David Lindley – Talk To The Lawyer (at Loreley 28.8.1982)

David Lindley – Talk To The Lawyer (at Loreley 28.8.1982)

This track is Remastered from Cassette-Tape.
I call it the David Lindley Loreley-Tapes!
(Radio Broadcast 28.8.1982)

The best and most important ground for US-American bands playing in Europe are ats (FREE side of Germany s) Rockpalast in the 70th and 80th. For example: Mother s Finest, SRV, Z.Z.Top, Edgar Winter and David Lindley! These are their greatest gigs in Europe ever!
Fun or commercial? Ask them!!!
Sorry for the bad quality of this vids pics. And: most of are from David Lindley s gigs in Berlin
- Quasimodo near lost (Old and free) Berlin’ s mean railwaystation Bahnhof Zoo and Metropol.

David Lindley David Lindley and his band are also flying in from Los Angeles just for their appearance at the Rockpalast Open Air Festival at the Loreley. It will be David Lindley’s only appearance in Europe this year. Lindley is an American and has been on the road under his own name for a little more than a year: Nevertheless, at least for the people on the American west coast that know their music, he has been well- known for a while, particularly because of his long-time work as a guitarist for Jackson Browne. On top of that, he’s played with almost everyone: Crosby and Nash, Linda Ronstadt and Ry Cooder are only three names.

David Lindley’s career can be divided into four parts: As a fourteen-year old, he began to acquire knowledge of the guitar by copying rock’n'roll singles. In the early ’60s, he changed over to acoustic folk music and played in cafes and bars. Around 1965, he formed the cult band ‘Kaleidoscope’ , with which he wanted to create a “musical synthesis of all music styles”. The next step was working together with Jackson Browne, whose records and concerts wouldn’t be so well-known without the unique sound of David Lindley’s electric steel guitar.

The last station for David Lindley, until now, is his own band, with whom he also appeared to an enthusiastic audience in November, 1981, at the Rockpalast Concert in the Metropol in Berlin. In an almost two-hour long concert, Lindley presents the whole range of his musical abilities: As a guitarist, as a steel-guitarist, as a violinist, with the mandolin guitar and the Hawaiian ukulele, and, of course, as a singer.

The musicians of his band give him optimum support, as singers as well as with their instruments. A cut from this concert, the ‘Mercury Blues’, caused a great sensation at the 10th Rockpalast Festival: On the one hand, everyone was very impressed with the abilities of this band, and on the other, it was twice as sad that during the second attempt, the high tech messed up the enjoyment of the whole number.

That will surely not happen on August 28th. “David Lindley became a term in all of Europe with his appearance at the Rockpalast. Later, he was able to play in sold-out concert halls. A full-blooded musician who was also able to put 17,000 fans under his spell, with his acoustic pieces.”
From: 10 Jahre Rockpalast.

Musicians:

David Lindley – g, voc
Bernie Larsen – g, voc
Ian Wallace – drums, voc
Jorge Calderon – b, voc

Setlist:

01 Turning Point (6’07”)
02 She Took Off My Romeos (4’50”)
03 Bye Bye Love (3’30”)
04 Rama Lama (4’15”)
05 Spodie (6’26”)
06 Premature (4’48”)
07 Saz (4’40”)
08 Rag Bag (7’40”)
09 Twist And Shout (3’15”)
10 Don’t Look Back (8’05”)
11 Your Old Lady (5’55”)
12 Brother John (9’15”)
13 Mercury Blues (4’45”)
14 Talk To The Lawyer (6’30”)

Duration : 0:6:2