David Lindley is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist that redefines the word “eclectic.” The majority of instruments Lindley has incorporated are string instruments, including the acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, electric lap steel guitar, Weissenborn, mandolin, fiddle, saz baglama, bouzouki, and oud . Known for his 40+ years as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne as well as being the leader of his own band El Rayo-X, Lindley’s performances effortlessly combines American folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Spanish, Breton, Malagasy and Turkish, Armenian and Persian musical sources. His solo acoustic performances in the recent past often included ace percussionists Hani Naser, and Wally Ingram. Also known for his many contributions as a sideman, Lindley has contributed to recordings and live performances by Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Curtis Mayfield, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Crosby and Nash, Rod Stewart, the great Etta James, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton and Ben Harper, who has credited Lindley’s slide guitar style as a major influence on his own playing. He has made notable contributions with avant-garde guitarist Henry Kaiser to the World Out Of Time series featuring various musicians from Madagascar and the Oscar nominated sound track to Werner Herzog’s “Journey To The End Of The World,” also a collaboration with Kaiser. He has also worked on film scores as a musician for James Horner, Jack Niesche, Ry Cooder, and director Michelangelo Antonioni on the 60’s classic Zabriski Point. Then joined forces again with Jackson Browne and various musicians from Spain and Catalonia on the double CD, Love Is Strange, which earned them a nomination for a Grammy.

“What he played did as much to form my music as my writing those songs…This is one of the great slide players of all time” – Jackson Browne