Lloyd Maines

Lloyd Wayne Maines ( born June 28, 1951 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American music producer and songwriter in the area of the Country genre. Maine is a multi-instrumentalist and dominates among others, the pedal steel guitar, the acoustic guitar, the banjo, the electric guitar and the mandolin.

Career

Maines was born in Lubbock, Texas. He comes from a musical family, and his father had with his brothers founded the group The Maines Brothers, Lloyd Maines finally was continuing with his brothers. With her ​​Lloyd made ​​, played guitar, some recordings. His breakthrough was the musician in 1979, when he had worked as a guitarist Terry Allen's album Lubbock ( On Everything ) to hear. The plate was for Maine's the beginning of a variety of recordings, among them were three more albums with Allen. During the 1980s, they issued the Maines Brothers several albums, some of which made ​​it to the country charts. The band broke up in the late 1980s, but Maine was still active as a producer for a variety of artists, including Joe Ely.

Lloyd Maines was seen in the 2003 documentary Lubbock Lights.

Private life

Lloyd Maines was 1974 Father. His daughter Natalie Maines was also a musician and started at a young age the country band Dixie Chicks, which partially supported Maines as producer. The album produced from it Home won at the Grammy Awards 2003 the award for best country album. Maines is married to his wife Tina and lives in Austin, Texas.

Artists produced (selection)

• Adam Carroll
• Blaze Foley
• Bob Livingston
• Dixie Chicks
• Jason Boland & the Stragglers
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Joe Ely

• Owen Temple
• Robert Earl Keen
• Switchback
• Terri Hendrix
• The Flatlanders
• The Great Divide
• The Red Dirt Rangers

Awards and honors

• Grammy Awards 2003: Best Country Album for Home (as producer)
• Inclusion in the West Texas Walk of Fame