Casey Henry
Casey Henry is a banjo player, teacher, and writer. She is the daughter of banjo player Murphy Henry and mandolinist Red Henry. She was born in Florida and moved with her family to Winchester, Virginia, at age eight. She played ukulele, piano, and flute as a child, took up bass at 12, and joined her parents' band, Red and Murphy and Their Excellent Children, at 14. She switched to banjo a year later. She played in local and regional bands while at the University of Virginia, where she graduated in 2000 with a BA in English and Women's Studies. That year she released her debut album, Real Women Drive Trucks. She moved to Nashville in early 2001 and performed with June Carter Cash, the Jim Hurst Band, Pat Flynn, Lizzie Long, and Tennessee Heartstrings. She was also in an early lineup of the old-time band Uncle Earl. She then spent two years with the Dixie Bee-Liners and first played the Grand Ole Opry on April 4, 2009, backing Michael Martin Murphey. She teaches banjo through her parents' Murphy Method instructional series, gives private lessons in Winchester and online, and co-hosts banjo camps with her mother.
In the newsletter
- No. 1 September 1994
- No. 2 January-March 1995
- No. 3 April-June 1995
- No. 4 July—Sept. 1995
- No. 5 Oct.—Dec. 1995
- No. 6 Winter 1996
- No. 7 Spring 1996
- No. 8 Summer 1996
- No. 9 Fall 1996
- No. 10 Winter 1997
- No. 11 Spring 1997
- No. 12 Summer 1997
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- No. 14 Winter 1998
- No. 15 Spring 1998
- No. 16 Fall 1998
- No. 17 Fall 1998
- No. 18 Winter 1999
- No. 20 Summer 1999
- No. 23 Spring/Summer 2000
- No. 24 Fall 2000
- No. 25 Winter 2001
- No. 26 Spring 2001
- No. 27 September 2001
- No. 29 May 2002
- No. 30 August 2002
- No. 32 April 2003
- No. 33 September 2003
Wrote
- Ratifications (No. 1)
- Ratifications (No. 2)
- Ratifications (No. 3)
- Ratifications (No. 4)
- Ratifications (No. 5)
- Ratifications (No. 6)
- Ratifications (No. 7)
- Ratifications (No. 8)
- Ratifications (No. 9)
- Ratifications (No. 10)
- Close Encounters With Roni Stoneman (No. 11)
- Ratifications: Winterhawk! (No. 12)
- Ratifications (No. 13)
- Ratifications (No. 14)
- Ratifications (No. 15)
- Ratifications (No. 16)
- Ratifications (No. 17)
- BARRIERS IN BLUEGRASS (No. 20)
- Musical Gender Bending: Proving Yourself in a Jam (No. 21)
- RALPHED! (No. 23)
- This is the Big Time (No. 26)
- UNCLE EARL (No. 30)
- Greetings! (No. 33)
- Greetings!: Capp Street Carnival (No. 33)
- Greetings!: IBMA Awards (No. 33)
- No Women Honored This Year: IBMA Distinguished Achievement Awards (No. 33)
- Adrienne Young (No. 33)
- Adrienne Young: Adrienne speaks... (No. 33)
- Taking A Hiatus? (No. 33)