TERRY ELDREDGE
- From Terre Haute, Indiana. Lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Nickname: “Bo-Bo Batelbe”
- 1978, while still in high school, played bass with Louie Popejoy and the the Heirs of Bluegrass (Terre Haute).
- 1981, first pro job (age 17), played bass with Lonzo and Oscar on the Grand Ole Opry. His brother Grady played banjo.
- 1987, worked with Mike Scott and his All-American Band.
- 1986, worked with Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper.
- 1988-2000, worked with Osborne Brothers, playing upright bass. He later switched to guitar and lead vocals when Terry Smith joined the band, playing bass.
- 1989, formed a part-time band called the Sidemen.
- 2000, joined Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time. Also formed part-time bands, the Sidemen and Drive Time.
- 2001, he was in a serious auto accident. The force of the collision broke Terry’s ribs, shattered his left leg, ruptured his spleen, punctured his lung and cracked vertebrae in his neck. His recovery took seven months.
- 2002, toured with Dolly Parton.
- 2004, left Larry Cordle’s band and formed The Grascals with Jimmy Mattingly, David Talbot, Terry Smith, Danny Roberts and Jamie Johnson.
- For several years, he did voice imaging work for Sirius/XM radio’s “Bluegrass Junction.”
- 2019, left the Grascals after 15 years, retiring (temporarily) from music while he took time off to recover from alcohol abuse.
- 2022, joined the Farm Hands, playing bass.