Terri Hendrix’s book, “Cry Till You Laugh: The Part That Ain’t Art,” was recently reviewed in Oklahoma’s The Current. Here’s a link, followed by the full review by Amy Addams, who calls Terri’s book “funny, sad and many times profound.”
The Current (January 2012, Vol. 9, No. 1)
Terri Hendrix’ “Cry Till You Laugh –The Part That Ain’t Art”
By Amy Addams
No, this is not Terri Hendrix’ latest album, but a book about her climb through the music scene and how she got to where she is today. It’s full of memoirs and snippets of her life from her first guitar (stolen from her sister) until present day. Hendrix gives us a window into how she started writing songs (her system clearly isn’t for everybody) and who she is when no one is watching. The book is also chock-full of her songs from the entire catalog, which when read, seems a bit like a book of poetry, but even for the more die-hard anti-poetic types, it works on a strange level.
Cry Till You Laugh is funny, sad and many times profound. There are a lot of pictures covering her tours and so many laugh-out-loud moments, but what really grabbed me was the raw truth in her writing. She does not sugar coat her life to make it sound as though she is an angel fallen to earth, but lets us into her ‘real Terri’ with some of the substandard living conditions she has endured, some of the uglier sides of touring and performing as well as her inspirations for many of her songs. Anyone who is already a Hendrix fan should add it to their library without a second thought and if you enjoy reading comedy, poetry or just wants something to fill a quiet Sunday on the couch, Cry Till You Laugh is a great read. [see:terrihendrix.com]
