David Lindley live, Basel 2000

[@matthewtobin8]

I'm 60 considered a human roots music officianado. I know the obscure of the obscure from every genre and ethnicity. 50yrs or more of music study and joy. Why & how have I missed this awesome treasure! God bless you tubers for bringing something great to me once again!

[@MartinaBoehm-x8w]

Ì`ll agree,that ´s what I love...since years ,sorry, come from Germany. I saw Mr. Dave on Loreley and München,I´m as old like you, and enjoy him every day,on CD Player or in Car...or PC......I,ll like his friens too,but nobody plays like him.....greatings...

[@goodun2974]

@matthewtobin8, Aside from all the great performances by Lindley, both solo and with El Rayo , that can be found on KZbin, there are also some fine memorial remembrances of him on here: Henry Kaiser posted a home video of their trip to Madagascar to record with indigenous musicians on his Cuneiform Records channel; Otis Gibbs posted a poignant remembrance of Lindley on his channel; and members of ElRayo-X played a memorial show at the Claremont Folk Music Center (it's on the Krysia Lamore channel), where David spent many hours in his youth, and Ben Harper and others spoke of hanging out at the Lindley home with Dave's daughter Roseanne as a kid and how Lindley mentored them and their friends.

[@TheBookerstein]

Sorry you had to miss him

[@かわまたぐんじ-n4q]

RIP David Lindley.

[@ralphdesmond]

On Jah Reggae, I swear it sounds like Mr Dave is playing bass and two guitars, while Wally is playing a drum set PLUS the percssion instruments of like 6 people. Excellent full band of two dudes !!!!!!!

[@klaus3579]

Yesssss! Fantastic 🤩🤩🤩

[@louisevad6091]

Hey Uncle Remus this is one of your best.

[@jimihendrixfan7691]

In my opinion david is one of the best musicians in playing string instruments and sliding guitarists all over the world for many decades!!!!!!!

[@grahamcharnock400]

This man was a genius.

[@aloisemason3044]

The guy on the drums is sensational also..David Lindley has a sound all of his own..r u with me? Great medley..

[@aloisemason3044]

Great band I said earlier hahahaaaaha..One man band

[@BillWarshafsky]

So good.

[@gillgezashford7446]

I believe Wally Ingram passed away😢

[@yvettekelley2155]

I do agree that the drummer provides a very full sound he was obviously chosen by David Lindley for his superior talent. I saw David Lindley and Jackson Browne in the early 80s somewhere in Hollywood it was great.

[@numbernine2207]

@@klaus3579 I believe Wally is from San Diego.

[@vwheato]

Wally adds the perfect percussive complexity to David’s stellar dexterity.

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

Yes, they provide an excellent balance!

[@BlindWillieJackson]

I saw him on this tour (Twango Bango) in Dallas, Texas) at the historic Sons of Hermann Hall. It began snowing that Thursday evening & only about 40-50 people showed up. Dave handed someone a $100 bill to take to the bar for those inclined to have a primer. It turned into an intimate party & an incredible show!

[@goodun2974]

David Lindley passed away on 3/3/23. I've been intermittently blubbering like a baby since yesterday evening when I heard the news. My condolences to his family, friends and musical collaborators. Words fail, and I can't even begin to express how much the music meant to me.

[@Canyon2023]

I feel the same way. Just learned of his passing now. Just stunned and sad and feeling so blessed by David...all at the same time. He'll be loved and missed, always.

[@Tearloch]

Beautiful words dear soul .. He is Legend .. A Master of the Universe .. how blessed we all were to share his time here on this Earth ..

[@jusanjim]

Thanks for posting this gem. No one quite like Mr. Dave. Amazing performer and musician. And he wore that polyester like no one else.

[@jipes]

I was there that night it was fabulous DAvid and Wally just killed it and to make it perfect Taj Mahal took the stage and offer us an amazing set ! RIP Mr Lindley, I'm gonna put an El Rayo-X LP on my turtable !

[@neohomme]

It hurts me to this day, that I missed him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I live in Basel.....darn!!

