Listening to EL-Rayo X driving 80mph down a LA freeway with a lady friend and my guitar and amp in the back in a 1963 SS Impala on my way to jam with some fellas ! Felt so alive ! A little Booger Sugar and Southern Comfort goes a long way! Lol! RIP Mr Lindley Thank you for a great memory!
Anybody know when this was recorded? I saw El-Rayo X about 6 times and this is as good as the 2 best Mercuries they ever played (that I heard). The best overall was at the Fillmore after the Bhundu Boys tore the place up. Davey didn't want to be shown up by the opening act so he was running on all 16 cylinders that night. But the best Mercury opening was at New Georges in San Rafael when that slide intro was extra-extra abstract and extra long. Very therapeutic. This one is fairly structured in comparison. God Damn - I miss that band!
I have bootleg of ElRayoX at Laguna Seca speedway in CA where David played a long solo slide intro to Mercury Blues, wilder and crazier then the one here. I also saw them at a small club in MA in the mid eighties where the slide inttro was equal parts Amazing Grace, Will the Circ le Be Unbroken, and Dark Was the Night. For both shows, the solo saz or bouzouki intro to Hands Like a Man was beautiful, and the slide solo perhaps even better than the one for Mercury Blues which was the encore.
Listening to EL-Rayo X driving 80mph down a LA freeway with a lady friend and my guitar and amp in the back in a 1963 SS Impala on my way to jam with some fellas ! Felt so alive ! A little Booger Sugar and Southern Comfort goes a long way! Lol! RIP Mr Lindley Thank you for a great memory!
David was one of the best musician on earth ♥️ R I P
Best version I’ve found. RIP DL.
Absolutely, unbelievable.
Holy heck, this is the best solo I've ever heard Lindley do on this, one of my favorite rock songs. Absolutely masterful work.
I've never heard this one...you are right it's terrific. I got to see him with his double neck in a small club once...won't ever forget that.
R I P CHAMP You will be missed 😓❣🙏
Holy Shit!
Just found he has passed- great artist
Anybody know when this was recorded?
I saw El-Rayo X about 6 times and this is as good as the 2 best Mercuries they ever played (that I heard). The best overall was at the Fillmore after the Bhundu Boys tore the place up. Davey didn't want to be shown up by the opening act so he was running on all 16 cylinders that night.
But the best Mercury opening was at New Georges in San Rafael when that slide intro was extra-extra abstract and extra long. Very therapeutic. This one is fairly structured in comparison.
God Damn - I miss that band!
I have bootleg of ElRayoX at Laguna Seca speedway in CA where David played a long solo slide intro to Mercury Blues, wilder and crazier then the one here. I also saw them at a small club in MA in the mid eighties where the slide inttro was equal parts Amazing Grace, Will the Circ le Be Unbroken, and Dark Was the Night. For both shows, the solo saz or bouzouki intro to Hands Like a Man was beautiful, and the slide solo perhaps even better than the one for Mercury Blues which was the encore.
Cheers
Ace live version
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