Women with Mandolins

**mandozilla** · Mar-17-2009, 12:44pm

Does this thread have more posts than any other? 1425 WOW!

**Jim MacDaniel** · Mar-17-2009, 2:44pm

Terri Hendrix (supported by Lloyd Maines in one pic)...

**JEStanek** · Mar-17-2009, 4:56pm

If I'm not mistaken that is her dachshund puppy with a mandolin ornament. And no skivies on that boy dog.

Jamie

**Mike Bunting** · Mar-17-2009, 6:16pm

Terri Hendrix (supported by Lloyd Maines in one pic)...

He would be her hubby.

**Jim MacDaniel** · Mar-17-2009, 6:53pm

Hmmm... I guess that could expxlain why they are often on stage together.

(If this is so, I suspect Natalie is only her step-daughter.)

**jefflester** · Mar-17-2009, 7:05pm

Originally Posted by mandozilla

Does this thread have more posts than any other? 1425 WOW!

"Post a picture of yourself" and "mandolins in progress" are both more than twice as big, but have also been running much longer.

And then there's Bowlbacks of Note.

**Keith Owen** · Mar-17-2009, 8:08pm

I have been a Terri Hendrix fan for a long time.

Unless something crazy has happened that I don't know about (and I looked HARD for an internet link), Terri is still single and has 3 dogs, and Lloyd is still married to Tina, who is indeed Natalie's momma.

I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

Terri Hendrix is one heck of a good songwriter.

http://www.terrihendrix.com/bio.html

**Jim MacDaniel** · Mar-17-2009, 9:30pm

Hey Keith -- I heard Terri's music for the first time thanks to Jessie Scott's excellent programming at the now defunct XM Channel, X Country. As soon as I heard "Jim Thorpe Blues", I ordered her CD The Spiritual Kind, and absolutely love it.

**journeybear** · Mar-17-2009, 11:06pm

Originally Posted by Keith Owen

I have been a Terri Hendrix fan for a long time.

Unless something crazy has happened that I don't know about (and I looked HARD for an internet link), Terri is still single and has 3 dogs, and Lloyd is still married to Tina, who is indeed Natalie's momma.

I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

Terri Hendrix is one heck of a good songwriter.

http://www.terrihendrix.com/bio.html

I made this goof myself earlier in this thread. I defer to your greater knowledge in this area and will cease and desist dispensing this erroneous assertion immediately.

Having never seen them separately in the handful of times I've seen them, I assumed - well, I shouldn't have, especially having met them, but I did.

You'd think if it were true there would be some mention of him in that section of her website. There ain't. Nor elsewhere in the interweb that I've seen. While searching around the Dixie Chicks vicinity I did learn, though, that Natalie and Martie are sisters-in-law (her sister is married to Martie's husband's brother) which I hadn't known before.

I did already know that Terri is a fine fine songwriter. At least I got that right.

So I make amends by adding a few more pics. Also if you go here you'll see the best closeup view of her mandolin I've found yet, in which you can read some of the autographs. Pretty entertaining.

**Mike Bunting** · Mar-18-2009, 12:21am

Regardless ... we became business partners, and from "Wilory Farm" to today, Lloyd's slowly become a part of my family, and he's welcomed me into his in return. Over the past eight years, I've come to cherish his family. I have yet to meet a family more steadfast in their love for one another.

I believe I started this by stating that Terry and Lloyd were married, don't know where I got the notion, but I stand corrected. I did a little googling and found out that they do have a close relationship as business partners and friends. The quote above is from her blog and maybe clarifies things somewhat.

**journeybear** · Mar-18-2009, 12:53am

The Mandolinquents, a British quartet that plays jazz, swing, folk, and classical, and work a lot of humor into the act as well. Hilary James sings as well as plays the mandobass - which doubles as a flotation device - Simon Mayor (with hair) and Richard Collins (without) play mandolins, and Gerald Garcia plays violin and guitar. As Traditional Music Maker put it, "Sheer musical artistry ... and if you can't stand the mandolin just listen to Hilary James singing."

**Keith Owen** · Mar-18-2009, 1:40pm

Hey guys, no worries on the Terri and Lloyd thing. I bet many folks have made that assumption. I just wanted to set the record straight.

She and Lloyd always put on a great show.

**Bertram Henze** · Mar-19-2009, 4:44am

Originally Posted by journeybear

Hilary James sings as well as plays the mandobass - which doubles as a flotation device

So that was the band playing to the last moment on the Titanic quarterdeck? I assume at least she did survive...

Bertram

**Bertram Henze** · Mar-19-2009, 5:55am

This is Kerstin Blodig, originally a guitar player who sometimes dons a cittern, as in this pic with the group Norland Wind.

Bertram

**journeybear** · Mar-19-2009, 9:34am

Originally Posted by Bertram Henze

So that was the band playing to the last moment on the Titanic quarterdeck? I assume at least she did survive...

Bertram

Er, um, no ... that's from a Greek cruise! I'd seen them mentioned somewhere and this is pretty much all they had on their website for photos with the mandobass. Had she been on the Titanic she could have saved the whole band with it, just plug up the soundhole.

Or at least she could have saved poor Leo ...

Here she is saving herself, escaping the violence about to be inflicted on the guitarist. And the mandolins shall reign supreme!

No video clips yet at their website but I found a couple at youtube. The lighting is bad, especially for the concerto, but the sound is pretty good.

Concerto for Mandolin - Simon Mayor & the Mandolinquents

The Mandolinquents - Rigaudon from The Holberg Suite

**journeybear** · Mar-22-2009, 12:26am

It's been a little while; it's surely time to post another picture of Caterina Lichtenberg. These are standard promo shots which were used in conjunction with her appearance at The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival last weekend. Hopefully some photos from this year's event will start showing up here soon ...

**Jason Kessler** · Mar-22-2009, 3:21pm

Is it just me, or does any one else wince at the sight of Caterina Lichtenberg leaning on the back of her bowlback. Ouch, that bridge!

**JEStanek** · Mar-22-2009, 3:57pm

Jason, that makes two assumptions
1) the mandolin is strung
2) she's really putting any force on it.

In those posed shots people are rarely using either the object or their wrist to hold their heads up. Supporting the face pushes the face around to look less attractive. I'm sure no mandolins were harmed in the creation of that picture.

Jamie

**billkilpatrick** · Mar-22-2009, 4:38pm

Originally Posted by Jason Kessler

Is it just me, or does any one else wince at the sight of Caterina Lichtenberg leaning on the back of her bowlback. Ouch, that bridge!

looks more like a hug than a lean ...

**journeybear** · Mar-23-2009, 6:11pm

Darcie Deaville, solo artist, session player, now playing fiddle with the Austin Lounge Lizards - and apparently also octave mandolin. I tweaked the shot with the Octoblaster a bit, but it ain't PhotoShop. I'm still looking for a better picture. It looks really cool ...