34 Facts About Teresa Trull

Teresa Trull was born on June 20,1954 and is an American female singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer from Durham, North Carolina.

Teresa Trull is recognized as a pioneer in Women's music, with her debut album The Ways a Woman Can Be released on Olivia Records in 1977.

Teresa Trull has recorded two albums with Barbara Higbie and one with Cris Williamson.

Teresa Trull has toured and recorded with Bonnie Hayes, David Sanborn, Andy Narell, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Alex DeGrassi, Joan Baez, Linda Tillery, Cris Williamson, Holly Near, and Tracy Nelson.

Teresa Trull has performed all over the world, from Puerto Rico to Egypt, and Costa Rica to Greece.

Teresa Trull was twice nominated for Best Producer of an Independent Album by the New York Music Awards.

Teresa Trull was raised part-time on a chicken farm and part-time in Durham, North Carolina.

Teresa Trull refers to her father's family as "hillbillies"; her father didn't leave the mountains of Tennessee until he was 25 years old.

Teresa Trull spent a lot of time in her youth playing in the woods by herself, for example imagining herself as an Irish battle queen in full regalia which became the subject of a song later in her life.

Teresa Trull developed a love of horses and other animals, riding horses as young as age three.

Teresa Trull sang in churches as a child, which served as her initial introduction to music.

Teresa Trull left home at age sixteen, after her mother died.

At a school talent show, Teresa Trull substituted on vocals for an ill bandmate on a day that a rock band was in attendance.

Teresa Trull quickly became disillusioned with what she witnessed in research labs, so four weeks into her first year of college when members of Ed's Bush Band asked her to tour with them, she jumped at the chance to earn a living by singing.

The Olivia collective was interested in recording Teresa Trull, but had other projects in the works.

Two Teresa Trull performances were included on the LP: "Prove It On Me Blues" and "Woman-Loving Women".

Years later, Teresa Trull reflected on the lessons she learned working on Let It Be Known.

In 1986, Teresa Trull released a CD on Redwood Records titled A Step Away.

Teresa Trull wrote or co-wrote six of the nine songs and produced the recording.

Lewis turned down the song and so Teresa Trull decided to use it on her album, and it has become one of Teresa Trull's signature songs.

In 1987, Teresa Trull toured as a background singer with The Bonnie Hayes Band as the opening act for Huey Lewis and the News on a national tour that included stadium-sized audiences.

Teresa Trull met Barbara Higbie at a rodeo in Reno, Nevada in July 1982.

Teresa Trull acted as producer on this recording, with a budget of about $10,000.

In 1988, Teresa Trull was producing an album for Hunter Davis and she hired women's music icon Cris Williamson to sing a duet with Davis, to help with the marketing of the LP.

Teresa Trull was nominated for the same award again in 1989.

Teresa Trull had asked Obiedo to write a song with her for her upcoming LP and he agreed.

Teresa Trull's compositions have been recorded by George Benson and Casiopea.

Teresa Trull took a break from performing, focusing instead on producing music and training horses.

Teresa Trull has always had a love of animals, particularly horses.

Teresa Trull went looking for a place to keep the horse in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lived.

The last site that Teresa Trull visited was a small breeding ranch and she became friends with the owner.

In summer 2011, Teresa Trull moved from the Bay Area to New Zealand.

Teresa Trull was linked romantically with Barbara Higbie, although that relationship ended in the mid-1980s and Higbie has since married a man.

Teresa Trull described the evening as "one of the most incredible music experiences" in her life, and she received a standing ovation for the performance, as well as the opportunity to sit behind the team bench.