David Lindley performs Bon Temps Rouler

[JustPeachyification]

I was so into this performance that I actually clapped after he was done playing, then realized I wasn't there :(

[vubeat]

The "steel" is the thing in his left hand.

[markfundingsland]

Wilson auditorium Bozeman killer shit.

[oleole52]

Ca c'est bon,tres bon

[tykimsdad]

Actually, he is NOT playing a lap steel guitar...he is playing a Weissenborn, which is both rare, and entirely unique.

[scmm42]

@tykimsdad According to Wikipedia a Weissenborn IS a type of lap steel guitar.  And you know Wikipedia is never wrong.

[oleole52]

@scmm42 Sorry,there's nothing steel about that guitar,no matter how technical you get.

[scmm42]

@oleole52 Except the strings. They're steel.

[himmelhund69]

I saw him in Regensburg Germany about 12 years ago. Sorry I interrupted your dinner Mr. Lindley. It was a great show.

[SmileyGarrish]

@himmelhund69 Were you there to pick p a BMW?



[neonbladedotcom]

I saw Dave and Ry Cooder play in Perth, Western Australia back in '78.

32 Years later I still think it's the finest guitar performance I've ever seen.

[TheShackell]

AWESOME!!! But thats not a lap steel...thats a wiessenborn guitar

[sp0ttedp0ny330]

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler...the "universal" Mardis Gras shout out....Let the good times roll!! :-D gawwwww DAVID ROCKS THIS SONG!!!!!!

[gofishingwithme]

This is the best sh*t in the whole wide world!!!!

[patrick6662]

Great playing- anyone know specifically what string instrument Dave is playing ?

[FelixG9]

who is the man looking like a zombie at the beginning?

[scmm42]

@FelixG9 That would be Jools Holland.

[overandout58]

looks like a Weissenborn guitar..

[incongra]

@overandout58 Yes a Manzanita H , he can be seen endorsing it on the Manzanita slide Guitars website

[onitram1]

@incongra

No, that's a true Weissenborn. Completely different headstock than a Manzanita. If you go to Dav'e website you can see that he owns many Weissenborn styled guitars-originals and repros.

[pasoportz]

David is a genius!

[earthur22]

oh yea !!! dats so good!

[gilgamess]

From the same show, he performs Mercury Blues with El Rayo X.

[prs1093]

What tuning does he use

[ninehorsejohnson]

I think David typically uses Open C and Open D on his lap tops. On this song, he replaces the low E string with a bass string to give it the low end. If you listen carefully, the low end sounds much deeper than a normal guitar. Hear him live and it really stands out. David rocks and if tou ever get a chance to see him play, so it!

[pjloman]

The Great David Lindley.... not only a very good guitaris, but he is so funny...!!!

[1dudeman2]

the professor of polyester rules

[marelinor]

Ooohh, he´s the best. Seen him live everytime I´ve had the opportunity to since the early eighties.

[1dudeman2]

hes funnier that hell...this is great...

[edwardburdsall]

@1dudeman2 i always thought he looks like Bob Hope with long hair....great performer!!!!

[1dudeman2]

@edwardburdsall yeah, i think its his nose :) David is cool ,, and talented and funny

[kawkawakid]

Thanks.....what a gem.

[ReallyBigFatLarry]

He does this live with Ry on the Eel River CD, which is a gem of a CD to get hold of.

[jbrock2175]

He needs a webpage for his shirts!

[rogerredcat]

mr daves cool seen him with cooder brought the the house down at glastonbury

[alonzogarbanzo]

I was at the Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest (when it was really in Topanga) in the mid-60s when DL made his stunning debut. As a finalist, he chose to play "Seguiriyas" on a banjo and broke a string halfway through.  No matter; the place erupted into a standing ovation and David was clearly that year's winner. as was Taj Mahal another year.

[rteterw]

Long live the reverend Polyester!!

Have seen Dave many times in San Juan Cap and Macabes in Santa Monica hes the best

[4rainbowed]

Lindley is amazing in the number of instruments he can not only play, but do so on a PROFESSIONAL level.. others might do only one simple song, and think they're advanced, but when you see people like him (last video I saw him in here he was playing the Oud and the Bouzouki) --there's the real sh*t!!! Top that!

[tahinagluey]

I love Lindley. I picked up on him and I used to go down to San Juan Capistrano from L.A. in the late 1980's and see him blow the roof off the Coachhouse. What a Band. Greatest musicians in kickin' band too. D.L. forevah

[ThomasFMPayne]

Awesome. What a sound. This guy can rock the hell out of ANYTHING with strings........

Added to my favorites, for sure.

