Texas singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix is one of more than 30 acclaimed artists featured on the new double-CD album, “This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark.” Co-produced by Tamara Saviano and Shawn Camp and released in December 2011 by Music Road Records and Icehouse Music, the collection is currently in the Top 5 of the Americana Music Chart and continues to collect glowing reviews — including placement on many critics year-end Best of 2011 lists. As writer Chet Flippo noted in his Jan. 19, 2012 “Nashville Skyline” column for CMT News, “There has probably never been a more thoughtful and appreciative tribute project than the current salute to singer and songwriter Guy Clark.”
Like every artist who participated in the project — a veritable who’s who of Americana stars including, among many others, Rodney Crowell, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Ely, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris and John Prine — Hendrix came on board as a longtime fan of Clark’s extraordinary catalog of songs. “Guy Clark is like a dancer with the way he talks and a photographer with the way he writes,” she told writer Brian T. Atkinson in the album’s liner notes. “He’s the epitome of American songwriting.” For her track, Hendrix covers “The Dark,” off of Clark’s 2002 album of the same name. In an interview the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram, Verlon Thompson, Clark’s longtime touring guitarist who played on most of the “This One’s for Him” sessions and also recorded a cover of “All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad,” described Hendrix’s recording of “The Dark” as “one of those breathtaking moments … We all looked around the room at each other and had to choke it back to keep it together.”
Hendrix and Thompson — along with fellow “This One’s for Him” participants Lovett, Crowell, Ely, Camp, Rosie Flores, Terry Allen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jack Ingram, Shawn Colvin, Kevin Welch, Ray Wylie Hubbard, James McMurtry, Radney Foster, and the Trishas — also performed at the “Wish I Was in Austin: A 70th Birthday Tribute Concert for Guy Clark,” held Nov. 2 at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin. Clark himself closed the show with a set of his own. Proceeds from the concert benefitted the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University in San Marcos.
Following are links to some of the rave reviews and coverage “This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark” has received so far:
This One’s for Guy Clark, Americana’s Craftsman, by Meredith Ochs, NPR Music
“Maybe it’s the lesser known lights that hit home the hardest, artists like Verlon Thompson, Terri Hendrix, and Shawn Camp, going for the surprise factor for extra impact.The chance to perform “All Through Throwing Good Love after Bad,” “The Dark” or “Homeless” gives each one, respectively, a leg up on greatness to be sure.” — Bill Bentley, Bentley’s Bandstand @ The Morton Report, Dec. 15, 2011
Performing Songwriter’s 10 Favorite CDs of 2011
“Not only did co-producers Tamara Saviano and Shawn Camp masterfully match artists to songs, they coaxed forth deliveries that make us understand why these songs still matter.” — Lynne Margolis, American Songwriter, Jan. 9, 2012
“Real Texas Cookin’,” by Steve Horowitz, PopMatters, Jan. 6, 2012
