David Lindley was one of my favorite musicians. Some enduring memories...
70s with Jackson Browne - they performed an acoustic duo set opening for Bonnie Raitt. A few months later, I saw them with a full band on the Running on Empty tour. I still can't decide which I liked better.
80s with El Rayo X - in town for a couple days, David Lindley offered a challenge to all the guitar players in the audience to return the next afternoon. For $5, you could cut heads with him to see who could play a song (Maple Leaf Rag?) faster. If you won, you got $500. He said he'd never lost, though (and we believed him)
90s - another duo show, this one with Ry Cooder on a summer afternoon, along the Eel River. Forced to pick one of these shows to re-live for the rest of my life, I'd end up here.
00s - playing with John Hammond & Charlie Musselwhite as the Spirit of the Century Band with The Blind Boys of Alabama. As great as it sounds
RIP Prince of Polyester