Colin Linden
Colin Linden | |
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Colin Linden performing with Emmylou Harris in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Colin Kendall Linden |
| Born | 16 April 1960 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | Yellow Dog, True North, Compass, |
| Website | colinlinden |
Colin Kendall Linden (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Linden plays acoustic and electric guitar, specializing in slide guitar, country blues, and ragtime fingerpicking, who frequently collaborates with country and folk performers.
He is a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings with Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson, and has worked with Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Kevin Gordon, Colin James, Emmylou Harris, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King, The Band, Keb' Mo', Charles Esten and Bob Dylan.