Lindley’s soaring lap steel solos on Running On Empty helped drive JB to fame and fortune in the 70s.
From https://www.davidlindley.com
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of David Lindley following a months-long illness.
David Lindley 3/21/1944 – 3/3/2023
David Perry Lindley (March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2023) was an American musician who founded the band El Rayo-X and worked with many other performers including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to him not as a multi-instrumentalist but instead as a “maxi-instrumentalist.”
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