[@neohomme]

Lucky MF! 🙂🙂 I would have killed for tickets for DL. My idol. MOST underrated string-master of all....😪

[@jipes]

@@neohomme So sorry, if it comforts you I miss so many of my favorite artists before they die can't count them

[@MartinaBoehm-x8w]

@@neohomme Me too ,but i was at Loreley. love him so much

[@mojorayjones]

RIP Mr. Dave. The world is a little quieter today

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

And a lot less happy. I'll bet the folks in R&R Heaven are having a heck of a party, though!

[@deadheadland]

RIP David, thank you for the great music I have enjoyed since the early days of El-Rayo X, and you've provided much inspiration to many of my favorite musicians!

[@pamhart6802]

Said very well.

[@MrSlidejames]

I picked up a steel bar and laid my guitar on my lap because of Mr. Dave! Ugh....this one really hurt.

[@Harv4282]

R.I.P. (March 21, 1944 - March 3, 2023) Your talent on all types of strings will be missed along with the brightly colored shirts that were his trademark.

[@gillgezashford7446]

No backing tracks, just pure musicianship

[@theclarkey100]

Love David Lindley's playing but that is some amazing percussion! I found it hard to believe it was just one guy...

[@georgemartin1498]

That one guy, Wally Ingram, is a talent equal to the man himself. What a fortunate combination 😮

[@perliasearle6337]

Such a great loss to the music world Jackson Browne never sounds the same without his genius one of a kind

[@defenestrange5387]

I clicked a link on a post announcing David's passing today--but YT didn't take me there--it brought me here instead. Thanks, David. Thanks, YT AI.

[@janettucker3196]

How is it possible that two guys can create so much sound?

[@danosullivan7239]

Mr Dave is special😉🎈

[@danosullivan7239]

Never b a dread that way

[@timoj24]

Not just “sound” but MUSIC!

[@dingoswamphead]

Beautifully re3corded and filmed. Thanks.

[@Canyon2023]

No kidding! A treasure we get to keep ❤

[@matthebert007]

I have played this set daily for weeks.

[@Gylfi465]

David Lindley. An international treasure !!

[@Nansbbgrand]

Definitely, Gylfi!

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

And one who has left a vast, priceless legacy!

[@dbcphd]

I’ve seen countless videos of David. I think this is one of the best. The drummer is superb and the perfect complement to David. They bring out the best in each other.

[@christinemutch4300]

Rest in Peace David. You will be missed. I hope you are playing your strings in heaven with the best of them. You were an amazing talent and a really nice guy!! Our music society on the Sunshine Coast of Canada had you perform for us about 4 times and you always were so funny and humble and blew us all away - esp when you came with Wally that time. We are so sad to see you go.

[@brianbard3410]

What kind of mando guitar is that

[@chuckm4540]

You were one of the great ones David Lindley. Thank you for your amazing musicianship, you'll live forever through your music.

[@Robeuten]

so sad I can only like once...

[@grayowl108]

RIP David. One of the most talented session and solo players on the scene since the sixties. A true musician's musician. He could play ANY stringed instrument. And this is one of my favorite David performances.... true genius.

[@lochdhud]

Twango Bango was a force of nature. Two kindred spirits doing what they loved.

[@dagnk]

David L - One of the greatest slide guitarist of our time!

[@davidbiasotti1689]

Thanks for sharing this. I saw David and Wally Ingram just about this time, in Yokohama Japan, and they played a set pretty close to the one captured here. They were sensational. A couple of years prior to this, I was at a 'rock kissaten' in Sendai, and heard a track that sounded like a great lost acoustic track from Led Zeppelin III and the owner told me it was from David Lindley. Which was mind blowing, as David had been a friend and kind of older brother, musical mentor figure for me years back in Claremont, California. I'd not kept in touch with David in subsequent decades, so it came as such a pleasant surprise that he was blending blues, Appalachian, Middle Eastern and reggae in such a beautiful way, with Wally Ingram right there with him. It was a genuinely special musical collaboration. Plus, onstage they were funny as hell! Watching this was a great way to remember David tonight. Thanks again.

