WHERE ARE THEY NOW? #13 ~ LINFORD DETWEILER (Over The Rhine)

Next up in the, "Where Are They Now" series, I am featuring, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and PHS alum, Linford Detweiler.

A long line of Linford's siblings attended PHS and one of my fond memories of Linford is from his piano playing. Back in the day we had to be in our seats for an 8 a.m. start for morning chapel and unless you were good buds with the row checker or you were the row checker you didn't want to be late or absent.

Linford would arrive a little early and pound out some tunes on the old upright piano in the High School Auditorium. One of my memories is of him playing, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and at the sign of the first teacher magically transition into a staid hymn!

After High School, Linford became a member of the band, Servant. In the spring of 1989, he with 2 other members of Servant along with Karin Bergquist, formed a new group called, Over The Rhine named after a neighbourhood in Cincinnati, OH.

Over the Rhine released independently their first two albums, Till We Have Faces, in 1991 (named for the C. S. Lewis book of the same title) and Patience in 1992, before eventually signing with label giant I.R.S. Records later in 1992. IRS acquired both Till We Have Faces and Patience, issuing them as the first two releases from the band, and later in 1994 would fully fund the band's third LP release Eve to rave reviews.

OTR has released 3 wonderful Christmas albums and I would recommend you add them to your Christmas listening.

Linford and Karin live on their farm in OH called: Nowhere Farm where they host a yearly music and arts festival, Nowhere Else. It is certainly on our bucket list to attend one of these years.

I am going to post two songs in the comments below:

Fair Warning: Possible Trigger

If you have suffered loss or are going through a time of grief, this song may not be for you so feel free to move on to the next one. Linford has written a heartfelt tribute to his father and sings and delivers the lyrics in a deep way. It may also be an encouragement to you.

The next song is more, "Christmasy" in nature but also is maybe a good song for this 2020 year we have all been through.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haukwn2sBwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxyDHupA6Og