MDCB October 28-30, 8:00

It's been a music filled summer and the fall has kept us plenty busy as well.  There are some shows coming up in the near future and we are happy to be adding a fantastic steel and banjo player when we play the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar October 28th, 29th and 30th.  Ted Wells and The Linford Band will be starting up with the new winter hours at 8:00. 

Million Dollar Cowboy Bar July 25th-27th

Thursday July 25th at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, The Linford Band will be joined by Alexa Marie, don't miss this rare sighting of Cal's daughter singing with her Dad.  Break out your pretty boots and keep the party going through the 27th.

March 11th, 12th, 13th at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar

The Linford Band is excited for our three night run at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.  It's one of our favorite venues and we can't wait to see all our great friends and dancers out for a good time. 

MDCB October 19th & 20th

See you at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar this weekend.  Friday and Saturday, the music starts at 9:00, can't wait to test out some new songs on our favorite dancers.

Finishing up September

We are nearly through September already.  We love autumn time and the gorgeous hiking around our home state.  Wyoming is truly spectacular.  While we're not hiking, canning fruit and filling our freezers for winter, we are of course singing.  Cal just played a private gig up in Jackson and coming up this week we will spend Sept. 25th & 26th at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.  We hope you'll put down your hunting rifles, set aside your boxes of fruit and trade your hiking gear for dancing boots and meet us there.  Music starts at 9:00.  If you found this blog you can get monthly updates here until we get our new website up and running.  We will soon be re-launching our www.thelinfordband.com and can also be found  here, https://www.facebook.com/Thelinfordband/ and here, https://www.instagram.com/linfordband/

New Shows

We've added a couple more nights at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.  Can't wait to see you out on the dance floor Tuesday, September 25th and Wednesday September 26th.

Fall 2018

 

Summer was a success and we are on to the fall.  Coming up we have two shows at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar September 4th & 5th.  Music starts at 9:00pm

 

October 12th & 13th we will spend a couple nights at the Silver Dollar Bar at the Historic Wort Hotel, 7:30-11-30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Million Dollar Cowboy Bar // Ruby // End of the Line

Keep Your Hands To Yourself

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar

The Linford Band is excited to be playing the world famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar this coming Thursday and Friday.  It's a great place to dance and take in the authentic Jackson Hole scene.  We hit the stage around 9 and have more songs than we can possibly get through, but we'll sure try. 

Silver Dollar Bar

The Linford Band is playing the Silver Dollar Bar at the Wort Hotel in Jackson this Friday, April 6th and Saturday, April 7th. The music starts at 7:30 and you'll be able to dance and dine until 11:00.  We hope to see all our friends and family out enjoying this Spring Break weekend. 

 

 

Picture Credit-Amanda McDonald

October

October has been exciting so far.  A fabulous trip to Chicago sandwiched in between two gigs up in the Wilson/Moose area.  They were private parties so we didn't put out a shingle for fans, family and friends to come join us but we had a couple of great nights.  The Linfords Joined Twenty Paces for what ended up as a high dollar Hoot, tons of fun, lots of bongos, the best people watching from stage I've ever done, the most audience participation and the coolest background to date.  There was a huge screen behind us that scrolled gorgeous photos as we played.  Loved it.  I flew out the next morning bright and early with my guitar in tow to work on some new music for our last gig of the season and our very last show with our Linford Band drummer, Dave.  It's safe to say it was an amazing send off.  We played for several hours in a packed roadhouse, burned through all our set lists, and came away with a fat lip (collision with a dancer, speaker and mic) a peanut bucket of cash and some great stories to tell. 

We are sad to say goodbye to Dave as a part of our band, but he remains our friend and neighbor and barber, so in truth, we haven't parted ways.  He is taking a break from the music to make room for more important things in his life right now.  Life continues on, things change, but the music remains. 

Winter may bring new music, a new band member, you just never know. 

Summer is Upon Us

What a great night we had at The Wort and it was just the beginning of a busy summer ahead of us.  I'll be playing with Cal and the band Twenty Paces and also Lady Luck.  Here's a rundown of future dates, we can't wait to see you out there on the road.

May 25-27th Teddy with Lady Luck in Utah

June 8-11th Teddy with Lady Luck in Clarinda, Iowa for the Glenn Miller Festival

June 17th Cal and Teddy with Twenty Paces at the Bull Moose in Alpine, Wyoming

June 24th Cal and Ted with Twenty Paces at the Star Valley Ranch Dance

July 1st Cal and Ted private wedding in Star Valley, Wyoming

July 16th Cal and Ted with Twenty Paces at the Silver Dollar Bar (The Wort) Jackson Hole

August 5-12th Lincoln County Fair, Star Valley, Wyoming

August 6th Teddy with Lady Luck, Davis County Music in the Park, Ogden, UT

August 7th Ned LeDoux in concert at the Lincoln County Fair, Afton, WY

August 9-12th Teddy with Lady Luck presents Tres' Belles at the Lincoln County Fair

September 9th The Linfords with Twenty Paces at Star Valley Ranch Silo

September 29th Cal, Private Event

September 30th The Linfords with Twenty Paces in Jackson Hole, Private Event

Teddy in Chicago!  "It's Quiet Uptown"

October 5th Cal and Ted in Jackson Hole, WY (private party)

December 15-30th Teddy with the Sun Valley Carolers in Sun Valley, ID

It's going to be an eventful summer, as summers always are around here.  Hope to see you out enjoying the sun and some great music with your family and friends. 

