I’m absolutely crushed by the news of his passing. As far back in my childhood as I can remember, Jackson Browne’s music was the first music imprinted in my young brain and it was Lindley’s lap steel (or pedal steel) that drew me in the most. I’ve loved his music for 50 years now. His is a tremendous loss. It’s hard to properly express my sadness.
He was.such a gem. He was a god among me and my guitar playing friends. He delivered fully on the emotional terrain Jackson laid, and then moving on in his polyester glory as El Rayo X. He embodied all the heart wrapped in his outrageous humor. He’s irreplaceable. RIP...
I ran into Jackson Browne and David Lindley at a little gig in DC in ‘72. Knowing we had a mutual friend, I requested a recently written song of his, namely, Warren Zevon. I knew it as “The Outskirts of Town.” Later, Zevon recorded it as “Carmelita.” That night in DC, Jackson snd David obliged and sang the aching chorus for me, dedicated to Zevon, onstage.
Here’s an exquisite duet with Zevon and Lindley playing that same song.
I’m absolutely crushed by the news of his passing. As far back in my childhood as I can remember, Jackson Browne’s music was the first music imprinted in my young brain and it was Lindley’s lap steel (or pedal steel) that drew me in the most. I’ve loved his music for 50 years now. His is a tremendous loss. It’s hard to properly express my sadness.
He was.such a gem. He was a god among me and my guitar playing friends. He delivered fully on the emotional terrain Jackson laid, and then moving on in his polyester glory as El Rayo X. He embodied all the heart wrapped in his outrageous humor. He’s irreplaceable. RIP...
Oh, this breaks my heart.
If I had to remember him from just one cut. El Rayo-X
I ran into Jackson Browne and David Lindley at a little gig in DC in ‘72. Knowing we had a mutual friend, I requested a recently written song of his, namely, Warren Zevon. I knew it as “The Outskirts of Town.” Later, Zevon recorded it as “Carmelita.” That night in DC, Jackson snd David obliged and sang the aching chorus for me, dedicated to Zevon, onstage.
Here’s an exquisite duet with Zevon and Lindley playing that same song.
https://youtu.be/FpYF3Ny8Lnk