Terry Woods

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Terry Woods
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Terry Woods at the Milk Club in Moscow, Russia on 29 August 2010, with The Pogues
Background information
Birth nameTerence Woods
Born (1947-12-04) 4 December 1947 (age 77)
Dublin, Ireland
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, bandleader
Instrument(s)Vocals, mandolin, cittern, guitar, banjo, concertina
Years active1963–present

Terence Woods (born 4 December 1947) is an Irish folk musician, songwriter/singer and multi-instrumentalist.

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He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as the Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, the Bucks, Dr. Strangely Strange and the short-lived Orphanage, with Phil Lynott. Woods also played with his wife Gay, billed initially as the Woods Band and later as Gay and Terry Woods.[ citation needed ]

Woods is most associated with the mandolin and cittern, but also plays acoustic and electric guitars, mandola, five-string banjo and concertina.[ citation needed ]

Career

Woods was once a member of the band Steeleye Span. [1]

As a member of the Pogues, he was known for playing instruments including the mandolin and the concertina. [1] [2] He wrote and sang the vocals for the first section of their song "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six", with vocalist Shane MacGowan writing and singing the second section. [3]

Discography

Albums

With Sweeney's Men

With Steeleye Span

With the Woods Band

As Gay & Terry Woods

  • Backwoods
  • The Time Is Right
  • Renowned
  • Tender Hooks
  • In Concert (compilation of 1976 & 1978 BBC sessions)

With the Pogues

With the Bucks

With Ron Kavana

Other releases

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Denselow, Robin (16 March 1988). "The auld triangle's triumphant jangle". The Guardian. p. 21. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Dessau, Bruce (14 March 1988). "Pogues bare teeth". The Guardian. p. 33. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (30 November 2023). "Shane MacGowan: the poet-musician of dereliction who became a mythic figure". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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