Godfather of soft rock David Lindley dead aged 78 ‘after months of illness’
Musician David Lindley has died aged 78 after reportedly battling illness for several months. The founder of the El Rayo-X band played with huge names including Bob Dylan, Graham Nash, Linda Rondstadt, Jackson Browne, Dolly Parton, Sir Rod Stewart, Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder among others, and passed away on Friday. His friend Douglas Reynolds announced the news on a web page called David Lindley Medical Fundraiser on Custom Ink, which was selling T-shirts to raise funds for medical expenses, and said: “I am saddened to pass on the news that my friend David left the planet this morning, March 3...