RIP David Lindley

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I enjoyed his playing a lot.

David Lindley, the rare Los Angeles session guitarist to find fame in his own right, both as an eclectic solo artist and as a marquee collaborator on landmark recordings by Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart and many others, died on Friday. He was 78.

His death was announced on his website. The announcement did not say where he died or cite a cause, although he was said to have been battling kidney trouble, pneumonia, influenza and other ailments.

With his head-turning mastery of seemingly any instrument with strings, Mr. Lindley became one of the most sought-after sidemen in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Mixing searing slide guitar work with global stylings on instruments from around the world, he brought depth and richness to recordings by luminaries like Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Warren Zevon, Ry Cooder and Iggy Pop.

But he was far more than a supporting player. “One of the most talented musicians there has ever been,” Graham Nash wrote on Instagram after Mr. Lindley’s death. (Mr. Lindley toured with Mr. Nash and David Crosby in the 1970s.) “He was truly a musician’s musician.”

[IMADreamer]

He's really was this under the radar giant.

[GeddyWrox]

Damn.

[winpop]

The majority of branches will be open from 9am to 6pm on Christmas Eve, while Argos stores within a Sainsbury's will match the argos opening times

Mod edit: leaving the post due to Leroy’s brilliant reply but poster winpop and his link have been exiled.

[Leroy]

I lost a lot of sleep last night wondering if a store I never heard of would be open on Christmas Eve.