Bob Livingston Returns to Harmony House Concert

Texas music legend, Bob Livingston will return to Harmony House

Concerts for a live performance on Sunday, July 20, 2014 from 4 - 6 pm.

A multi-talented musician/historian, Bob is a music ambassador for the U.S. State Department.  View a photo gallery of his days with Jerry Jeff Walker, his travel logs and more on his website www.BobLivingstonMusic.com.

Harmony House Concerts offers a live music venue in a natural setting, perfect for Bob's interconnected performance style.  Harmony House is located in a vintage reclaimed home which has been relocated to Wildscape Acres, which is 10 miles north of Bonham and 65 miles NE of the Dallas area.  It is an intimate, casual surrounding where artist and guest interact.  You can be certain that Bob will invite audience participation when he has you singing tunes from his days of playing in Michael Martin Murphy's Band.

There will be two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission for grazing at the snack tables provided by hosts, Faye & Scott; for getting another cup of coffee, tea, or punch; for purchasing CDs; or just for relaxing on the deck. A basket will be placed on the breakfast room table for your optional $1 cash donation to help defray the expenses of the hosts

Suggested donations for reservations are $15 per person. Make reservations by calling 903/583-2661, indicating how many seats are needed and giving your contact information (preferably e-mail address). To prepay, make all checks to Bob Livingston and mail to Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418 to be received by July 17, '14. Refunds for canceled prepaid reservations will be made that same date. Guests may also pay at the door. However, please respect the artist and the Harmony House Concert hosts by showing up or paying for any reservations made, unless canceled in a timely manner.

After the concert, there will be a Vegetable/Fruit Medley Potluck Dinner. Bob is one of those "vegetarians" who doesn't eat anything with a face!  Please let the hosts know if you will be staying for the dinner and what dish you will be providing so Faye and Scott can coordinate the dinner preparations.

After the Potluck for those who wish to stay and share some more music, there will be a Song Circle. If you play an instrument, toss it in the car...you might also toss in a lawn chair! In Song Circle, you can share your own original songs, sing those songs written by others, create a sing-along for those who don't play, but like to sing! It's like an "open mic" time!

Check out their website, www.WildscapeAcres.com, for more information.  For more events and live entertainment in the Lake Texoma and surrounding areas, visit www.texomaconnect.com. 

Terri Hendrix's annual Harmony House Concert Show Jan. 19

By Harmony House Concerts


Be ready to get "re-charged" for 2014 by attending the Harmony House Concert

Terri Hendrix

on Sunday, January 19, 2014, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., where once again singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix, with gifted multi-instrumentalist Lloyd Maines, a legend in Texas music, will get your New Year off to a great beginning!  Harmony House is located in a vintage home relocated to Wildscape Acres, www.WildscapeAcres.com, about 15 years ago.

Where else could you go listen to the upbeat, yet poignant, songs written by Terri Hendrix and arranged/produced by Lloyd Maines, who accompanies her with his consummate steel-guitar playing, in such intimate, cozy surroundings with friends or friends-to-be?

You can actually feel free to kick off your shoes and chat with Terri and Lloyd between songs. Wildscape Acres is located about 10 miles north of Bonham, TX and about 65 miles NE of the DFW area (a drive out of the city and down a country road will do you good).  More info about Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines in short "bios" below.  For more details, music videos, song clips, etc., visit Terri's website, www.TerriHendrix.com.

Make reservations for this show ASAP, as it has been a "sold-out" show for the past three years. Reservations are $15 per person and can be made by calling 903-583-2661, leaving the number of seats desired and a contact number (e-mail addresses preferred).  To prepay, make your check to Terri Hendrix and send by snail mail to Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418, to be received by January 14.  Refunds will be made to those having to cancel, if done so by that same date.  Reservations can also be paid for at the door.  However, if you make a reservation, please show respect for the performers and the hosts by either showing up or canceling in advance.  Persons making reservations will be responsible for paying for them, unless canceled with adequate notification, as there will likely be a "waiting list" for this performance.

Terri and Lloyd will perform two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission between sets for snacks provided by hosts, Faye and Scott.  Bottomless cups of coffee, tea, hot cider, and cold punches are also available.  If you want to help defray their expenses, you may make an optional $1 cash donation in a designated basket on the breakfast room table.  Intermission gives guests time to purchase CDs, visit with the artist, and socialize and get-acquainted.

 Harmony House Concerts is a welcoming venue committed to bringing excellent Indie musicians, with a variety of genres, to the NE Texas community of music lovers.  To learn more about our history and Harmony House Concerts, visit our website, www.WildscapeAcres.com. See our 2014 "line-up" of artists on the Harmony House link.

