it was in Old Town. He was trying out a Tele he had some work done on. He was playing the Tele through the "shop" amp. A Fender Tweed Deluxe. He just ripped on the Tele for about 15 minutes or so. He's just as good on guitar as he is on lap steel.
Second time I worked on the sound crew when El Rayo X played at the Bacchanal. He's quite a character. He does a great impersonation of Jimmy Stewart among other things.
He got annoyed with his Dumble head at sound check. He played the gig with his spare amp a black face Bassman head. Sounded great.
Third time was a year of so ago at the Museum of Making Music. It was the opening of the slide guitar exhibit. He and Sonny Landreth did solo sets and hung out for a while. I bought a cd from him a chatted for a bit. He's a real nice guy and very funny.
If any of you haven't seen his solo acoustic show you should. I would highly recommend it.