Terri Hendrix music brightens any landscape
Just as the Texas wildflowers add dazzle and sparkle to the roadsides and meadows, Terri Hendrix's artistry brings that same kind of color to her songs and to her live performances!
Wildflowers along the road to Harmony House. photo by Allen Rich
Just as tourists line up on Texas highways just to see the wonder of each spring's array of bluebonnets, paintbrushes, & primroses, fans line up to hear & see Terri and her musical partner, Lloyd Maines, perform across Texas & the USA! Harmony House Concerts brings you the opportunity to enJOY these two talented artists on Sunday, May 3, '09, 3:30 to 5:30 pm.
To quote Texas Music Magazine, "Terri Hendrix creates the kind of music that makes you feel good.....conceived and delivered with utter sincerity."
If you are acquainted with Terri's music, enough said! If not, read more about her & Lloyd Maines, following the concert details.
The requested door donation is $15 per person, if prepaid, and is $18 per person at the door. To make your reservations for the Terri Hendrix show, call 903/583-2661, leaving the number needed and your contact information (e-mails preferred). To prepay, send your check made out to Terri Hendrix by April 28th to Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418. Refunds for cancellations will be made, if cancelled by April 28th. Bottomless cups of coffee, tea, and punch along with munchies are provided by hosts during the show and the intermission between sets. An optional $1 cash donation per guest helps to defray hosts' expenses...basket in breakfast room provided for this! After the performance, a Southwest Potluck Buffet will be served to guests who opt to stay. Please state your intent when making reservations and sign up for a dish to bring (you can be as creative or as simple as you like). Faye Wedell & Scott Lipsett, Harmony House hosts, will furnish tamales, tea, and lemonade for the dinner. Harmony House is located 10 miles North of Bonham, TX, in a vintage prairie home on Wildscape Acres. This is a casual venue with plenty of ambiance, fun, & hospitality for all!
Terri Hendrix walked away from her opera scholarship in college to allow her free spirit to explore other musical paths. She milked goats on Marion Williamson's Wilory Farm in exchange for this philanthropist's teaching her to play Mississippi-John-Hurt style guitar chops. Hendrix has paid tribute to her late teacher/mentor/friend by naming her record label, Wilory Records; by adopting a stubborn goat as her mascot; by naming her second album, Wilory Farm; and by writing the song, "Acre of Land" from her 2007 album, The Spiritual Kind.
For a time, Hendrix trucked around (literally, with her P.A. in the bed of her pickup) the Texas Hill Country, playing every small town honky-tonk and coffee house she could. Soon thereafter, her fans began adding up and that hasn't stopped since. Her grassroots fanbase spread like wildflowers across America and then to Europe.
When she decided to record her debut album in 1996, Two Dollar Shoes, she shopped around for a record label and was turned down by three, all of which are now out-of-business. Tenaciously, she released the album independently and now has nine self-released albums, each masterfully crafted. Hendrix is a lesson in empowerment, taking her own life and own business into her own hands, while fans & friends have cheered her on.
Her tunes have met with widespread Triple-A, Americana, and public radio support. For the past decade, she has toured constantly, playing before thousands in premiere events/festivals and playing in intimate gigs as well.
She observes that she likes "the sense of connection you're able to make with people through your music when they have a chance to grow with you. I've always thought of my fans as friends, and they're lifelong listeners of what I do."
Hendrix can play many genres and musical instruments. It's no wonder that Rick Allen/Harp wrote, "...anyone with a heart is hooked....candid, good-humored and intelligent singer-songwriter...a strong and unaffected singer." Come "get hooked" on Terri Hendrix....she's a positive addiction!!! For more information and song clips visit www.terrihendrix.com.
Lloyd Maines accompanies Terri in many of her shows. Maines, who just happens to be the father of Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks, is superb musician on his own. He is also a gifted producer and produces Hendrix's albums.
Mike Joyce, Washington Post, wrote, Hendrix's voice, intimate and expressive, is reason enough to keep listening, and the combination of Lloyd Maines' musicianship and production savvy seals the deal.
