{"id":442,"date":"2013-09-06T20:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=442"},"modified":"2015-10-07T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T20:35:13","slug":"terri-hendrix-lloyd-maines-almost-austin-pasadena-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/06\/terri-hendrix-lloyd-maines-almost-austin-pasadena-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines – Almost Austin – Pasadena, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by James Killen <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 06, 2013 at 07:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"Its birthday time for Kenny Pipes, proprietor of the Almost Austin concert series, and Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines were in the house on House Street to celebrate. Kenny coordinated a steak cook out to head the menu for the pot luck dinner before the show (thanks to Danny Poirrier for the grill mastering). I can tell you that it is just like Mr. Pipes to give other folks stuff on his own birthday. What a great guy. There were plenty of family and friends (as well as Terri Hendrix fans) on hand for the festivities.<\/p>\n

Watching a professional entertainment team like Lloyd and Terri in an informal setting like this is a treat indeed. I\u2019ve seen them play at large and small venues, sticking to the set list and running through the between song \u201ctuning\u201d patter with practiced acumen. At this house concert, all (or at least most) of that went out the window. Terri and Lloyd just seemed to leave the set list behind and had fun in a most contagious manner.<\/p>\n

The show started out with a customized \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d song for Kenny with several \u201cKenny only\u201d verses added to the traditional lyrics. They followed that with a rare cover song playing Billy Joe Shaver\u2019s \u201cLive Forever\u201d. The show continued with some great Terri songs like \u201cLife\u2019s a Song\u201d, \u201cFair\u201d \u201cSpiritual Kind\u201d and \u201cHand Me-Down Blues\u201d.<\/p>\n

Those songs were followed by a rare performance of the hilarious \u201cYou Mangled My Dog\u201d. (Yes, it\u2019s funnier than it sounds. Check YouTube.) They followed that with an equally rare, but in no way humorous, performance of \u201cJim Thorpe\u2019s Blues\u201d and \u201cAin\u2019t It a Shame\u201d. The pair closed out the first set with a song that Terri made up on the spot, that both recognized the attendance in the audience of Matt Harlan (of \u201cBow and Be Simple\u201d fame) and enticed the audience to have a slice of birthday cake. Terri Hendrix\u2019s creativity never ceases to amaze me.<\/p>\n

There was a longer than usual intermission as cake was served and Kenny was congratulated by all. When the music started up again, it was as though Terri and Lloyd had quit messing around. The instrumental interplay seemed to scale up a notch and I found myself hypnotized by Lloyds chords and leads. The set started with what might be my favorite Terri Hendrix song, \u201cWallet\u201d. That was followed by a most spiritual and rhythmically tight \u201cBring \u2018Em All In\u201d. The mood lightened up a bit as Terri dedicated \u201cDon\u2019t Pet the Dog\u201d (a John Hadley tune) to Rusty Pipes, Kenny\u2019s dad.<\/p>\n

Terri and Lloyd continued with dedications by performing Kenny\u2019s personal favorite \u201cIf I Had a Daughter\u201d and a conditional dedication to Mike Castillo (videographer for Almost Austin) in \u201cSlow Down\u201d. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1uRSaokIsnQ<\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0 That was followed by Terri\u2019s hit \u201cI Found the Lions\u201d (covered by Carolyn Wonderland) complete with raga vocals.<\/p>\n

The evening began winding down to what seemed an all too early end as Terri invited Matt Harlan and Rachel Jones up to the stage for a performance of \u201cBow and Be Simple\u201d with Lloyd on guitar and Terri blowing harmonica. It was a picture perfect scene with four talented individuals just having fun in a small venue. Matt and Rachel remained on stage for \u201cWind Me Up\u201d as a youngster named Andrew from the audience was called up to help sing the evening\u2019s festivities to a finale.<\/p>\n

It was indeed a special evening, getting to see Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines let their hair down, having Matt Harlan and Rachel Jones perform with them, and being able to celebrate the birthday of a great purveyor of the arts like Mr. Pipes. All hats off to Kenny for having a dream like Almost Austin and making it come true, month after month. Ya\u2019ll have fun. We do.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen Sep 06, 2013 at 07:00 PM Its birthday time for Kenny Pipes, proprietor of the Almost Austin concert series, and Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines were in the house on House Street to celebrate. Kenny coordinated a steak cook out to head the menu for the pot luck dinner before the… <\/p>\n

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