Terry Douglas Band - Studio Sesssion 22 (Acoustic Album) (2023)

A mix of classic country, honky-tonk, and old school rock & roll. Terry Douglas, head of the band, was born in Cleveland, OH, so his love for music started early. He received an acoustic guitar from his uncle, as a Christmas gift, at 8 years old. Music, for him, seemed to be the only constant in his life. Terry's first real gig, was that of a guitar player for a rock band in Akron, OH. Shortly after, he put music on the back burner, but always felt that music was what he was meant to do. Once life happened, he started working in restaurants, eventually moving into the IT field. He realized the years were passing, and his music dream was slowly fading away. Terry knew he had to do something; so he picked up his guitar, started writing, started playing more, and eventually booking his own solo shows.

Shortly after that, Terry released a handful of songs on ReverbNation , thus catching the eye of a label, who wanted to help him market his music. Little did he know, the label would be a blessing, and a curse. Under the label, Terry released "Living the Dream" in 2014. The album included works from; Terry Douglas (vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, an dobro), Darron Barrows drums), and Alan Duffy (lead guitar). Before they knew it, the label was no longer progressing forward, and eventually ended in bankruptcy, leaving Terry on his own to push his music.

During his music progression, he met and married his beautiful wife, Bethany, and they had darling children. Life threw Terry a curveball and he decided to stop drinking the next day. He started opening up more, writing about his feelings, personal experiences and beliefs. From those ideas, came the album "Written in the Parking Lot" (2017). It was a collection of songs about love, life and things that were real. Six months after its release, Terry had three songs on the Top 20 of Nashville's Country Charts, two of those landing in the top five.

The latest album, titled “The Devil You Don’t Know”(2019), dug a little deeper into the sober mind of Terry. Songs such as the title track “The Devil You Don’t Know”, “I Think I Need Your Help”, and “Changing”, showed the reflections on all the times he had messed up in the past, realizing that alcohol was the root of all of those problems. He realized he was growing into someone who was miles away from his old life.

Terry and the band followed up the 2019 release with “Through the Storm” (2020). This is a collection of songs that fit the time, Terry pushed his songwriting to new levels with songs like, “Though the Storm”, “Old Guitar”, “Sinners Pray” and “Happy” but the standout song of the album “Tattoos” was released ahead of the album to country radio and was aired on 85 stations across the USA. This gained the band new fans across the country and overseas.

Terry and the Band went back to the studio in 2022 to record the album “Big Lie” a collection of songs that further developed the sound of the Terry Douglas Band. With stand out songs like “Big Lie”, Ramblin ways” and “Ain’t nothing but a habit”pushed Terry and fella back to the southern rock ,honky- tonk roots. Pushing the sounds of the band into new territories

The Terry Douglas Band, consisting of Terry Douglas (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Dave Parks (lead guitar, back up vocals),Billy Compton (drums/percussion, back up vocals), Wolf Waggoner (bass, back up vocals).

The band is still playing in the bars and honky-tonks, fairs and festivals just like the good ole’days.