Biography[edit]

Menzies was born in Mechanicsville, Virginia. He debuted as a performer at age three, with a band his mother was a member of. Born to a musical family, he, his two brothers, two sisters, and parents performed throughout Virginia. They opened shows for Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and other country music stars.^[1] At age eight, he was playing mandolin in the band. Menzies suffered a hearing disorder as a child, which he overcame at age sixteen following seven operations.


In the mid-1980s, he played guitar in the group Bandana, which released ten singles for Warner Bros. Records between 1985 and 1987.^[3] Menzies left the band in 1986 and was replaced by Michael Black and Billy Kemp.^[3]


Menzies co-wrote the single "Mama Knows," recorded by Shenandoah and released in 1989.^[4] That same year he signed to Columbia Records, performing as Tim Mensy, with his debut album Stone by Stone following a year later. It produced three singles, all of which made the lower regions of the country music charts.^[2]


A second album, This Ol' Heart, followed on the Giant label in 1992. It included three singles, one of which ("She Dreams") was later a Top Ten hit for Mark Chesnutt in 1994. Menzies did not release another album until the self-titled Tim Mensy in 2002.^[5]


In 2014, Tim Menzies released a Christian album titled His Way Of Loving Me.^[6] It was released under his birth name^[7] and created with help from Ben Isaacs of The Isaacs family band.^[1] His 2019 album His Name is Jesus was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album.