Colin Linden

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.

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. That same year, an album Linden worked on, Timeless, won the Grammy for Country Album of the Year.

Discography Solo Colin Linden Live (1980) The Immortals (1986) When the Spirit Comes (1988) South at Eight, North at Nine (1993) Through the Storm, Through the Night (1995) Raised by Wolves (1997) Sad and Beautiful World (1975–1999) (1999) Big Mouth (2001) Southern Jumbo (2005) Easin' Back to Tennessee (2006) From the Water (2009) Still Live (2012) Rich in Love (2015) bLOW (2021)

Compilation inclusions Orphans of God: A Tribute to Mark Heard (Fingerprint, 1996). Linden contributed his version of "Dry Bones Dance", originally released as the title track of a 1990 Mark Heard album. Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Northern Blues, 2003). Linden contributed his version of "Big River".