Hal Lindes

Hal Lindes (1981)

Harold "Hal" Andrew Lindes (born June 30, 1953 in Monterey , California ) is an English - American guitarist and composer.

Life

In 1979 he played guitar in the British band Darling , which broke up after the release of their first album Put It Down To Experience .

In 1980 he became a member of the British rock band Dire Straits . With the band he recorded three records (a studio album, a live album and an EP) before leaving in early 1985.

Lindes was the session guitarist on the albums Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990), Yin and Yang (1995) by Scottish singer Fish .

He composed a number of pieces of music for TV series and films. Excerpts: Don't Do It! (1995), Airport (1997 - BBC documentary series ), Reckless (1997), Reckless - The Sequel (1998), Gunshy (1998), Forgive and Forget (2000), Between the Lines (BBC) and Band of Gold ( ITV ), Quicksand - French-British thriller (2001) and the Australian drama The Boys Are Back - Back to Life from 2009.

Discography

• Darling
  • Put It Down To Experience, 1979

• Dire Straits
  • Love over Gold , 1982
  • ExtendedancEPlay , 1983
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live , 1984
  • Money for Nothing, 1988
  • Live at the BBC (Dire Straits), 1995
  • Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, 1998
  • Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler, 2005

• Other
  • Local hero ( Mark Knopfler ), 1983
  • Private Dancer ( Tina Turner ), 1985
  • Break Every Rule (Tina Turner), 1986
  • Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (Fish), 1989
  • Yin (Fish), 1995
  • Yang (Fish), 1995
  • Here We Go Again (Steve Ewing), 2002
  • Midnight Blue ( Twiggy ), 2003

Web links

Commons : Hal Lindes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hal Lindes' official website
• Hal Lindes in the Internet Movie Database (English)