On Sunday, January 22, 2012, 3-5 p.m., get your appetite ready to enjoy one hot tamale, Terri Hendrix, with a spicy salsa on the side, Lloyd Maines. What better combination to start off 2012 for Harmony House Concerts at Wildscape Acres, www.WildscapeAcres.com, just 10 miles north of Bonham near Ravenna, Texas! Be ready for a "hot time in this 'ole house" that day and into the evening. Read more below about the performing artists.
Lloyd Maines and Terri Hendrix
Terri herself contacted Faye Wedell about a year ago and said that she wanted to return to Harmony House, because the audience here made a lasting impression on her. At that time, she was working with an agent, who could probably have gotten her a bigger gig, but that's not what Terri Hendrix is all about. After her first visit to Harmony House, she called Faye and told what a meaningful time she had had and that house concert venues like Harmony House are what real "folk music" is all about....being with the persons attending and feeling a part of them (not apart from them, as onstage sometimes)."We booked this concert through her agent then, but now Terri is doing her own booking once again," says Faye. "She's always been known as an 'independent woman' with a mind of her own! Who can help but admire her courage and commitment to her fans, to music, and to her own values?"
To obtain reservations for this performance, call 903/583-2661, leaving your contact info (e-mail/phone number) and how many seats you desire. The suggested donation is $15 per person, which Terri did not want to increase despite her travel expenses increasing. To prepay, please send a check made out to Terri Hendrix to the following address: Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418...in time to be received by January 17!
Prepaying is preferred, because it makes "checking-in" go more smoothly for the hosts, but payment at the door is accepted....please be sure to "show up." Any "no-shows" will be expected to pay for the reservations made. Refunds for cancellations will be made for those cancelling by January 17, also....otherwise, there will be no refunds for this show. Seating is limited, so making reservations ASAP is suggested. When the show sells out, we will have a "waiting list" in case of cancellations.
Harmony House exudes a rustic charm in a natural environment and is known for its casual atmosphere and friendly guests. The artists will play two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission, so guests can enjoy snacks and get another cup of coffee or tea. Hosts provide "bottomless cups of coffee, tea, and punches along with some other treats for munching. A basket on the table of the breakfast room will be provided for those wishing to make an optional $1 cash donation to help defray costs.
Following the concert, there will be an optional Potluck Dinner for those wishing to stay. Faye and Scott will provide... what else, but.....hot tamales of various types (meat and meatless)! Those partaking will be asked to bring various sides and desserts that complement the menu! When making reservations, please indicate whether you plan to stay and what you would like to bring. This helps the hosts' planning and avoids too much repetition of dishes. If Faye has 12 persons wanting to bring a pot of pinto beans, she might have another suggestion for a few of them.
The Potluck will be held indoors, so there will be some rearranging after the show, and dinner should start about 5:45 pm. After dinner, those wishing to share in a Song Circle are invited to stay.....either to listen or to play "sing-alongs" or originals....if you play an instrument, bring it ...if not, bring your voices and ears.
Oftentimes, a Song Circle can become one of the more intimate times of the entire experience.....you don't have to be a "pro" to play/stay, but you do have to be a "pro" at enjoying life and music.
More about Terri Hendrix....
“The Beginning …”
That’s how Terri Hendrix ends her first book: With a promise of more — much more — to come. More books? Yes. More music? Most assuredly. More living with passion, playing with heart and embracing the light to spite the dark — i.e., all that “Spiritual Kind” of stuff that matters most? Count on it. Because the way Hendrix herself sees it, she’s just now getting started.
“I want there to be more to my life than just mere existence,” she writes in one of the essays featured in her new book, “Cry Till You Laugh — The Part That Ain’t Art.” “No matter what I do, where I go, or whatever trials this year might have in store for me, I want to remember my ability to laugh … I want joy. And hope. And inspiration. And above all, a sense of purpose.”
That commitment to her craft can be traced all the way back to her earliest restaurant and bar gigs along the Riverwalk in her native San Antonio — though her love of music and writing goes back long before she even launched her career. “When I was a kid, I often found escape in books and writing short stories,” says Hendrix. “I wrote so often, that my Mom said she could find me by following my ‘paper trail.’ Then I stole my sister’s guitar, and once I began to write songs, the paper trail grew longer.”