[@goodun2974]

There are memorial remembrances and performances by surviving members of El Rayo X and others who knew David, filmed at the Claremont Folk Music Center where David was something of a fixture; Ben Harper and the members of the Casual Girls, who hung out with David's daughter Roseanne at the Lindley home, spoke of how he mentored them and how much he meant to them (it's on the Krysia Lamore channel). Henry Kaiser also posted some of his home movies of the trip he and David made to Madagascar to perform and record with local indigenous musicians. David's story about meeting up with a "buzzsaw lemur" is particularly funny, in hindsight. (It's on the Cuneiform Records channel). You are lucky to have known him well. I met and got to speak with him at a gig just once, and the teenagers who accompanied me to the show were gifted drumsticks, snare brushes, guitar picks and autographed T-shirts.

[@CNFir-fs6zs]

Great drums and slide. 2 cool guys sound like a whole band , because they are. Wow!

[@yarlkymcfirblatherington9879]

The drummer/ percussionist is really good.

[@jamescassidy3995]

God Bless Mr Dave. RIP 3.3.23, 78 years. Thank you so much. 😢♥️ 🎸

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

In fact, since he was born on 21 Mar., he was only 18 days short of his 79th birthday.

[@colinhohepa7469]

Im 54 yrs young where have u been all my life rest in paradise

[@eddygortex]

Two man orchestra. RIP David ❤

[@Canyon2023]

What a jewel, I can't believe I found this!! Wow. And Wally, and incredible percussionist!! How exciting. And I didn't know that David passed away 4 weeks ago until now... so very sad. He is and was such a unique and amazing musician with such beautiful sounds and musicianship. Genuinely one of a kind. I miss him so much already. His fine musicianship speaks for itself.....but I'd like to add that I saw him at Red Rocks on stage with Jackson Browne. And David was dressed to the nines with such rare class that I couldn't take my eyes off of him. And then he busted into "Mercury Blues" and rocked us all in the coolest way imaginable. I will always remember his performance that night, and his artistic class and uniqueness and humbleness. What a beautiful gem he was. Love to you always precious David Lindley. 🙏🎵🎶❤

[@musicproCO]

RIP David... consummate performer and master of his craft. The world is a bit less special without Lindley in it.

[@markoschmitt]

Thanks so much for putting this up - there was no one like David Lindley!

[@shaughtup7554]

Heartbroken! Another towering giant of music has left us - what a terrible year for lovers of great guitar music, first Jeff Beck, now THIS! RIP Mr. Dave 😭

[@keithgustafson3398]

Absolutely one of my favourite David Lindley performances - and crystal clear sound. Listen to Sports Utility Sucks from 36.00. Wally Ingram - top of his game. Thanks David for leaving us with this gem!!

[@KrisDThompson]

David Lindley is still my all time # 1 favourite performer

[@jamesclare273]

I got to see him 5 years ago at a small club in Toronto. Just. Amazing. So glad I got to see him. Bye Mr. Dave. You are awesome.

[@jamesclare273]

Ps. 18:18 is the best damned song ever.

[@CISCOKIDD2121]

With you, yes I’m more than with you. I’m amazed at this man and his grammar like you said I never knew who he was till I played the song of from Alan Jackson on crazy about my mercury and then heard this man sing the song and the guitar riffs that he haz is What are inspiration for music in life on life terms with real meaning definition integrity terminology interpretation amazing. 😢amazing man !

[@goodun2974]

Alan Jackson's version of Mercury Blues is kind of tame but Lindley's full-band version with ElRayo-X is positively *radioactive*! Roy Rogers (slide guitarist) and Norton Buffalo (amplified blues amonica) also recorded a great live version.

[@LeftCoastStephen]

Definitely adding Blood Clot to my list of insults. Amazing show! Just listening, it’s hard to realize there are only 2 of them.

[@congahead3813]

I saw the Twango Bango show in Mpls! one of the most fun concerts ever! But now, Mr Dave has left the Building..

