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Hello 2010 and Happy Valentines Month!
This month, I'm reminded of a favorite quote by Erma Bombeck, "Did you know that exercise is a dirty word? Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate." Also makes me think of a lyric by the great Billy Joe Shaver, "Love, is so sweet ... makes me dance when I walk down the street."


Dates


Tue. Feb. 2nd
This happened already, and it was an honor play this. I admire the Center for Texas Music History (based in San Marcos, my hometown). They care about Texas Music (UT could use some lessons), and people like Rod (Founder of the Kerrville Folk Festival) and the historical significance of Texas Music on American Music!
Rod Kennedy's 80th B-Day Celebration
For the Center for Texas Music History
Paramount Theater, Austin, TX,

Sat. Feb. 6th
Third Coast Music - Port Aransas, TX
502 East Ave. G
Doors open at 7:00
Show starts at 8:00
BYOB and appetizers served during intermission
Get Tix: 361-749-4294
www.thirdcoastmusic.biz

Wed. Feb. 10th
KUT
Eklektikos, Studio 1A
3 - 4 songs (listen live)
11:00 am
www.kut.org

Fri. Feb. 12th
Mucky Duck W/Band
2425 Norfolk
Houston, TX
Get tix: 713-528-5999
www.mcgonigels.com

Sat. Feb. 13th
Cactus Cafe W/Band
On the UT Campus
Austin, TX
512-475-6515

Sun. Feb 14th
Happy Valentines to you.
I'm taking this day off ... to eat chocolate.

Sat. Feb. 27th
Bugle Boy
1051 N. Jefferson Street
HWY 77
La Grange, TX
979-968-9944
www.thebugleboy.com



New CD W/Book


I've been in the studio wrapping up a new record, which will be coming out at the end of May. I can' t tell you the name of it yet, because that part is still up in the air, but I can tell you this much: The album will have 15 new tracks on it, and if you buy it old school style on CD, rather than as a download it will come packaged with a hardbound book of the GoatNotes essays that I' ve written over the years. Some of these GoatNotes will be old favorites, and others will be brand new and exclusive to this book.

It's an ambitious project. I've been working hard on both my songwriting and the book and have to admit, I've never been this excited about a new project before. It's been the most musically challenging, but the songs are a blast to play. A while back, I said my new record was going to be a jazz record. It 's not (things change!) There is jazz on the album, but there are also elements of a whole bunch of other styles. That probably won' t surprise a lot of you who have followed my career for a while. But there is a distinctive difference to the sound of this recording from the background vocals to the instrumentation to even the subject matter. When I say I' ve never been this excited about an album before, it s because it s literally taken me places with my music and writing that I' ve never been before. I can' t wait to share it with you.

But first things first. In order to help cover studio, printing and manufacturing costs for both the record and the book, I've decided to bundle up five of my previous CDs for the crazy sale-price of $20.10, tax included! Yes, I know that sounds nuts. But I've been doing this "own your own universe" thing since 1996, and it's your support (and my own wild ideas) that makes this possible. I realized a long time ago that even though I'm proud to be an independent artist, I actually do have a "major record deal" with you. So this "T-Tunes Sale" is me offering you a major deal in turn.

Here's the skinny:

For $20.10, you get ALL of the following:
1. "Wilory Farm" (1998)
2. "Terri Hendrix Live" (aka "Live at Cibolo") (1999)
3. "Live in San Marcos" (2001)
4. "The Art of Removing Wallpaper" (2004)
and (drum roll, please)!
5. "Left Over Alls" (2008)

Did I mention that shipping is FREE? (There is a small, $7.00 flat fee on orders outside the United States.)

This sale will also help me clear some of my inventory (to make room for that new record) and get a jumpstart on my spring cleaning and the new decade. So, whether you're new to my music and want to complete your collection, or already have everything but enjoy gifting and sharing new music with friends the "old- fashioned" way (via CD!), everybody wins!

