Art Linton is a singer/songwriter from Decatur, Georgia (native
Atlantan). He plays fingerstyle acoustic and electric guitar.
Linton runs the stylistic gamut from folk, funk, country blues,
soul to new and classic rock. His latest CD release is entitled
"Time Heals All" which is available for download at iTunes and
other online digital media outlets (Napster, Rhapsody, MusicNet,
Sony Connect, Groupie Tunes, Amazon MP3). Art's musical influences
include Elvis Costello, The The, Bob Dylan, Kinks, The Who,
Donovan, Blind Gary Davis, John Hurt, Led Zeppelin, Buddy Guy,
Grateful Dead, Jorma Kaukonen, Elvis, John Lennon, Johnny Winter,
Love, The Animals and the Beatles.
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ART LINTON is a native son of Atlanta, GA. He was one of the
first acts to play at the Downstairs music club/restaurant, which
was a small but eccentric part of the Athens music scene. Art
performed his songs solo there on acoustic guitar, sometimes with
harmonica and of course, harmonica rack. He would later perform at
the Uptown Lounge, the Georgia Theatre, Rockfish Palace, the Flying
Buffalo, Charle McGruders, the Lighthouse and the Foundry as part
of an acoustic guitar duo with singer-songwriter Mike Robinson.
Mike and Art opened for the legendary John Prine at the Georgia
Theatre. They also opened once for a group called "The Kentucky
Headhunters," and that's when Art made the "mistake" of jokingly
playing the first few notes of "Sweet Home Alabama." The hostile
headhunter audience demanded they finish the song, which they did.
Mike and Art also performed at the Second Annual Athens Music
Festival and at the 1990 Human Rights Festival in downtown
Athens.
Art helped start a rock band called Seedmachine with
singer-songwriter, guitarist & drummer Steve Milsap (formerly
of the Smash Fantastic). Art and Steve worked together at John
Keane Studios in Athens, with Keane and producer/bassist David
Barbe (Mercyland, Sugar, Buzzhungry, etc.) recording and playing on
some of the album. Former Mercyland drummer Joel Suttles and the
super talented and versatile drummer Sean O'Rourke also joined them
in the studio, as did the illustrious bassist extrordinare David
Webb and the fantastic keyboardist Tom Grose. Seedmachine also
recorded at Exocet Studios in Atlanta (with producers/engineers
Bruce Bennett and Geno Montgomery) where they finished their
16-song album project.
The final product, Hard World, saw a limited cassette release
locally in Athens and received good radio airplay. Seedmachine also
performed shows at The Georgia Theatre and The City Bar in Athens
and at The Wreck Room and Sylvia's Art of This Century in
Atlanta.
Art eventually left Athens and Seedmachine. He moved back to
Atlanta and landed a job as a writer and associate producer at CNN
Headline News, where he worked for several years. He completed his
own CD entitled "Enemy Lines." (see Enemy Lines website). Art
produced Enemy Lines at Exocet Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with the
help of co-producers and engineers Scott Patton (Sugarland, Richard
Bicknell), Bruce Bennett and Geno Montgomery. Art sings all lead
and background vocals, and plays lead and rhythm electric guitar
and acoustic guitar on all tracks. Guitar-player Scott Patton makes
a solo appearance as lead guitarist on "Anything Goes," and serves
as a second rhythm guitarist on a few other tracks. Bass player
extraordinaire David Webb (Sugarland, etc.) also helped flesh out
Art's songs in the studio. Several top-notch drummers helped Art
with his solo project, including former Aleka's Attic (with River
Phoenix) and Big White Undies drummer extrordanaire Josh Greenbaum
(now in Maui, lucky bum), the well-known Atlanta drummer Yonrico
Scott (Derek Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Yonrico Scott Band,
among others), as well as super-bad, world famous drummers Sean
O'Rourke (seanorourke.com, Sugarland, Mother's Finest, Aquarium
Rescue Unit, and many others), Michael Grando (Blueground
Undergrass. etc.) and Mike Mulholland. Other notable Atlanta music
scene players appearing on the album include the talented
keyboardist Tom Grose. Since then he has made appearances at
Eddie's Attic and the Freight Room in Decatur, as well as other
local Atlanta music venues.