Terri Hendrix CD Release (with Lloyd Maines)

Anderson Fair presents Terri Hendrix CD Release w/ Lloyd Maines. Terri Hendrix is releasing her latest project on July 8, 2016 in Houston at Anderson Fair. She’ll be joined by Lloyd Maines.

Project 5.2 Album: “Slaughterhouse Sessions”
The second album in Project 5 will be a harmonica-driven acoustic blues and gospel record with both original songs and covers. We recorded some of these tracks at a former slaughterhouse in El Prado, New Mexico. Though it might have macabre roots, it has since been converted into an eclectic guesthouse for family, friends, and artists. With its overall vibe and groove, it’s a sonic departure from “Love you Strong.” However, the two albums bookend each other with their subject matter, with the songs on this album venturing more into the exploration of faith.

Terri Hendrix sings the blues in a sweet, sweet way. One could easily forget the Texas troubadour mostly croons about life’s troubles, because she sounds so dang pleasant about it. The singer-songwriter understands that tears are meant to roll off one’s face, that even those with two left feet should dance, and the promise of tomorrow may just be a fantasy.

Hendrix doesn’t let the disagreeable facts of life get in the way of living a rich life with a smile. The vast majority of the 15 tracks on her latest disc reveal she’s satisfied just singing and swinging. As the album’s title says, Cry Till You Laugh, what better choice do you have?

While Hendrix may be more Pollyanna than Cassandra, she doesn’t shy away from the truth. Hendrix details the distance between what’s real and what we want on the autobiographical “Einstein’s Brain”. We all know that the things we desire do not come easily, if at all.

Hendrix reminds us that we can still dream about them. Magic can happen, even if only for a brief, incandescent interlude. We can taste the sweetness in our minds and imagination—and maybe that’s enough.

Lloyd Maines is an AmericanGrammy Award-winning country music record producer, musician and songwriter and who was born and raised in Lubbock, Texasand is now based in Bulverde, Texas. Lloyd Maines is an AmericanGrammy Award-winning country musicrecord producer, musician and songwriter and who was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas and is now based in Bulverde, Texas.

Arguably best known as a pedal steelplayer, Maines is a multi-instrumentalist who has also performed and/or recorded playing dobro, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, lap steel guitar, banjoand bell tree. He toured and recorded as a member of the Joe ElyBand and has also played with Guy Clark, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Golden Bear (band), and other Texas musicians. Maines was a member of The Maines Brothers Bandin the late 1970s and early 1980s and has contributed to alt-countryreleases, including Uncle Tupelo’s Anodyne and Wilco’s debut, A.M..

He is also a record producer, starting with Terry Allen’s seminal 1979 album, LUBBOCK (on everything). 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, which jump-started their sudden popularity and change in sound. Susan Gibson’s “Wide Open Spaces”, which had been sent to Maines, proved to be a hit from their debut album, and has remained their signature song.

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