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El Rayo-X
''El Rayo-X'' is David Lindley (musician), David Lindley's debut studio album, released in 1981. The album spent 18 weeks on the ''Billboard 200'', peaking at No. 83 on July 16, 1981. Reception The album generally received favorable reviews. AllMusic's Matthew Greenwald stated: Boo Browning, of ''The Washington Post'', wrote: Track listing ;Side 1 #"She Took Off My Romeos" (Bob "Frizz" Fuller) – 3:00 #"Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song), Bye Bye Love" (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant) – 2:50 #"Mercury Blues" (K. C. Douglas, Bob Geddins) – 3:33 #"Quarter of a Man" (Bob "Frizz" Fuller) – 3:45 #"Ain't No Way" (Bob "Frizz" Fuller) – 3:42 #"Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell) – 2:44 ;Side 2 #"El Rayo-X" (Jorge Calderón, David Lindley) – 2:53 #"Your Old Lady" (Elmo Glick, O'Kelly Isley, King Curtis) – 4:14 #"Don't Look Back (The Temptations song), Don't Look Back" (Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White, Ronald White) – 3:55 #"Petit Fleur" (Solomon Feldthouse, Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lindley (musician)
David Perry Lindley (born March 21, 1944) is an American musician who founded the band El Rayo-X, and has worked with many other performers including Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He has mastered such a wide variety of instruments that ''Acoustic Guitar'' magazine referred to Lindley not as a multi-instrumentalist, but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist." The majority of the instruments that Lindley plays are string instruments, including the acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud, and zither. Lindley was a founding member of the 1960s band Kaleidoscope, and has worked as musical director for several touring artists. In addition, he has occasionally scored and composed music for film. Early life and career When Lindley was growing up in Los Angeles, his father had an extensive collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
