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1997

  • Terry's son Andrew begins playing drums for a local California band called The Sarah Abrams Attack Tank. (Source: Leah Terrell)

    March-June 1997
  • Terry begins writing the memoirs of his life in Christian music.

    April 1997
  • The Giovanni Audiori catalog surveys it's readers to find out what songs they wanted Terry to perform at Cornerstone. Out of the hundreds of entries, the #1 choice was "Walls of Doubt". Terry performed the song at Cornerstone and mentioned the survey.

    June 14, 1997

  • Doug Doyle masters the FarmBeetles recordings at Digital Dog studios, eleven years after the project was started.

    July 1997


  • TST & Friends perform in Bushnell, Illinois at Cornerstone.
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  • Terry films about 30 minutes of footage for the 700 club, a tour of Cornerstone for a livelier than normal cardboard Pat Robertson. None of the footage has aired because the 700 Club found it too "controversial".

  • Terry’s soundtrack to the Neverhood is released at Cornerstone.
    Album Info


  • Ten Gallon Hat EP (preview pre-release of John Wayne) is released at Cornerstone. Only 1000 copies were printed.

  • Terry also takes part in a press conference at the fest. After the press conference, Terry went back to the Stunt booth and played some songs on his acoustic guitar.

    November 1997
  • Terry spent a couple of weeks in Nashville, writing songs with Derri Daugherty, Phil Madeira and Steve Hindalong for Derri's upcoming solo project.

  • Terry has agreed to be the head of west coast A&R for the Killen Music Group (KMG Records), a Nashville-based record label. This label, owned by Buddy Killen (Hank Williams' bass player, producer of Heartbreak Hotel, etc.) will be predominantly Christian and has acquired the old Frontline catalog.