# David Lindley and El Rayo X -- Mercury Blues **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770 "2009-02-14T01:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/1 "2009-02-14T01:21:54Z")
[From 1982.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ggb31cpIk&feature=related) It don’t git no better, chilluns. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/2 "2009-02-14T01:27:18Z")
Heh. Takes me back. I likes me some slide guitar. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/3 "2009-02-14T02:05:59Z")
Saw Lindley and El Rayo X as a kid, here in SLC (opening for Jimmy Cliff?)—What a great show band… Thanks for the nice reminder of a killer night, a long time ago!!! Matthew ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/4 "2009-02-14T10:57:25Z")
I love Lindley’s “Very Greasy” album, especially Tiki Torches. _“Put away the axes And pay those taxes… Let’s all get normal at the luau!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/5 "2009-02-14T16:25:19Z")
(From memory): Gonna buy me a Mercury and drive it up and down the road. One of my fave albums from college! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/6 "2009-02-14T19:49:57Z")
Well, the girl I love, I stole her from a friend He got lucky stole her back again 'Cause she know’d he had a Mercury, Lord she’s crazy 'bout a Mercury, I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/7 "2009-02-15T04:52:58Z")
Album sample [here.](http://www.amazon.com/El-Rayo-X-David-Lindley/dp/B000002GX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234673401&sr=1-1) I never gave it much thought - I assumed he was playing bottle neck. Good stuff from back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/8 "2009-02-15T06:31:34Z")
Cat food sandwiches! I will definitely be subscribing to this thread! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lindley-and-el-rayo-x-mercury-blues/485770/9 "2009-02-15T11:29:23Z")
I love that song. Man, we covered that in college cover bands when it first came out. Imagine playing that at a fraternity party in Isla Vista (the little town where the students live who attend UCSB, on the beach). Needless to say, I didn’t exactly have the slide parts down, per se 😉 but the girls didn’t seem to mind. Totally swampy, fun tune. I’ll have to break that out!