She took a shine to singing, too, earning a scholarship to study voice at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. In another universe, she might have been an opera singer; but her future in classical music was not to be. “Instead of taking notes, I wrote lyrics all over my music theory notebooks.” She eventually transferred to Southwest Texas State in San Marcos, the hippie-friendly college town halfway between San Antonio and Austin that she still calls home. But she wasn’t long for school there, either; instead, she found the most important mentor of her life in classical musician, teacher and organic farmer Marion Williamson. In exchange for farmhand duties (including milking goats, which explains the mascot Hendrix later adopted for her label), Williamson taught her not only the finer points of Mississippi John Hurt-style guitar picking, but how to book gigs and set up her own PA system. Williamson’s sudden death, which came shortly after the release of Hendrix’s debut album, “Two Dollar Shoes,” was devastating to the young songwriter; but the invaluable education she received from her friend continues to guide her through both life and career.
Soon after Williamson’s passing, Hendrix began working with producer/guitarist Lloyd Maines (Joe Ely Band, Terry Allen, Dixie Chicks). Their first record together, “Wilory Farm,” garnered significant airplay and tour dates well outside of Texas, and Hendrix’s career has moved from strength to strength ever since, with subsequent albums like “Places in Between,” “The Ring,” “The Art of Removing Wallpaper” and “The Spiritual Kind” receiving critical raves from such publications as Texas Monthly, the Boston Herald, Washington Post, Billboard, Harp and Mojo. She’s also released four live CDs, a popular kids album, “Celebrate the Difference” (which featured the satellite radio hit “Nerves”), a Christmas EP and a decade-spanning collection of previously unreleased studio recordings, “Left Over Alls.”
In addition to winning several local music awards in San Antonio and Austin (including “Best Singer-Songwriter,” “Best Folk Act” and “Best New Band”), Hendrix co-wrote a Grammy-winning instrumental (“Lil’ Jack Slade”) on the Dixie Chicks’ multi-platinum “Home” album. But the biggest professional and personal honors of her career have all come about in the last year. In 2010, she was inducted into the South Texas Music Walk of Fame in Corpus Christi, joining such Lone Star luminaries as Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson and Doug Sahm. She also received the Art of Peace Award from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, honoring her for creating art in the service of peace, justice, and human understanding. The accolades could go on and on, but to learn more about Terri Hendrix, go to www.terrihendrix.com. There are also some free downloads and you can join her e-newsletter group to receive her "Goat Notes".
More about Lloyd Maines.....
Lloyd Maines is an American Grammy Award-winning country music record producer, musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in Acuff, Texas (out in the flatlands of West Texas.....hence, he became and essential part of the Flatlanders, and now Lloyd is based in Austin, Texas.
Arguably best known as a pedal steel player, Maines is a multi-instrumentalist who has also performed and/or recorded playing dobro, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, lap steel guitar, banjo and bell tree. Maines was a member of The Maines Brothers Band in the late 1970s and early 1980s and has contributed to alt-country releases, including Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne and Wilco's debut, A.M..
Maines began producing some of his own music, branching out beginning with other country artists, early on starting with Terry Allen's seminal 1979 album, Lubbock (On Everything).[2] He has produced and worked on recording projects with numerous artists, including Richard Buckner, Butch Hancock, Rita Hosking, Jerry Jeff Walker, Charlie Robison, the Lost Gonzo Band, Two Tons of Steel, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Wayne Hancock, Intocable, Owen Temple, Robert Earl Keen, Terri Hendrix, Pat Green, Roger Creager and The Waybacks. He frequently tours with Terri Hendrix throughout the United States, and is a major part of her band and production as an artist.
Maines won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2003 as producer of the Dixie Chicks' album, Home. As the father of Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, he was instrumental in bringing the current lineup of bandmates together in 1995. For more info on Lloyd, visit www.Lloydmaines.net.
Better yet....come meet (if you haven't already), see, and hear these two artists at Harmony House on 1-22-2012! They're not a "hard-sell"......you'll be like family to them as soon as we gather together at 3:00 p.m.