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Terri Defies Type - Country, Bluegrass, Folk? Doesn't matter

firewallbill | Midland, TX USA | 07/08/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like folk, country, blue-grass, and are tired of singers that are "promoted" based on gloss or "type" - you'll love Terri. I first saw her in 2000 in Kerrville, Texas playing at a Saturday night get-together for riders in the Easter Hill Country bike ride. Terri captured the crowd with a combination of folk and country and her own "secret ingredient". I was hooked. This CD captures the best of a Terri Hendrix live performance - you can hear her humor and personality in songs like "Don't Pet the Dog" in a way no studio mix-synthesis with a studio-created performer could ever equal. Terri is a real artist who loves to perform and it comes across beautifully here. Don't expect gloss, just sheer fun."

Dogs, Goats, and Accordians

David A. Gordon | Vancouver, WA USA | 09/17/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw Terri and the guys at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, about six weeks after this album was recorded. She and Lloyd Maines chatted continuously with the audience, about her pets, friends, and family, and most of the songs reflected these topics. Lloyd and his wife gave Terri an accordian for her birthday, and she bravely played "Jamblaya" to the encouragement (and good-natured abuse) of the crowd. It felt more like a backyard picnic than a concert, with the whole crowd joining in on many of the songs, and a chorus of barks and howls to request "You Mangled My Dog."If the above sounds like your idea of a good time, buy this album. Otherwise, you might as well pass on everything she does, because it's all pretty much like this - very personal, down-home, good-natured, and participative fun. No one will ever mistake Terri Hendrix for Madonna."

Texas Reviews Itself

Jana Green | San Marcos, TX | 01/04/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"After reading one of the reviews for "Live in San Marcos", I decided to make the following comments. I have followed Terri Hendrix's career for the past 7 years. The depth of her lyrics and the growth of her music is evident in each of her albums. Those of you not from Texas may not be able to appreciate what recording a live album at Cheatham Street Warehouse means. First, it is a corregated tin, long narrow warehouse set approximately 10 feet off of the M-K-T railroad on one side (with constant train traffic) and bounded on the other three sides by thoroughfares in San Marcos. Cheatham Street has offered Texas a venue to listen intimately to such artists as Asleep at the Wheel, BB King, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, George Straight. This is Terri's hometown now and the recording was done for the fun and entertainment of fans who wanted a "live" party album. I take particular exception with the other reviewer's comments that this is the same music you will find on any of her CD's. Each CD is as unique and diversified as any artist I am familiar with. Terri's music engulfs folk, pop, odes, Spanish, Celtic, New Orleans skat and jazz and country. If you haven't taken the time to investigate her music yourself, please do so and don't take the written word of one reviewer who obviously has little knowledge of Terri's body of work. Thank you."