March 8, 2011
Terri Hendrix keeps music the Maines thing Mar. 12 at Suite 147
By Kevin Yeanoplos (Tucson Concerts Examiner)
Terri Hendrix has just the prescription for a musical fever – and no, it’s not more cowbell. All it takes is some simple medicine – cry ‘til you laugh. And if that’s still not enough, just take two tuneful spoonfuls of the Grammy Award-winning Texas songwriter’s music and call Dr. Hendrix in the morning.
Joined by longtime friend and multi-instrumentalist Lloyd Maines, Hendrix plays at Tucson’s fantastic new venue, Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino, on Saturday, Mar. 12 at 7:30 pm as part of the Rhythm & Roots concert series.
In these often discouraging times, Hendrix’ music just plain makes you feel good. On her new album, appropriately titled Cry Till You Laugh, she tunefully transforms sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace and melody that has long been her trademark.
She imaginatively combines her classical vocal training with her skillful multi-instrumental talents (guitar, mandolin and harmonica), fusing folk, pop, country, blues and swinging jazz into an eclectic style all her own, demolishing musical stereotypes along the way.
Fellow Texas songwriter Joe Ely observed, “Terri Hendrix is an amazing performer and a great writer. Her storytelling has a kind of believability that is natural, and she can turn on a dime and twist it around where it’s as unexpected and as funny as anything you could imagine. All combined, she’s pretty amazing.”
Incredibly, Hendrix has released 14 albums on her own Wilory Records label. In the fall of 2010, she published her first book; a tie-in with her latest album featuring song lyrics, photos and essays on life, health, business, music and “owning your own universe” called Cry Till You Laugh – The Part That Ain’t Art.
Hendrix’ musical collaborator Maines, is no slouch either. He won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2003 as producer of the Dixie Chicks‘ album, Home. Chicks’ lead singer Natalie Maines familiarly calls him ‘Dad’. Many credit Maines with bringing the current lineup of Chicks bandmates together, changing their sound and jump-starting their careers.
Suite 147 is located at Plaza Palomino, Swan and Ft. Lowell Roads. Tickets for the show are $20 in advance, $23 at the door and can be purchased at Antigone Books, all Bookmans locations, Grey Dog Trading Company in Plaza Palomino, online at rhythmandroots.org, or toll-free at 800-594-8499. All tickets from the postponed Jan. 15 show will be honored on the new date.
