2/2/2005 3:55:00 PM David Lindley to perform in Port Townsend
David Lindley performs a solo concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at Port Townsend High School Auditorium. – Submitted photo
Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, known internationally for his work with Jackson Browne and for leading his own band, El Rayo-X, performs a solo concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at Port Townsend High School auditorium. This concert, sponsored by UpWest Arts and Community Radio KSER 90.7 FM, marks Lindley's first appearance on the Olympic Peninsula in nearly two years.
Lindley, who has long championed the concept of world music, performs in a style that brings new meaning to the word "eclectic." His electro-acoustic performance effortlessly combines American folk, blues and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy and Turkish musical sources.
Bill Kiely of UpWest Arts notes that "Lindley incorporates an incredible array of stringed instruments including the Kona and the Weissborn Hawaiian lap steel guitar, the Turkish saz and chumbus, as well as the Middle Eastern oud and the Irish bouzouki. The eye-poppingly clad Mr. Dave's uncanny vocal mimicry and humor make his onstage banter a highlight of every show."
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. Between 1967 and 1971, Lindley founded and led what must now be seen as the first world music rock band, The Kaleidoscope. In 1971, he joined forces with Jackson Browne, serving as Browne's most significant musical co-conspirator until 1981.
In 1979, Lindley began working with old friend Ry Cooder on Bop Till You Drop and on the Long Riders soundtrack. Their musical collaboration lasts to this day and has spawned many recording projects and several world tours as an acoustic duo. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Lindley has been one of Hollywood's most in-demand session musicians, lending his skills to the recorded works of Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby and Nash, Warren Zevon, and many others.
Tickets are on sale at Quimper Sound Music and Media or by phone from UpWest Arts at 379-4905. For information, e-mail upwest@olympus.net.
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