Lindy grew up in the small town of Heppner in Eastern Oregon, where the landscape 
was as broad and open as Texas. "It was cowboys and ranchers, and the big deal of 
the year was the rodeo." Her parents owned Heppner's popular Wagon Wheel Café. 
 
For entertainment at the Wagon Wheel, Lindy's father led her brothers and sisters in 
a country and western band, performing songs by Hank Williams, Buck Owens and Patsy Cline. 
Lindy made her debut as a performer at the age of three, when her father brought her onstage 
for a nightly solo. 
 
"Our house was a short walk away," Lindy recalls. "They'd bring me out to sing and then Mom 
would take me home to bed. When I was eight, I started playing piano and singing as a regular 
member of the band." 
 
She fell in love with the music. "With such simple melody and harmony, a country song can just 
pierce the heart. It was a great way to share family time-- being together, making music together," 
she says. "The music was fun, and I loved seeing other people's joy, seeing how much the music meant 
to them." 
 
A contract with Ripcord Records marked Lindy's transformation from band member to recording artist, 
and spurred her on to write more and more of her own songs. 
 
In 1980 she moved to San Francisco, where Lindy and her country-rock Red Dog Band gained notoriety 
in and around the Bay Area and won opening slots for Michael Martin Murphy, Hank Williams Jr., 
Commander Cody and other stars. 
   
Soon Lindy's management was pointing her to Music City. In 1985, Lindy made the move to Nashville, 
and Lindy's fresh, original songs began to get noticed. Marsha Thornton's single and video of Lindy's 
composition  A Bottle of Wine and Patsy Cline  became a regular play on CMT.  Exit 99  was a single 
for CeeCee Chapman, and was featured on Lorrie Morgan's gold-selling "Warpaint" album. Mila Mason 
included  One Thing Led to Another  on her Atlantic release "The Strong One". Lindy herself became 
a fixture on the Nashville club circuit, packing in the loyal crowds who gravitated to the easy 
intimacy of her agile, jazzy piano work and her witty and soulful vocal style.  
 
As the millennium turned, Lindy s thoughts turned as well to her roots in the Northwest. She decided 
it was time to return home. Now based in Central Oregon, "where the high desert meets the 
Cascade Mountains," the gifted musician singer composer says she finds renewed inspiration within 
in the dramatic natural environment she cherished growing up.  
 
"Turn to the West, and you see the mountains," she says. "Turn around to the East, and it's all 
high desert, juniper and sage. The landscape gives me balance. I love the Old West, and the spirit 
of the Old West is alive here."