About Trey

GRAMMY® Award-winning musician and singer/songwriter Trey Hensley—referred to as “Nashville’s hottest young player”

by Acoustic Guitar magazine—was voted the 2023 and 2025 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Guitar Player of the

Year. A multiple GRAMMY® nominee, Hensley received his first GRAMMY® Award at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in L.A. on Feb. 2, 2025 as a member of The Taj Mahal Sextet, whose album Swingin’ Live At The Church In Tulsa won in the Best Traditional Blues Album category.

Widely noted for his world class musicianship and guitar prowess, Hensley was invited to perform alongside some of the world’s greatest guitarists at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 in Los Angeles. That same year, Hensley was a featured player in a piece published by Guitar World magazine titled “6 Blazing Bluegrass Guitarists You Need To Hear.”

Hensley’s other-worldly guitar playing has attracted more than a third of a million followers on social media with rapid growth each day. Hensley has received praise from a truly eclectic group of guitar legends spanning multiple worlds of music who have become vocal fans of his, including legendary Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (who recently referred to Trey as “my favorite guitar player”); Tommy Emmanuel, CGP (who has called Trey “one of my favorite guitarists”); Steve Vai; Neal Schon; Vince Gill; Steve Wariner, CGP; Joe Bonamassa; John Petrucci; John 5; Tom Petty & The

Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell, and many others. Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo invited Trey to perform live with the band at a sold-out 12,000+ amphitheater show in Atlanta in late 2024 and insisted Trey play lead electric guitar on their hit, “Plush,” following a grand intro of Trey to their fans in what must surely have been the only bluegrass jam ever to make an appearance in the middle of an STP set!

Trey recently partnered with Taylor Guitars to create the Trey Hensley Gold Label 510e SE.  But with Hensley it’s not just the guitar that does the talking—he’s also well known for his rich, powerful and soulful baritone vocals with echoes of Merle Haggard and George Jones. While that is true, Hensley’s voice is something all its own that cuts through and leaves a lasting impression (as Holler put it: “Hensley possesses a strikingly resonate, emotional voice, one that makes him a potent singer outside of his superb finger-picking ability.”)

Hensley’s musical DNA is made up of an impressive, eclectic melting pot of artists including The Allman Brothers Band, Merle Haggard, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, George Jones, Buck Owens, Wes Montgomery, Van Halen, Miles Davis, Jerry Garcia, Del McCoury, Jimmy Martin, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Charles, The Band and many others.

Given that, it’s no wonder his impressive list of collaborations includes a lengthy and diverse list of extraordinary artists: Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Taj Mahal, Tommy Emmanuel, Peter Frampton, Rodney Crowell, Rob Ickes, Steve Vai, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Little Feat, Leftover Salmon, Old Crow Medicine Show, Stone Temple Pilots, Steve Martin, Molly Tuttle, Isaac Slade (former lead singer of The Fray), Jorma Kaukonen, Hot Tuna, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams and many more.