The Silver Dollar Bar and Grill

Tonight The Linfords will be joining the newly minted band Twenty Paces at the Silver Dollar Bar and Grill in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  It will be a great night filled with songs from the past, Eagles, Johnny Cash and Rodney Crowell along with some new favorites.  Because I was lucky enough to change my schedule around so I could join the boys, some old cowboys will become acquainted with the songwriting prowess of Sarah Bareilles.  We play from 7:00-11:00, so come in for dinner and stay for the dancing.  Hope to see you all there. 

The Wort Silver Dollar Bar

When one door closes another literally opens.  I'm sad to be missing this gig with my brother, but am pretty stoked about his upcoming gigs at The Silver Dollar Bar at The Wort in Jackson.  April 29th and sometime in July, I'll keep you posted.  We love The Wort and remember our Great Aunt Velma taking us to lunch there when she flew into the Jackson Hole Airport from Washington D.C. She'd be pretty excited to I do believe and would have a buffalo burger and a cold Heineken if she were still around to have one. Cal is playing with the Three Rivers Band for this gig and I'll be playing with Lady Luck.  I hope you'll catch his show there, he's going to be playing lead and singing a few. 

Every Wednesday, All Summer

So, all summer long Cal and Me made the drive from Star Valley to the Gros Ventre River Ranch to entertain at their guest ranch campfires.  It was a great experience.  We had a chance to get away, decompress, listen to music, laugh, check out the river and learn new songs.  I love how you never know what to expect each week with each new group of guests.  Some love to sit and listen, some sing along, some drink and talk and laugh and ALL are interesting. 

On the last day going up there, I was smart enough to bring my camera and took a photo of the commute.  Traffic is crazy ;-)

 

We always got a kick out of the signs on the way into the Ranch.

There were some pretty great old cars out there as well.

 

The Tetons were covered in smoke for the better part of a month, but it's still a gorgeous backdrop for some campfire singing.

We really appreciated our summer with the great folks at GVRR.  There is truly never a dull moment for us when we're out singin'.

And last, but not least, the oasis in the night :-)

Teton County Fair

We're geared up and ready to play this weekend at the Teton County Fair in Jackson Hole Wyoming. It's just a few miles up the road so we're really excited to play 'local' this year. We hope you'll come out and enjoy the fair and see us under the tent.

Thurs. 11:00, 3:30 and 6:45

Fri. 11:00, 4:30 and 7:00

Sat. 1:30, 4:45 and 7:15

All our shows are FREE! Yahoo! So get some fair food and enjoy the free entertainment.

Up-Dates

It's been a while since I've updated our schedule, so here is how it's looking for 2011 so far.
Tomorrow, March 18th we'll be at the senior center at 12:15 and at the Freedom Ward Social in the evening.

Coming up in April we have a private party at the MADDOX in Brigham City, Utah. If you need some entertainment on the 5th or 6th and are in Utah we have some time available, so give us a shout.

We're planning to be a part of the Star Valley Arts Council Concert Series this June. We are excited to see a venue like this open up in our neck of the woods. It's such a great thing and we hope it becomes a Star Valley Tradition. We'll also pray for no snow in June :-) Dates are not set yet for this one . . . more info. to come.

We'll be playing Star Valley Ranch again in July the weekend of the 24th and then will be up at the Teton County Fair in Jackson Hole the 28th-30th. Both Cal and I have been a part of the Entertainment at the fair, but it's been over a decade ago and we've never played there together, so we are really excited about it.

We hope you'll come out and see us live, we have our new CD for sale and one of my favorite things is meeting the people who have similiar taste in music.

Inspiration For 2010

When we heard Brandi Carlile was playing at The Mangy Moose in Jackson, of COURSE we had to go!We were not disappointed.

My favorite thing about the show is that there is a really great UP energy about it. Sure there are sad, angsty songs and plenty of drama, but the underlying feeling about everything they do is that they LOVE IT. I believe that they love playing as much as I love listening and that is what makes it for me.

I was close enough to the stage to touch her guitar.

Yes, I am one of the die-hard fans vying for prime real estate in front of the stage :)

I'm always interested in the instruments they play and equipment they run. They had a flying sound system and the mix was fantastic.

Cal and Del both stood out in the crowd a little bit :) They looked like my body guards. It was such a great night.


(I get totally nerded out when I'm really into the music ~ and after three live BC Concerts, I'm STILL into it :)

Oh, and the most enviable part of the whole night was this guy pictured in the background. He is the guitar tuner/handler :) Maybe someday we'll have one of those ;)