David Lindley belongs to that rare fraternity, a gifted instrumentalist who has always followed his own heart and not only heeded the beat of a different drum, but virtually built a new one to beat upon.
Photo by: Glen LaFerman www. Lindley was like some strange little Munchkin, a character out of the Wizard of Oz. He had these overgrown mutton chop sideburns and an impish grin that would continually poke through when he was talking about what he loved best—playing music.
On these early recordings, Lindley and Cooder would begin to explore the outer reaches of what music had to offer. It was experimentation time and we did it publicly on stage and people enjoyed it. We played the Whisky all the time. We played with the Doors and Spirit. I knew Randy California [guitarist with Spirit] real well. And we played with Canned Heat. I loved Canned Heat. David Lindley grew up in southern California, first taking up the banjo as a teenager, and subsequently winning the annual Topanga canyon banjo and fiddle contest five times as he explored the American folk music tradition.
In , Mr. In , Lindley created his own remarkable Band El Rayo-X, which integrated American roots music and world beat with a heavy reggae influence. The two musicians continued to tour and record together until Lindley has collaborated with avant-garde guitarist and ethnomusicologist Henry Kaiser on several albums based on their field recordings. A two-week field recording expedition to Madagascar in yielded six albums of Malagasy music, including the award-winning, two-volume set A World Out of Time.
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