We accept most major credit cards, and YES, I am happy to autograph your CDS! There's a spot designated for this on your order form.

Click to Order: www.terrihendrix.com Store & More

Your Key to Territown


I posted my "2010 T-Tunes Sale" in my ecommerce store last month. As part of the deal, I promised that everyone ordering the bundle would also get what I called a Key to Territown. If you' ve already placed your order, know that you are already in my database and have your key. So what is it, you ask? Your key is your membership to something brand new here in Wilory Records world: Club Territown. Territown is a place just for you frequent flyers who have been with me for well over a decade now and those of you who joined the ride later but caught up with gusto!

With your key to Territown, you will get discounts on everything from concert tickets to new merchandise I come out with in my store. You will also continue to get my GoatNotes and tour dates once a month.

Now, I know times are tight, and maybe not all of you are in a spot where you can order something right now. But if you are a true fan of my music, I would still like to offer you a key to Territown. All you have to do is reply to this email with Territown in the subject line, and if you could, just let me know how and when you first discovered my music whether it was through a friend, a song on the radio or maybe a show you caught way back when (or last month). That 's it!

Club Territown will be a fun place for fun folks, and I hope you' ll join me there. If there' s one thing I plan on doing this new decade, it 's having fun with music! If you were a Wilory Farmhand (street team for the last two decades), this will be our new home. I'm planning exciting concerts and events for those in this circle. This will be where the mainframe for all things Wilory Records along with my music will be housed in the coming decade.

In actuality, I'm dividing my mailing list. There will be one for Club Territown (which will come out once a month, with all the goodies I listed above), and a regular email list (which will just have tour dates and come out four times a year at most. GoatNotes will not be included. Neither will last minute shows booked).

To be in "Club Territown" email me here at our office:
terri@terrihendrix.com



Saving the Cactus Cafe
www.savethecactuscafe.org


On Saturday, Feb. 13, I will be playing my annual birthday/Valentine s show at the Cactus Cafe, located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. As many of you might have heard by now, the Cactus one of the best acoustic venues in the country could literally be history come August due to a decision by UT administrators and students on the Texas Union Board of Directors committee. It seems they were asked to make budget cuts, and voted to cut the Cactus because, as VP of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez put it, Running and operating a bar and venue for local artists falls below the line of what the union ought to be doing. Clearly, anyone who thinks that s all the 30-year-old Cactus Café is, must be completely uneducated about the historical significance of the room.

The Cactus Cafe is not just a bar. It is a landmark of Texas music and music, period. This is the "Ark" of Texas. This is the "Freight and Salvage" of Texas. This venue is one of the greats promoting our next generation of singers and writers from the Lone Star State by giving them a stage in which to perform and it s a favorite place for lots of major non locals and out-of-state artists to play, too. Put it this way: In 2003, when Griff who s been the manager of the Cactus for almost the entire time it s been open added my poster to The Wall, I was so happy, I cried. And with only very few exceptions now and then, the Cactus Cafe is the only venue I still play in Austin.

Judging from the public uproar since this news hit, I' m certainly not the only artist and music lover who knows how important and special the Cactus Cafe is. And even if you don' t live in or around Austin, if you' re a music lover, this affects you, too. Venues like the Cactus share the same root system. Artists like me need places like this in order to play for fans like you. Cut the throat of the venue, and you cut the lifeblood of every artist that plays there.

I for one, am in this fight to the finish.
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1. sign up on facebook group page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=279890327101

2. Sign the petition on www.savethecactuscafe.com
and sign up for regular updates!

3. Most important: WRITE. "THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD".
References to the football team won't help, so we are told.

