David Perry Lindley (born March 21, 1944, San Marino, California, United States) is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton.
Lindley has an extremely large collection of rare, and to the majority of Westerners, unusual looking and sounding instruments. There is a large and detailed display of quite a few rare guitars, as well as instruments that originate from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Lindley has listed and categorized many of them on his website but admits that he has "absolutely no idea" how many instruments he owns and plays, having gathered them since the 1960s. David Lindley's American label, Elektra/Asylum Records, was not sufficiently impressed with the sales of his first two albums, “El Rayo-X” and “Win This Record”, to release this, his third album, domestically. But the international division of the company did find it worthy, so one has the unusual experience of having to dig around import bins to find a great album by an American artist recorded at several clubs in California, yet released only in Europe! Lindley, playing electric guitars, slide guitar, mellobar, and Hawaiian lap steel, is typically virtuosic and zany, opening the proceedings with "Wooly Bully" and taking it from there. The focus is on his string work, though the four-piece band is tight and Lindley's odd, reedy voice emphasizes the quirky nature of the material. Another triumph, and worth seeking out.
Lindley has an extremely large collection of rare, and to the majority of Westerners, unusual looking and sounding instruments. There is a large and detailed display of quite a few rare guitars, as well as instruments that originate from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Lindley has listed and categorized many of them on his website but admits that he has "absolutely no idea" how many instruments he owns and plays, having gathered them since the 1960s. David Lindley's American label, Elektra/Asylum Records, was not sufficiently impressed with the sales of his first two albums, “El Rayo-X” and “Win This Record”, to release this, his third album, domestically. But the international division of the company did find it worthy, so one has the unusual experience of having to dig around import bins to find a great album by an American artist recorded at several clubs in California, yet released only in Europe! Lindley, playing electric guitars, slide guitar, mellobar, and Hawaiian lap steel, is typically virtuosic and zany, opening the proceedings with "Wooly Bully" and taking it from there. The focus is on his string work, though the four-piece band is tight and Lindley's odd, reedy voice emphasizes the quirky nature of the material. Another triumph, and worth seeking out.
Track listing
1. "Wooly Bully" (Domingo Samudio) - 4:22
2. "Turning Point" (Leo Graham, Jr.) - 6:19
3. "Talk To The Lawyer" (David Lindley) - 5:35
4. "Spodie" (David Lindley) - 6:27
5. "Rag Bag" (Bob Fuller, Frizz Fuller) - 6:45
6. "Mercury Blues" (K.C. Douglas) - 3:37
Credits
Vocals, Guitar [Electric], Guitar [Slide] – David Lindley
Vocals, Guitar, Organ – Bernie Larsen
Bass, Vocals – Jorge Calderon
Drums, Percussion – Ian Wallace
Engineer [Live Recording Assistant] – Mike Carver
Engineer [Live Recording] – Biff Dawes, Greg Ladanyi
Recorded By – Greg Ladanyi
Producer, Mixed By – Michael Fagrey
Notes
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5: Recorded live in concert at Hop Singh's, Marina Del Rey, California on December 11, 1982.
Track 2: Recorded live in concert at the Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California on December 3, 1982.
Track 6: Recorded live in concert at Little Bavaria, Del Mar, California on June 18, 1982.
Genre: Soft Rock
Lenght: 33:05
Label: Asylum Records
© 1983
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