[@ferdinandconcubierta1790]

Fantastic backbeat even without a bassist especially the Jah Reggae piece. Thank you David Lindley for the music. You made life wonderful with your music.

[@silkpursemaker]

RIP Mr. Lindley. Got to see David Lindley and Wally Ingram play at a festival in Santa Monica years ago. It was wonderful!

[@jefferyrutherford4684]

RIP my man.

[@sporque]

What a great duo! Rest easy David! We will miss you dearly.

[@matthebert007]

mind blown over the percussion section...

[@Pop_Hockenbush]

He’s made so many careers for other musicians. His sense of humor is legendary. What a weirdo, in a very good way !

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

That's an excellent description of Mr. Dave: "A weirdo, in a very good way!"

[@rossr6616]

Dave's Freak Flag flew high and mighty!

[@goodun2974]

Lindley didn't just break the mold, he shattered it!

[@AlainKaron]

I had the chance to see him live and he was so great! Bye bye David Lindley and thanks so much!

[@amerikarma]

Rest well brother

[@denismguitar1552]

The Man. The Master. The king of Polyester!

[@billdomitilli8125]

Prince of Polyester

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

@@billdomitilli8125 Then who was the King?

[@harperwelch5147]

So, so, so fine.

[@TonyBurke100]

I've been so lazy, I have a Lap Steel and a Dobro as well my other regular acoustics and electrics but I don't pick them up often enough but that's passed. From today I'm getting back into it.

[@goodun2974]

Lindley, who mentored many young musicians, would say "do it"! Just go for it!

[@jongray4828]

RIP David! You’re influence will be sorely missed!

[@canyondanhandyman1784]

Thank you for the music you gifted to us all.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Humor and great musicianship, to me that's Mr. Lindley. Thanks very much for this treasure.

[@noname1st139]

Wow,he got a fabulous sound 👌

[@m.hughes2521]

God bless David Lindley. That is the finest drummer I've ever seen.

[@johnrutsky8894]

This is amazing. Only slide guitar and drums and it lacks for nothing musically! David Lindley was one of a kind!

[@tombstone4986]

He was once a starving artist... look at him go, Man had talent

[@洋三金子]

最高、ありがとう！

[@lukylight]

großartig - RIP David Lindley😪

[@jmeara9912]

What a thing of beauty this is. And Mr Dave, his time is up. Wally, he has serious finesse finesse

[@stephenbutler3428]

Rip David ty for the memories

[@PaulMercer1962]

So glad to have found this video on KZbin. Thanks for posting it. I first saw David Lindley in 1995 in Manchester, England when he played a concert with Ry Cooder. In 2003, I saw David Lindley and Wally Ingram in Bielefeld, Germany. A few of us from the audience even went for a beer with Wally after the show although David did not join us.

[@damnbigfish]

David and Wally together were my fav lineup! Telepathic!

[@aloisemason3044]

David Lindley a legend and his voice never changes and is terrific..band is great and the rhythem is awesome..David's hands never stop the beat..Awesome

[@christernordstrom8356]

Very often he has assisted other musicians to great heights, but on his owm he is sheer perfection

[@syalutsa]

Once heard him perform on Hornby Island outdoors, just him and an incredible hand drummer. Did all his favourite numbers playing saz. Amazing.

[@dreamwell2020]

Two musical sophisticates in the workplace.

[@willidaeppen8121]

David Lindley is an Brilliant and Phenomenal Musician.

[@willidaeppen8121]

100% Agree.

[@jt3486]

I can’t believe this has not been released on streaming or album format where I can buy it. David and Wally at their best and a peak performance, can someone get this released please 👏👏🤙 JT

[@rd7527]

I remember that night. A double bill with Taj Mahal, I believe. Glad to find this.

[@AshPerrow]

What a master he was.

[@matthebert007]

What an amazing display of talent

[@berndf7437]

I've heard the sandwiches in heaven are even better than backstage on Planet Earth 🏝thanks for worldmusic🏝

[@suzannegilliland3753]

RIP David ❤

[@zyzzrestinpeace]

my dad is friends with one of lindley's friends and gave me a lapsteel guitar. I love it im gonna go play it now

[@goodun2974]

By all accounts from those who knew him, Lindley was generous and giving and mentored many young musicians.