If you are interested in sharing an optional Mexican Potluck Dinner at 5:30 p.m. with Terri, Lloyd, and other guests, please notify of your intent when making reservations.  Indicate what you would like to bring....e.g. guacamole, salsa, queso, chips, green salad, beans/frijoles, enchiladas, etc.  In keeping with their tradition, Scott and Faye will provide an assortment of tamales (chicken, pork, beef, and vegetarian)......since we think of Terri as being a banjo-playing; harmonica-playing; guitar-playing; mandolin-playing "hot tamale" herself!

A Song Circle will follow the dinner for all those interested in performing (don't have to be a "pro"); singing along; toe tapping; or just listening to others.  P.S. Terri and Lloyd have been known to offer some songwriting tips and to teach a few licks to guests who bring their instruments.

Mini "bio" about Terri:

Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace and uplifting melodic flair that has endeared her to three generations of loyal fans across the country and around the globe. As the San Antonio Express-News observed in a review of her latest album, Cry Till You Laugh, “Part of the beauty of Terri Hendrix’s music is she’s among the best at recognizing, writing about and celebrating resilience and common ground, the things we can all cry, and laugh, about.”

The classically trained vocalist and deft multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin and harmonica) has released more than a dozen albums on her own Wilory Records label, dodging musical pigeonholes her entire career by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and swinging jazz into an eclectic style all her own. That playful mix of styles, buoyed by her energetic stage presence and the accompaniment of legendary producer/guitarist Lloyd Maines, makes for a highly energetic and spiritually uplifting live show in any setting, from intimate listening rooms and theaters to festival stages.

In addition to touring and recording new music, Hendrix recently wrote and published her first book, called Cry Till You Laugh — The Part That Ain’t Art, containing song lyrics and essays on life, health, and going your own way in the music business. She is currently hard at work on launching a nonprofit community arts center in central Texas called the OYOU (“Own Your Own Universe”), which will promote the healing and therapeutic qualities of art and music for those in need.  Visit www.TerriHendrix.com for her complete musical history (a fascinating story); song clips; music videos; quotes; interviews; and more.  

Mini "bio" about Lloyd:

Lloyd Wayne Maines  is an American Grammy Award-winning country music record producer, musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas and is now based in Bastrop, Texas.

Arguably best known as a pedal steel player, Maines is a multi-instrumentalist who has also performed and/or recorded playing dobro, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, lap steel guitar, banjo and bell tree. He toured and recorded as a member of the Joe Ely Band and has also played with Guy Clark, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Golden Bear, and other Texas musicians. Maines was a member of The Maines Brothers Band in the late 1970s and early 1980s and has contributed to alt-country releases, including Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne and Wilco's debut, A.M.

Maines began producing some of his own music, branching out beginning with other country artists, early on starting with Terry Allen's seminal 1979 album, Lubbock (On Everything). He has produced and worked on recording projects with numerous artists, including the Bad Livers, Richard Buckner, Roger Creager, Pat Green, Butch Hancock, Wayne Hancock, Terri Hendrix, Rita Hosking, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Intocable, Robert Earl Keen, the Lost Gonzo Band, Charlie Robison, Owen Temple, Two Tons of Steel, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Waybacks, and Martin Zellar. He frequently tours with Terri Hendrix throughout the United States, and is a major part of her band and production as an artist.

Maines won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2003 as producer of the Dixie Chicks' album, Home. As the father of Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, he was instrumental in bringing the current lineup of bandmates together in 1995, which jump-started their sudden popularity and change in sound. Susan Gibson's "Wide Open Spaces," which had been sent to Maines, proved to be a hit from their debut album, and has remained their signature song

Music is as natural to North Texas and the Lake Texoma area as the air we breathe.  For more live entertainment events and music venues, visit www.texomaconnect.com.  Check out the Event Page for community activities and the Entertainment page to see where your favorite local band is performing.

Harmony House host Still on the Hill

Harmony House Concerts features Still on the Hill...the best from the Ozarks!
By Harmony House Concerts
Jul 5, 2013

"Like a folk Cirque Du Soleil..." - David Wilcox, Singer/Songwriter's quote about Still on the Hill

Liven up your Friday night after a busy work week of doing the same

ole' thing by coming to Harmony House and hearing Still on the Hill play every imaginable instrument in their own version of bluegrass, "roots", and folk! It's all happening on Friday, July 19, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., so be there ready to enjoy yourself.

Make reservations by calling 903/583-2661 and leaving the number of reservations desired and your contact information (unless we already have it). The suggested donation for this incredible display of talent is $15 per person. To prepay, make a check to Still on the Hill and mail to Faye Wedell; P.O. Box 812; Bonham, TX 75418, to be received by July 16th. Refunds will be made to anyone who has to cancel by that same date. Guests may also opt to pay at the door, but if you make a reservation, please "show up" out of courtesy to the performing artists. All proceeds go to the singer/songwriters whom we host.

