David Lindley showed up in town kind of unexpectedly on Friday, and I was able to attend the 90 minute solo concert in the showroom of one of the local casinos. If you don?t know David, he?s a multi-instrumentalist of the stringed variety, and for many years a much sought after session man in LA, playing for the likes of just about everyone. He teams up with Ry Cooder quite a bit, does a lot of film work and comes to music with a traditional sensibility, for lack of a better description.
He showed up with a few of his many instruments, including oud, saz, bouzouki, several Weissenborn style guitars that he played lap-style, and a resonator uke, which he used to play an amazing rendition of Mercury Blues. He also played an old-time tune on the saz which he dedicated to Earl Scruggs. Some of the older casinos in town have wonderful small theaters with excellent sound, and this was one; David mentioned what a pleasure it was to play a place with great sound.
The most impressive part of David?s music to me was the incredible precision and clarity of tone he achieved on the various instruments. He?s obviously a technical master, but he was going for that wall-of-sound that?s so difficult describe but you know it when you hear it. In other words, real music. Great stuff.
A bit of a harsh was put on the overall buzz when I got to the parking garage to find the area of my truck taped off and half the Sparks Police Department on hand. Apparently, someone was speeding through the garage, and when asked to slow down, decided respond to this affront by ?standing his ground? and emptying a clip of 9mm rounds in the general vicinity. He had obviously skipped the NRA combat marksmanship class, because he didn?t hit anyone, and was fortunately apprehended shortly thereafter by the PD with help of the many hi-def security cameras that all casinos have.
Otherwise, a great evening of music.
He showed up with a few of his many instruments, including oud, saz, bouzouki, several Weissenborn style guitars that he played lap-style, and a resonator uke, which he used to play an amazing rendition of Mercury Blues. He also played an old-time tune on the saz which he dedicated to Earl Scruggs. Some of the older casinos in town have wonderful small theaters with excellent sound, and this was one; David mentioned what a pleasure it was to play a place with great sound.
The most impressive part of David?s music to me was the incredible precision and clarity of tone he achieved on the various instruments. He?s obviously a technical master, but he was going for that wall-of-sound that?s so difficult describe but you know it when you hear it. In other words, real music. Great stuff.
A bit of a harsh was put on the overall buzz when I got to the parking garage to find the area of my truck taped off and half the Sparks Police Department on hand. Apparently, someone was speeding through the garage, and when asked to slow down, decided respond to this affront by ?standing his ground? and emptying a clip of 9mm rounds in the general vicinity. He had obviously skipped the NRA combat marksmanship class, because he didn?t hit anyone, and was fortunately apprehended shortly thereafter by the PD with help of the many hi-def security cameras that all casinos have.
Otherwise, a great evening of music.