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A 2ND ACT feeney/winthrop brings harmony to the community BY JULIE COLEMAN V alley band feeney/winthrop would make musician Pharrell Williams “happy” with the joy they derive and share with their audiences. The band’s roots go back more than 40 years, to when Matt Feeney met Ellen Hawley McWhirter through their involvement in a University of Notre Dame program that brought them both to Phoenix. Feeney met the third group member while working as an associate at Snell & Wilmer. Larry Winthrop, a partner at the firm, heard that Feeney sang and played guitar and invited himself to their practice. “Larry came to practice, and he was remarkable,” Feeney said. “We formed a folk trio called ‘Turning The Tide’ and performed together for six years.” After Hawley McWhirter’s move from Arizona, Feeney and Winthrop formed feeney/winthrop in the early 1990s. Feeney describes the two as a “failed duo who continued to make music.” However, the duo hit a high note when Winthrop married Pat, who Feeney calls “the Queen of Harmony,” and she joined the group. As time passed, the band expanded to include three additional members — pianist Luke Holton, drummer Alvaro Morello and Hawley McWhirter, who rejoined the Sharing the Secrets of Life Matt Feeney and Larry Winthrop have been making music together in Arizona for over 40 years, first as members of a folk trio, Turning the Tide, with Ellen Hawley McWhirter ( shown here ). FRONTDOORS MAGAZINE | 47