Colin Linden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Colin Linden
Occupation	Canadian guitarist
Date Of Birth	Apr 16, 1960(1960-04-16)
Age	64
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Aries

Colin Linden Biography

Colin Linden is one of the most popular and richest Canadian guitarist who was born on April 16, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

He began performing at a local coffee house, the Fiddler’s Green Coffee House, singing and strumming a guitar. By 1973, Linden began learning how to finger pick. When Linden met David Wilcox, Linden decided to learn how to play slide guitar. Wilcox gave 140 blues albums to young Linden, to help Linden to learn about blues styles.

Paul Mills, the producer of Sylvia Tyson’s Touch the Earth show, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival and an outlet on CBC Radio for acoustic roots music, booked Linden in 1975 . At the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Colin met Mississippi bluesman Sam Chatmon, and later that year made a pilgrimage to U.S. to meet South Detroit’s Sippie Wallace. North Carolina’s Peg Leg Sam, and Mississippi’s Son House.

Colin Linden Net Worth

Colin Linden is one of the richest Canadian guitarist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Colin Linden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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. He frequently collaborates with country and folk performers. He is a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings with Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson. He 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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Who is Colin Linden Dating?

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In February 1998 Linden shared the Maple Blues Producer of the Year award with Colin James. A Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf was released by Telarc Records in 1998. In 1999, A Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Traditional Blues Album. In 1999, Linden received the Toronto Arts Award.

Facts & Trivia

Conner Ranked on the list of most popular Canadian guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Colin Linden celebrates birthday on April 16 of every year.

For the album Big Mouth, a more acoustic recording, Linden recruited Keb’ Mo’, Bruce Cockburn, and other musicians. In 2002 Big Mouth won a Juno for Best Blues Album. In 2002, an album Linden worked on, Timeless, won the Grammy for Country Album of the Year. In 2002, he co-produced Stephen Fearing’s That’s How I Walk and Bruce Cockburn’s You’ve Never Seen Everything. In 2003, a third Blackie and the Rodeo Kings album, BARK, was released, and in 2006 they released Let’s Frolic and Let’s Frolic Again.