MUSICIAN

David Lindley

1944 - 2023

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David Perry Lindley (March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2023) was an American musician who founded the rock band El Rayo-X and worked with many other performers including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to him not as a multi-instrumentalist but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist." On stage, Lindley was known for wearing garishly colored polyester shirts with clashing pants, gaining the nickname the Prince of Polyester. The majority of the instruments that Lindley played are string instruments, including violin, acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass, banjo, mandolin, dobro, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud and zither. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Lindley has received more than 34,908 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Lindley is the 2,023rd most popular musician, the 10,484th most popular biography from United States and the 797th most popular American Musician.

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  • 35k

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  • 43.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Lindley ranks 2,023 out of 3,175. Before him are Rod Temperton, Reb Beach, Dwight Yoakam, Pau Donés, Kristen Pfaff, and Slim Whitman. After him are Graeme Revell, Julia Fischer, Luca Turilli, Philip Selway, Jule Styne, and Roger Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, David Lindley ranks 655. Before him are Woody Shaw, Seija Simola, Michael Glos, Chris Dodd, Alberto Demiddi, and Spartaco Landini. After him are Salmaan Taseer, Marilyn Black, Pedro María Zabalza, Petra Roth, Barrie M. Osborne, and Leopoldo Vallejos. Among people deceased in 2023, David Lindley ranks 537. Before him are Vani Jairam, Richard G. Hovannisian, George McGinnis, Dean Smith, Victoria Amelina, and Bray Wyatt. After him are Francesco Nuti, José del Castillo, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Edward Ferry, Gordon Pinsent, and James Hartle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Lindley ranks 10,484 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Pournelle (1933), Charles Olson (1910), Slim Whitman (1923), Claudia Christian (1965), Randy Matson (1945), and Henry Jenkins (1958). After him are Emma P. Carr (1880), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Ginni Rometty (1957), Don Keefer (1916), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), and Dennis Muren (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, David Lindley ranks 797. Before him are Debbi Peterson (1961), Robert Gordon (1947), Reb Beach (1963), Dwight Yoakam (1956), Kristen Pfaff (1967), and Slim Whitman (1923). After him are Roger Miller (1936), Tony Thompson (1954), David Gates (1940), Jimmy Webb (1946), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), and Paul Winter (1939).

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