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Colin Linden

Canada • b. 1960-04-16

Colin Linden is credited on 239 releases across 204 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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239

Pressings credited

204

Albums

5

Decades active

116

In collections

Biography

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.

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Credited work

239 releases · 204 albums · active 1980–2025

  • Performance · 412
  • Production · 90
  • Engineering · 32
  • Other credits · 20
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Pinhead Recorders · Reaction Studios · CBC Studio 4S · Massey Hall

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