musicalcomposer

Bella Vista, AR, USA

If you had to sum up Terry Ayers, aka Terrence Wintersmith’s musical career in one singular word, it would be easy to do: diversity. Over a career spanning forty years, Wintersmith has performed and recorded with such eclectic artists as eighties pop diva Laura Branigan, surf music pioneer Dan Hamilton, country legends Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph , and jazz musicians Chester Thompson , and Jeff Coffin to mention a few. His musical roots run deep in the foothills of southeastern Oklahoma where Wintersmith played back road honky tonks on Saturday nights, and then sang southern gospel music at little churches around the area on Sunday mornings. In the summer of 1978, Wintersmith relocated to the west coast and immediately landed a job with Chrysalis Records. Chrysalis was the hot label in town in the early eighties. Their roster included, Jethro Tull, Blondie , Pat Benatar and the Babys The following year, Wintersmith purchased John Fahey’s Takoma Studios