Trey Hensley

Trey Hensley was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, and grew up in Telford, Tennessee where he started out singing in a gospel group at 6 years old. His interest in bluegrass guitar developed after hearing Charlie Waller and Jimmy Martin perform at a festival several years later.citation needed Just a few months after Hensley learned to play the guitar , he was invited to perform Jimmy Brown the Newsboy on the Grand Ole Opry with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs. Not long after his Opry debut, Hensley met Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA where he performed with Johnny Cash and other members of the Carter Family. Hensley also performed at June Carter Cash's birthday party in June 2002.