[@mainsblanches8793]

"Bon Voyage" Mr. Lindsey!!...

[@jimnoakes9394]

These men play with sound and master it !!!

[@thierrydumont1585]

looks like all our hero are driftin apart,sad feeling

[@MartinaA.-ed9xq]

Sometimes you don't need more than two musicians on stage.

[@goodun2974]

Timbuk3, whose song "National Holiday appears here, is another great example of just two people, Pat and Barbara K McDonald, who put out a galaxy of sound with just 2 people. Wally Ingram, seen here, was their drummer briefly, but they became a little less interesting to me as a 4 piece group; regardless, for observational lyrics and socio-political commentary, Timbuk 3 had no equal.

[@jazzisall1]

Catfood Sandwiches is a total fuckin hoot and funkybutt song. So great.

[@julianalderson3938]

Great song. Go buedy.

[@DriftinAndDreamin]

Classic!!! Forever remembered!!!!!!

[@combomelt]

King Of The Bed 0:00 Jah Reggae 4:33 The Meat Man 11:55 National Holiday 18:21 Well, Well, Well 25:29 Sport Utilities Suck 36:33 Minglewood Blues / .45 Pistol Blues 43:10 Catfood Sandwiches 49:21

[@goodun2974]

Interesting string setup on the bouzouki (National Holiday): only 5 strings instead of 8, with just the 2nd course being doubled-up.

[@barclaysauers255]

Sad and mad. David was, is and forever more shall be my MAGICAL MUSICAL MUNCHKIN! Didn't you all just wanna hug him? Damn it!

[@matiguri]

Thank you Mr. Lindley!

[@denismguitar1552]

A National treasure.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

LEGEND

[@maryellenjones333]

1st time I heard him but totally like the two songs I have, coincidently, so far, as well as his vibe.

[@danosullivan7239]

Dude. Welcome. Mr Dave is all. Knowing. Master. Bow in his presence. He's worthy

[@benyoung552]

You’ve most likely heard him before… He used to play with Jackson Browne…. I’m sure you’ve heard the song “Runnin on Empty” among others by JB that David Lindley plays on with him…

[@TrainsPlanesandAutomobiles]

As well as his work with Jackson Browne, Lindley appears on lots of Linda Ronstadt songs.

[@goodun2974]

@@TrainsPlanesandAutomobiles , Lindley also played on several Warren Zevon records, also Crosby/Nash, Jesse Colin Young, Lonnie Mack, Ry Cooder and many many others.

[@coffmanlove2020]

Legendary 🎸

[@aloisemason3044]

Sensational..David Lindley is a great guitarist and he is with every beat ..great singer..

[@uwejehle9623]

Music for brain and soul.

[@MeadowSweetLovable]

This show was so much fun back then (and it still is). I hope Wally Ingram is fine and in good health again.

[@Rico_G]

That's great to hear!

[@goodun2974]

I had heard that Wally was fighting cancer but that was at least a few years ago; did he have a relapse? I hope he gets through it alright. I met Wally and Dave at a gig, they are very fine folks. I had two teenagers with me; Dave and Wally gave them picks and drumsticks, autographed their shirts, answered questions and talked to them like adults. By the way, on one of the "official bootleg" CD's that Dave put out, somebody in the audience asked if they would play King of the Bed, and Lindley's answer at that time was, and I quote "no, I don't think so, noooo..... nobody ever does that, they all say 'yeah we'll try to do that'.... no, no...... that is just a little sadism we have. We are going to have a little sadism here". Somebody in the audience whoops excitedly, and Dave says "not that kind!".

[@ADR843]

Pahh...impecable! no me canso de gozar! Abreso!

[@VoluntaristJAM]

Mr Dave and The Wally Lama were the BEST!

[@BlindWillieJackson]

I saw him every time he came thru Dallas.