Pioneering, independent Texas songwriter Terri Hendrix will take the stage with legendary musician, performer and producer Lloyd Maines at the Wimberley United Methodist Church on December 19.
Recognized by “Acoustic Guitar” magazine as one of Texas’ 20 “essential” singer-songwriters, Hendrix has dodged musical pigeonholes by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and swinging jazz into an eclectic style all her own. Beginning with her 1996 debut, “Two Dollar Shoes,” Hendrix has released more than a dozen albums on her label Wilory Records. She is also the author of the book, “Cry Till You Laugh — The Part That Ain’t Art,” on life, health and going your own way in the music business.
She co-wrote the Grammy-winning instrumental “Lil’ Jack Slade” performed by the Dixie Chicks, and has garnered other honors such as a star on the South Texas Music Walk of Fame, the Art of Peace Award by Saint Mary’s University in San Antonio, the Distinguished Alumni Award at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, and a 2015 induction into the Women’s Hall of Fame in San Marcos, Texas.
Now well into her third decade as a performing artist, in 2016 she wrote, “Project 5,” four thematically- linked new albums and a book. She also wrote a second book, a deeply personal account of her lifelong battle with epilepsy and the path she’s braved to wellness. Arguably best known as a pedal steel player, Lloyd Maines is a multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded as a member of the Joe Ely Band and has played with Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Golden Bear, and other Texas musicians. Maines was a member of The Maines Brothers Band in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Maines began producing his own music and branched out to produce a long list of other artists including the Bad Livers, Richard Buckner, Roger Creager, Pat Green, Butch Hancock, Wayne Hancock, Terri Hendrix, Rita Hosking, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Intocable, Robert Earl Keen, the Lost Gonzo Band, Bob Livingston, Charlie Robison, Owen Temple, Two Tons of Steel, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Waybacks, and Martin Zellar. 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.
The December 19 Terri Hendrix - Lloyd Maines performance is part of Susanna’s Kitchen Coffeehouse Concert Series at the Wimberley United Methodist Church located at the corner of RR12 and CR1492. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 7 and the concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tamales, pizza, pie coffee and soft drinks are available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the Barnabas Connection, Bright Beginnings Preschool scholarships and other nonprofits. For more information go to wimberleyumc. org.
