THE WHITFORDS

The Little Vineyard hosted The Whitfords and they gave a great concert of vintage country music.  They are truly a treat to listen to...the hall just echoed with enthusiasm as we all sang along.  

                       Bill Crager, Deming, New Mexico

Ann & Eldon Whitford, a husband & wife musical duo have been playing music together since the 1960s. They grew up singing in their home Mennonite church, where every song was done in four-part a cappella harmony.  

Today their vocals are most often in the genre of old two-part singing, with the tight blend and tension of the best early duo acts that came down from the mountains.

Mean Jean, the Bluegrass Queen

Eldon is a well-known historian regarding vintage guitars.

He is considered the foremost authority on Gibson flattop guitars. His book, Gibson's Fabulous Gibson Flattops, is considered the definitive history of Gibson flattop guitars.

Eldon’s guitar work is the result of a lifetime of band work, playing bluegrass flattop, honky-tonk “Telecaster” lead work, and delicate folk ballads.

****Read the late David Vinopal's review of  "The Whitfords".****

The Whitfords perform in Michigan and the Midwest, but each winter they head out for a three-month musical tour of southern Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas & New Mexico.

On songs that call for the deep basement drive, Ann slaps the old doghouse upright bass but switches to rhythm guitar on ballads.