Tony Lindsay
Tony Lindsay (* in Kingston , New York ) is an American rock and soul singer and composer. Since April 1991 he sings with Santana . He first appeared on the album Milagro (1992), heard for example in the song Make Somebody Happy composed by Carlos Santana and Alex Ligertwood and in Somewhere In Heaven . He also participated in the world-wide success Supernatural (1999 - 11 awards for Tony Lindsay), which was overwhelmed with Grammys, as well as the following album Shaman (2002).
Life
At the age of eight, Tony Lindsay started in an a cappella group called Four Of A Kind. He stayed there for several years. In his teenage years the group changed its name and instruments were added.
In 1980 he moved to San Francisco and joined the Danny Hull Quintet as a singer. When Danny Hull left the band, they changed the name to Spang-A-Lang.
Lindsay found Santana in 1991 when they were looking for a new singer. With interruptions he still belongs to Santana today. He has worked on the albums Milagro , Supernatural , Shaman and Shape Shifter and has co-wrote songs such as Migra , Day Of Celebration , Ya Yo Me Cure , Serpents And Doves and Interplanetary Party .
In addition to Santana , he has accompanied musicians such as Narada Michael Walden , Tevin Campbell , The O'Jays , Al Jarreau , Curtis Mayfield , Steve Winwood , Teddy Pendergrass , Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls at concerts and as a studio singer. He also maintains his own band projects such as Spang-A-Lang, the Tony Lindsay Band and others.
As a composer he supports the organization of the West Coast Songwriters and has been on the board since 2011.
He still lives in San Francisco, California .
In Germany, Lindsay has also performed more often with the tribute band The Magic of Santana since 2012. In 2016 they completed a tour of Spain with the former Santana singer Alex Ligertwood , of which a CD has since been released.
Discography
With Santana
- Milagro (1992)
- Supernatural (1999)
- Shaman (2002)
- Ceremony (2003)
- Food for Thought (2004)
- Live by Request (DVD, 2005)
- Ultimate Santana (2007)
- Shape Shifter (2012)
- Corazón (CD, 2014)
- Corazón - Live From México (CD and DVD, 2014)
With The Magic of Santana and Alex Ligertwood
- Live In Spain 2016 (2017)
Solo albums
- Tony Lindsay (2005)
- Message Is Love (2007)
- Memoirs (2013)
Web links
- Tony Lindsay , accessed April 24, 2013
- Interview in October 2012 , accessed April 24, 2013
- 8 Grammys , accessed April 24, 2013
- 3 Latin Grammys , accessed April 24, 2013
- The Magic of Santana , accessed April 24, 2013
- West Coast Songwriters , accessed April 24, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Hagen Rudolph: Carlos Santana and Band , Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 3-89880-930-7
- ↑ Hagen Rudolph: Santana musicians in conversation , epubli, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-7375-1899-4 , pp. 27–44
- ^ Hagen Rudolph: The Magic of Santana meets Tony Lindsay - in: Musician Magazine 4/2012, pp. 32–35
- ↑ http://santana-caravanserai.blogspot.de/2017/04/the-magic-of-santana-featuring-alex.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindsay, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston , New York , USA |