Trey Hensley
Trey Aaron Hensley is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Hensley made his first public appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at age 11 with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs. Hensley moved to Nashville in 2013 and formed a duo with dobro player Rob Ickes. Hensley and Ickes released the GRAMMY-nominated album Before the Sun Goes Down on Compass Records label, The Country Blues, and World Full of Blues ''.''
Early career
Trey Hensley was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, and grew up in Telford, Tennessee where he started out singing in a gospel group at 6 years old. His interest in bluegrass guitar developed after hearing Charlie Waller and Jimmy Martin perform at a festival several years later.Just a few months after Hensley learned to play the guitar, he was invited to perform Jimmy Brown the Newsboy on the Grand Ole Opry with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs. Not long after his Opry debut, Hensley met Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA where he performed with Johnny Cash and other members of the Carter Family. Hensley also performed at June Carter Cash's birthday party in June 2002. Johnny Cash introduced Hensley to Tom T. Hall who produced his first bluegrass album in 2003 titled First Time Out.
Other bluegrass albums that Hensley recorded and produced with his bluegrass band Drivin' Force include Backin' to Birmingham on Copper Creek Records, Third Time Out and Songs of Faith on Hog Holler Records. Over the years Trey Hensley has performed with and opened shows for many artists such as Charlie Daniels, Steve Wariner, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ricky Skaggs, Blue Highway, J.D. Crowe, Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Peter Frampton, Randy Owen, Sara Evans and many others. In 2008, Hensley performed at the President's Dinner at the White House for George W. Bush and a private event for wounded soldiers at the vice president's residence along with Charlie Daniels.