10 Facts About Lloyd Maines

Lloyd Wayne Maines was born on June 28,1951 and is an American country music record producer, musician and songwriter.

Lloyd Maines was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame as one of the first three members, the other two being Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Lloyd Maines is the father of Natalie Maines who is best known as the lead singer of The Chicks.

Lloyd Maines toured and recorded as a member of the Joe Ely Band and has played with Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Golden Bear, and other Texas musicians.

Lloyd Maines was a member of The Lloyd 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, AM.

Lloyd 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.

Lloyd Maines has produced and worked on recording projects with numerous artists, including Parker McCollum, The Chicks, Bad Livers, Richard Buckner, Roger Creager, Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, Pat Green, Butch Hancock, Wayne Hancock, Terri Hendrix, Rita Hosking, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Intocable, Robert Earl Keen, Lost Gonzo Band, Bob Livingston, Charlie Robison, Owen Temple, Two Tons of Steel, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Waybacks, Dale Watson and Martin Zellar.

Lloyd Maines frequently tours with Terri Hendrix throughout the United States, and is a major part of her band and production as an artist.

Lloyd Maines won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2003 as producer of the album Home by The Chicks'.

Susan Gibson's "Wide Open Spaces", which had been sent to Lloyd Maines, proved to be a hit from their debut album, and has remained their signature song.