Terri Hendrix Mini Bios 2015
Terri Hendrix
Mini Bio
Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into
joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace and uplifting
melodic flair that has endeared her to three generations of loyal fans across
the country and around the globe. Recently recognized by Acoustic Guitar
Magazine as one of the “20 essential Texas singer-guitarists helping to write
America’s story,” she’s a tour de force performer who’s dodged musical
pigeonholes her entire career by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and
swinging jazz into an eclectic style all her own. That playful mix of styles,
buoyed by her energetic stage presence, makes for a highly energetic and
spiritually uplifting live show in any setting, from intimate listening rooms
and theaters to festival stages. The classically trained vocalist and deft multiinstrumentalist (guitar, mandolin and harmonica) has released 14 albums on
her own Wilory Records label, along with a book, “Cry Till You Laugh —
The Part That Ain’t Art,” containing song lyrics and essays on life, health,
and going your own way in the music business. She also co-wrote the
Grammy winning song “Lil’ Jack Slade” by the Dixie Chicks, and has
garnered numerous awards including a star on the Gulf Coast 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, Hendrix is busier than
ever, gearing up for the unveiling of the most ambitious creative endeavor of
her career, “Project 5”: four brand new albums and a book, all scheduled for
release throughout 2016. First out of the gate will be “true-blue songwriter
album,” due Feb. 5, to be followed by three more records — another
songwriter set, an acoustic blues album, and an electronica EP — in the
spring, summer, and fall. Last but not least will be her second book, a deeply
personal account of her lifelong battle with epilepsy. Hendrix is also hard at
work launching a nonprofit community arts center in central Texas called the
OYOU (“Own Your Own Universe”) which will one day be a multi-purpose
facility in the greater San Marcos, Texas, area.