Guitarist David Lindley, Fixture Of '70s LA Rock Scene, Dead At 78

David Lindley, a highly sought-after studio guitarist who played with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby & Nash, Rod Stewart, and Ry Cooder, has died. The news was confirmed to the Los Angeles Times by a source close to Lindley. A fundraiser to cover medical expenses from an undisclosed illness had been set up earlier this year. Lindley was 78.