[thatswhatkatsaid]

i love this guy

[alonzogarbanzo]

Young David won the Topanga Canyon Banjo-Fiddle Contest (in the New Performers category, I guess) way back in those days when it was actually held in Topanga Canyon. He won with an amazing, ambitious rendition of a Seguiriyas flamenco piece on banjo---until he broke a string. That ended the performance but there was no question who the winner was that year. I think it was the previous year that another young man appeared to take the ribbons---Taj Mahal. Heady days, those.

[swennsyever9]

proud to say I shook the pick hand of this mad genius; was a real privilege too 'cause I honestly don't think there's a better musician on this little marble spinning 'round in space

[mojoelem]

Bon Ton Roulet!! Lindley's a genius with a hairstyle from the same hairdersser as John Cippolina, Walter Becker, and the lead singer from "Supertramp". Johnny Winter does a superb version of this one on "Raisin' Cain" CD. Even after 27 yrs David's classic CD "El Rayo X" still sounds fresh.

[ChestertonsBulldog]

Mr. Dave is top shelf across the board. A good man, too. Love this song, it never gets old.

[mojoelem]

ChestertonsBulldog; I love his rather eccentric look. He looks like a nice, unpretentious person which in itself is rare. To be able to blend so many diverse types of music on just one album is a feat of strength and takes huge talent. Saw him once perform with Warren Zevon.(R.I.P.)

[DeaconBoss]

There is probably no higher praise than to say that David Lindley is "a musician's musician". He sets a high standard for any artist whose goal is simply to be true to their muse.

[Kegwithlegs]

This fellow suddenly appeared from no where in the 80's, I'd like to know where he started off? Doesn't visit Europe enough, shame!

[jevalles]

Founder of the California-based psychedelic folk rock band, Kaleidoscope.

[Kegwithlegs]

thanks jevalles,I don't think I knew that band, but there again I was brought up in U.K.! Ask me a question about U.K. bands from the early days and I've got the answers!!

[jevalles]

OK, you're on! How about the band, Forest, that recorded on Harvest: Know of any video footage? WOnder if David Lindley ever heard them?

[Kegwithlegs]

Forest were a trio, similar to the Incredible String Band,making acustic type music, somewhat medival in flavour. Is that close enough jevalles?

[jevalles]

10 points...

[Kegwithlegs]

only 10? Just kidding you. The Edgar Broughton Band were also on the Harvest label, do you know them?

[jevalles]

Just barely. Getting obscure British material in the United States at that time was limited to one import company, Jem Imports. While their artist list was considerable, they did not include Edgar Broughton Band. I just know they were at the Isle of Wight Festival in 70, and played for free outside. Obviously you had the same problem in reverse-no Kaleidoscope albums!

[Kegwithlegs]

Isle of Wight...were you there? I missed that one, but visited the Bath Blues in '69 and Shepton Mallet(near Bath) the following year,where artists like Nice,10years after,and many more appeared! In those days I didn't worry about clean toilets and a bit of rain!!

[mojoelem]

Yes "Kaleidoscope" were brilliant! Saw them live with Sugarcane Harris.  Lindley's been around forever and let's hope he continues to be for another 100 yrs.

[Cassthinking]

David Lindley has a wonderful blend of different musical styles always wonderful to hear, thank you for sharing this.

[espresso2009]

The King of polyester rules!!

[stills111]

can we find the lyrics of this song ??

[jevalles]

Part 1: You see him there? He ain't no fool He one smart Frenchman never been to school If you wanna get around in a Creole town You stop and let him show you your way 'round You let the bon temps rouler You let the muley boolay Now don't you be no foolay foolay You let the bon ton rouler. I've got a Creole gal - she one fine dish But she got way like the ole crawfish She don't do nothing but raise cain all day An' when it comes to loving well she much okay.

[sgpnc]

Thanks for the lyrics. "But she got brains like an old crawfish."

[jevalles]

Well, actually, I think Mr. Dave had a micro-lapse of memory, as the lyric is probably "But she got way like the ol' crawfish, she don't do nothin' but raise sand all day". Crayfish stirring up sand, get it? Anyway, any lyrics would do, just so long as you can get that slide guitar to rangle-jangle like that!

[jevalles]

Oh yeah, I forgot--

Raise sand :: Raise Cain

Raise Cain :: Raise Hell.

That is, "make trouble".

[jevalles]

Part 2: Ref If you wanna have yourself some real good fun Go down in Louisiana and you find you one You find em workin' cane up an' down the line I've got a woman an' she really fine. Ref At the church bazaar or the baseball game At the French la la, well it's all the same You wanna have fun, well you gotta go Out to the country to the zydeco. Ref

[stills111]

Great !!thank you.....

Hard to learn.....on a lap-slide...

[Barnekkid]

Thanks so much for sharing this. I actually saw that program and caught this performance. Lindley has a wonderful interpretation of slide guitar and open tunings and he's always great to hear.

[deaniseldeado]

this was the first time i ever saw david lindley and i was simply in awe at what he was doing.i have been wanting to see see this clip again for years now.i got lucky tonight.