UT Administrators:
President William Powers
President's Office
PO Box T
Austin, TX 78713
Phone (512) 471-1232
Fax (512) 471-8102
president@po.utexas.edu

Juan C. Gonzalez
Vice President of Student Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin
PO Box 7699
Austin, TX 78713
phone (512) 471-1133
fax (512) 471-5558
juan.gonzalez@austin.utexas.edu

Andy Smith, Jr.
Executive Director of University Unions
The University of Austin
PO Box 7338
Austin, TX 78713
phone (512) 475-6608
fax (512) 475-6599
PO Box 7338
Austin, TX 78713-7338
andy.smith@universityunions.utexas.edu

Dave Puntch (Long term and direct supervisor of Cactus management during decision process)
Director of Texas Union
davep@universityunions.utexas.edu
Phone (512) 232-4642
Fax (512) 475-6599
PO Box 7338
Austin, TX 78713-7338

Members of the Texas Union Board who made the recommendation: Many of these students are elected or appointed by elected student government reps.

Texas Union Board
PO Box 7338
Austin, TX 78713-7338
Phone 512-475-6600
Fax 512-475-6599

Mr. Basil Awad-Chair
basil.awad@bba06.mccombs.utexas.edu

Mr. Liam O'Rourke
Student Body President
orourke.liam@gmail.com

Mr. Nathan Bunch
nathanbunch@gmail.com

Nicole Falkenberg
nicolef@mail.utexas.edu

Alyssa Flores
aflores90@gmail.com

Andrew Nash
nash1407@gmail.com

Dr. Soncia Reagins-Lilly
Senior Associate Vice President and Dean of Students
soncia.r.lilly@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-5017

Dr. Jerome Williams
jerome.williams@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-7302

Dr. Thomas Garza
tjgarza@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3607

According to UT's Handbook of operating procedures the Board of Directors of the Texas Union is limited in the making these types of decisions WITHOUT the final approval of the PRESIDENT AND Board of Regents.

Regents Contact Info
Chairman James R. Huffines
Chairman, Central and South Texas
Plans Capital Bank
919 Congress Avenue, Suite 600
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 457-7503
Fax: (512) 457-7524
bor@utsystem.edu

Vice Chairman Colleen McHugh
The University of Texas System
Ashbel Smith Hall Suite 820
201 West Seventh Street
Austin, TX 78701-2981
Phone(512) 499-4402
Fax (512) 499-4225
bor@utsystem.edu

Vice Chairman Paul Foster
Western Refining Company
123 West Mills, Suite 200
El Paso, TX 79901
(915) 534-1505
fax (915) 534-2652

Regent James D. Dannenbaum, P.E.
Dannenbaum Enginnering Corporation
3100 West Alabamna
Houston, TX 77098
phone (713) 527-6341
fax (713) 527-6404

Regent Printice L. Gary
Carelton Residential Properties
5484 Belt Line Road, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75254
(972) 980-9810 ext 102
Fax(972) 980-1559

Regent R. Steven Hicks
The University of Texas System
Ashbel Smith Hall, Suite 820
201 West Seventh Street
Austin, TX 78701-2981
(512) 499-4402
Fax (512) 499-4425

Regent Janiece Longoria
Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, and Longoria, LLP
1900 Penzoil South Tower
711 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 844-3046
fax (713) 844-3030

Regent Wm. Eugene "Gene" Powell
The University of Texas System
Ashbel Smith Hall Suite 820
201 W. Seventh Stureet
Austin, TX 78701-2981
(512) 499-4402
Fax (512) 499-4425

Regent Robert L. Stillwell
The University of Texas System
Ashbel Smith Hall Suite 820
201 West Seventh Street
Austin, TX 78701-2981
512-499-4402
fax512-499-4425

Student Regent Karim A Meijer
The University of Texas System
Ashbel Smith Hall, Suite 820
201 West Seventh Street
Austin, TX 78701-
512-499-4402
Fax 512-449-4425

Francie A. Frederick
General Counsel to the Board of Regents
The University of Texas System
Ashbel Smith Hall, Suite 820
201 west Seventh Street
Austin, TX 78701-
512-499-4402
fax 512-499-4425
ffrederick@utsystem.edu