Clif Barfield plays Appallachian Dulcimers and a scary lot of blowdowns - clarinet, whistle, cornamuse, recorder, spanish shawm, english medieval bagpipes, diatonic clarinet, and border pipes.
This is his first band (where has he been hiding?) - except that he once played in a scratch band with Martin (Maggot Fingers) Allcock and maintains that the band were collectively, gloriously, awful.
He also plays for Morris dancing (confusingly), and dances, or rather, in his case, bounces, quite high in the air. He has been a member of several Morris teams, notably Horwich (well thought of), Wrigley Head (least said soonest mended), Medlock, Earl of Stanford's and is currently teaching Lady Leofric's Cross Morris (apparently quite good-natured, despite the name).
He used to do stuff for Buzz in Manchester and teaches Oldham and the Werneth Shuttle dance at workshops unless stopped.
Also plays with toy trains and has a large collection of anoraks.