Harmony House is located at Wildscape Acres, 10 miles north of Bonham. Visit our website, www.wildscapeacres.com, to learn more about us and check out the Harmony House link, which has a schedule of shows booked for 2013 and into 2014. If you need directions, please indicate this when making reservations. Our goal is to bring quality music to northeast Texas "down a country road" and in an intimate indoor environment, so you can really experience the personalities, talents, and energies of the artist "up close."

Still on the Hill is a duo made up of Donna Stjerna and Kelly Mulhollan, who live in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Donna and Kelly will perform two 45-minute acts with a 30-minute intermission. We (Faye and Scott) will provide bottomless cups of coffee, tea, and healthy punches along with treats at the break. There will a basket on the breakfast room table for any optional $1 cash donations to help defray our costs...greatly appreciated!

An optional Summer Garden Potluck Buffet will be held at 6:45 pm for those who are interested in attending. Yes....you can bring your favorite summer salad, a summer squash medley, your homegrown tomatoes (or those bought at the supermarket), a blackberry cobbler or whatever dessert tweaks your interest and taste buds! You can show off your culinary skills or just bring something simple...not to worry! Remember, it's Friday night and you want to relax! Just let Faye know when making reservations whether you plan to come for the Potluck and what you'd like to share!

There will be a Song Circle after the concert for those who want to pick and grin....just bring your instrument (whether if be ukulele or banjo), your voice, or your ears (for those who choose to participate by listening to others share their talents. This is all about fun, guys and gals!

About Kelly and Donna...Still on the Hill:
Seemingly oblivious to the limitations of what two musicians can create, Still on the Hill has set new boundaries of originality. This duo uses traditional instruments from their home in the Ozarks (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica and scrub board) and other oddities such as the musical saw, ukelin and tenor uke to create a kaleidoscope of musical color and texture: "These musicians have grafted the wild climbing vines of bluegrass, folk, classical and mountain music onto the hardiest of Ozark rootstock. The result is a yet-to-be-named hybrid music that simply compels people to stop and listen, to pause in their hectic lives and pay attention to something they've never heard before. It's magic, and there's simply not enough magic in the world today.

Visually, Still on the Hill is full of color and motion; instrumentally, they command their instruments with power and grace, producing a sound that is both fresh and ancient at the same time; lyrically, their original material is packed with new ideas, social awareness and a level of intellect and consciousness that's seldom found in contemporary tunes.

Still on the Hill are the consummate professionals, whether they're performing for an audience of one or for thousands. Their high-energy show seems to emerge from somewhere deep inside their souls. They play music for one reason: it's a spark, or maybe a raging bonfire, inside each of them that has to come out, something that's shared just as easily with a large festival audience as it would be with a quiet Ozark forest."

Julie Koehler, Bluegrass Now
Still on the Hill has proved itself a favorite at many prestigious festivals and venues here and abroad, including the Kerrville Folk Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, The Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, Kansas (in 2005, the duo took over the role of organizing and hosting Walnut Valley's NewSongs Showcase, an event that has been popular at the festival for almost two decades) and countless others. Their own region, the Ozarks, has voted them the “Best Folk Band” for several years running, and the mayor of their town, Fayetteville, Arkansas, proclaimed Dec. 20 th Still on the Hill Day for all the work the duo does in community service. They have produced seven widely acclaimed CD's (two as a foursome) and three years ago they signed with Swiss record label Brambus Records for the European release of their CD “Chaos & Calm”.

Kelly and Donna helped form the original quartet version of Still on the Hill to explore their own music. When the group was just a few months old they ventured down to the Kerrville Folk Festival where Donna became a “born again” musician! A floodgate opened and songs began spilling out of her. With over 400 songs to her credit, Donna has become an accomplished and much loved songwriter. She especially likes to write songs in the folk tradition of spurring social change through music. Kelly is a powerful instrumentalist. He has been voted Best Guitarist in Northwest Arkansas several times and has developed a one-of-a-kind style of fingerpicking for the banjo and mandolin. Kelly is also an accomplished studio technician. He has produced and performed on CD's for many other singer/songwriters as well as producing all of Still on the Hill's recordings. He recently released a solo CD of poetry set to his own music which has received rave reviews.

It would be remiss to tell of Kelly's musical endeavors without some mention of his longtime commitment to issues of peace, justice and ecology. It is at the heart of everything he does.
When asked, Kelly doesn't long for the grand commercial success that so many musicians aspire to. He says, “I just want to grow, change, and create something of beauty… always.”

Visit their website, www.stillonthehill.com, for more about Donna & Kelly....watch their music videos on Youtube; hear some of their songs; check out their CDs; and more.
"The creativity and originality of these two blows through the stale air of singer-songwriters like a gale of genius" - Rich Warren, Sing Out! magazine.

For more live music performances visit TexomaConnect Entertainment Page and for local events like "Christmas in July" and the "Small on the Wall" Art exhibits, visit  TexomaConnect Events Page.  Lake Texoma is more than a great big lake it is home to some of the most talented performing artist, musicians, songwriters and artist.