We became Whitford in December 1998 with Andrew Cuneo playing bass, Jesse Kates on guitar and Jim Mulhearn drumming.

This three piece first performed in the cold, graffiti-caked basement of Chatham's REA coffehouse. We arrived late, hungry and frozen, having just removed the boot from Jim's van. Concerned that this initial dose of bad luck was earned when we named ourselves after Jim's dead black cat (Whitey -> Whitford -> Mr. Whitford -> Saint Whitford) we vowed to abandon lyrics and vocals. The cat had been a mute, dignified animal.

In December 1999, Andrew Paradise joined on saxophone. Less than 6 months later, we began recording what would be come Orson Welles: Planet Devouring Robot. After the album's release, Whitford played one show at Carnegie Mellon's Morewood Underground before Jim Mulhearn left the band to pursue other musical endeavors.

In October 2000, Adam Perry became our new "drummer" (stick weilding maniac!) Adam enhanced the rock side of Whitford, increasing the band's capacity for both intensity and velocity. His influence can be heard clearly in the tracks of Whitford's second album: Whitford Whitford, which we recorded in April and May of 2001.

Now we have gone our separate ways: Andrew Paradise (saxophone) rode to Boston in search of good fortune, Adam Perry (drums) is headed West in search of poetry and Jesse Kates (guitar) flew to Kansas City in search of Missouri. Andrew Cuneo (bass) continues to hold down the fort at Comet Way in Pittsburgh. Will this lineup ever reunite in its entirety? Probably not. There are high hopes, however, that the Whitford banner will rise again.