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| In concert, Linford initially played mostly bass in the group, but has also played acoustic guitar and keyboards. Future recordings will increasingly include colours, creepy codas, cadences and musical asides courtesy of Linford's growing collection of vintage keyboards which include a turn of the century Emerson upright piano, a Hammond B-3 and model 122 Leslie speaker cabinet, a tube Wurlitzer electric piano, a harmonium, a vox Super Continental organ, and who knows what all. Linford credits the Hammond B-3 for whimsically changing his life. He says, "God told me to buy one of these beautiful instruments made famous accompanying everyone from Mahalia Jackson to Al Green. I assumed I would spend a lifetime learning to play it in the privacy of my own home, but six months later, there I was with the Cowboy Junkies on Letterman, Good Morning America, and Sessions at West 54th with David Byrne, trying to make sense of those magical drawbars in front of God and the world. I couldn't keep myself from grinning. I had no idea what I was doing, other than falling in love."
Linford hopes to increasingly pursue non-musical writing in addition to songwriting and lists Dylan Thomas, Flannery O'Connor, Annie Dillard, Carson MacCullers and Frederick Buechner among his favorites. Check out his solo piano record, and look for some spoken word recordings a little further down the road. |