Reading, hiking, and all the normal things middle-aged people enjoy...except shuffleboard. Or bingo. I like backgammon, though.
Music
I listen to everything from country to rock to reggae to jazz to psychedelic to bluegrass to folk to...let's face it, I'm a Deadhead.
Movies
I don't watch them much anymore, but I've always liked movies that delve into societal issues or movies with unexpected twists. The first STAR WARS has always ranked pretty high with me, too. I saw it about 20 times the first year it came out.
Television
I like M*A*S*H, The West Wing, Columbo, and more recently, House. I'm naturally drawn to quirky characters working in normal situations for some reason...I mostly watch news and weather, though. I'm an infomaniac at heart.
Books
I don't get into reading quite as much as I used to, but in my college days in the '70s I was really into Kurt Vonnegut and just about anything remotely futuristic, like "Brave New World" and "1984". I'm acquainted with Shakespeare and other higher forms of classical literature, also, though. Ayn Rand's books have always held a certain fascination as well as other socio-political writers. These days, it's mostly things like Cashbox-type trades and guitar magazines. I read the Holy Bible often, too. I'm usually too busy these days to enjoy reading much as a hobby or a pastime, but friends still turn me on to something exciting now and then, for which I'm always thankful.
Heroes
I really admire the central character in the B'rit Chadasha, Yeshua of Natzeret. I'd like to be like Him, because He's been awfully good to me. It's impossible, I know, but the effort certainly has brought me benefits thus far. (If he's not the Son of God, he oughta be.)
Most any artist of any genre is a hero to me, too. It takes courage to express yourself in any medium, and courageous people have always intrigued me.
Terry "Teep" Phillips's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Jefferson City, TN
Body type:
5' 11" / Average
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Christian - other
Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / No
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Some college
Occupation:
musician-singer-songwriter
Terry "Teep" Phillips's Schools
Jefferson County High School
Dandridge, TN
Graduated: N/A
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Literature, Arts
Minor: Agriculture
Clubs: FFA, Drama Club, Pep Club
1968 to 1972
Terry "Teep" Phillips is contemplating the history of music and his place in it. Posted at 2:56 PM Sep 14, 2009 view more
About me:
My name is Terry Phillips, but my friends call me "Teep". I'm a musician living and working in the hills of East Tennessee. I've been playing, singing, and writing songs since I was 10 years old; at the ripe old age of 55, although I'm nearing serious retirement, I see no real reason to stop now, so here I am on MySpace!
A few years after beginning seriously taking up the guitar in late '63-early '64, I first started out playing in a few high school groups (one of which Luke Brunson was once a member and good colleague), and in 1970 I was first recorded with a Christian college youth group THE NATURAL HIGH SINGERS.
I was fortunate enough to have seen the Beatles in 1964 at The Gardens in Cincinnati, as well as having been to quite a few other well-known festivals and concerts throughout the years between then and now, and I use all these influences in my music and career.
A MySpace page featuring original songs I've recorded completely solo is coming very soon, so keep coming back!
In my musical career, I've had the good fortune of working with local artists ranging from folk-rock-grassers, Steve Robinson and Mike Rhodes (which later morphed into brother-duo Rhodes & Rhodes, with Mike's brother, Randy following Steve's departure), to acoustic songwriters like Sam Lewis and Bill Hnath, to bluesmen ranging from such disparate styles as Kirk Fleta, Brian Lee and Joe King; even jazz songstress Sara Schabe, acoustic duo Centralia Massacre, atmospheric lovemongers Hudson K, good-time rockers T. West Band, as well as even Americana songwriters the unique caliber of Van Eaton and Robert Lovett have made use of my talents occasionally. Most recently, I provided some guitar work for AZBURY, a project I'm extremely proud to have been a part of, as well as adding some tracks to recent recordings by Randall Wilkerson and Dark Hollow Band and hopefully I'll continue to be a part of other bands' and artists' recorded output. I'm a studio dweller, for sure, and it's probably the thing I like to do best.
Having been heavily involved in the recording of two albums ("WILSON", 2004; "WORDS TO BURN", 2008) with the eclectic folk-rockers THE NEAR MYTHS (www.thenearmyths.com), of which I remain a proud member (distances between members and periods between gigs notwithstanding) I'm already in the planning stages of a third release with them. They are funny, intelligent and sensitive songwriters, and they've been friends of mine for many years, with many more still to come.
In the 1980s, after a three-year stint as a radio disc jockey, during which I performed publicly rather sparsely, I was tapped to become bassist with Newport legends, Gary Breedlove and SILVERCLOUD, one of the first of a few musical jobs I had that didn't involve strictly guitar work. I also gained some notoriety in the mid-'80s by co-fronting the jam band, SHAKEDOWN. Other bands like the rockabilly masters REV IT UP, alt-grassers THE BACK PORCH ROCKERS, and the amazing duo ARMCHAIR BUDDHA have included me as an actual member at one time or another.
MOST RECENTLY, HOWEVER, I've joined a new local group of multi-instrumentally-inclined jambandmeisters, TONIC FOR DOGMA. They are original artists who play original music in an original way and already are casting an eye toward working on a completely original recording project. They even like to play a few covers, too, when the mood to do so strikes. They make me proud to be a working musician even in these bleak times. I'll probably be a member of that band until the wheels fall off; we'll see.
Meantime, please feel free to visit the pages of both Tonic For Dogma, The Near Myths, Azbury and other artists mentioned to see what I've been into lately. (Most of the folks mentioned in this profile have their own MySpace pages as well, so my work is pretty well represented there, too. Please visit them all, check out their music, and tell 'em Teeper sent you!)
You may be thinking by now, "Gee, the boy can NOT hold down a job!" Wait, it gets better; I've performed on Americana radio station WDVX occasionally with legendary banjo master Wade Hill and also with the amazing country-rock group Azbury, as well as with BPR alumnus Kent Bilbrey, soulful acoustic artist Scott McMahan, and also with bluegrass mandolinist and bassist Jeffery Tolson, who is also a part of Azbury. I truly consider all these people friends and extended family, and I'm very proud of the work I've done with all of them. I've also worked with my son, Daniel Phillips, and with my daughter, Allison Marie in various live musical situations, and I'm ALWAYS proud to be working with them.
As for more well-known artists, I've shared a stage with such luminaries as Archie Campbell, Suzy Bogguss, and John Henry III. Also, I've been fortunate enough to meet, and in some cases even be photographed with, folks like Sam Bush, John Cowan, and the late, great Carl Perkins. For a deaf-in-one-ear, middle-aged, increasingly solitary musician, I've certainly been awfully lucky in this life. Hopefully, there's more to come.
Thanks, friends, for coming along and sharing the ride with me!
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet anyone with the will to create and share their talents with the world.
I Love Her Anyway is in the Q Show 236 to be aired next monday.
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I'm SO flattered that you come out of retiement when I ask you to join me on a gig. More gigs to com! Starting to come out of retirement as often as Bret Farve! What can I say...you're the best and I adore you. Thanks for making me sound so good at the Bluebird, darlin. It was an honor to share that stage with you. Much love, Karen
