# David Lindley | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 10:20 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: David Lindley
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `david-lindley`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 10:20 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-a11de178259004ea
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 2491
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 3
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Mercury Blues, and Soul Of A Man
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

David Lindley grew up in Los Angeles and started playing banjo and guitar early on, later picking up lap steel, mandolin, and fiddle. He worked with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and Ry Cooder, adding his guitar parts to their records. In 1975, he put out his first solo album, 'El Rayo-X', which mixed folk, rock, and Mexican sounds. His song 'Soul of a Man' came out on the 1981 album...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Mercury Blues — https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley/mercury-blues
2. Soul Of A Man — https://lyroverse.com/david-lindley/soul-of-a-man