Terry Woods

For the Emmerdale character, see Terry Woods (Emmerdale).

Terry Wood
Terry Woods at the Milk Club, Moscow, 29 August 2010, with The Pogues
Background information
Birth name	Terence Wood
Born	(1947-12-04) 4 December 1947 Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Folk, Electric folk, Celtic rock, Celtic punk, Folk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter, Bandleader
Instrument(s)	Vocals mandolin Cittern guitar
Years active	1963–present

Terence "Terry" Woods (born 4 December 1947, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish folk musician, noted for playing the mandolin and cittern, but also plays acoustic and electric guitar, mandola, five-string banjo and concertina. He is also a singer and songwriter. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks and, briefly, Dr. Strangely Strange and Dublin rock band Orphanage, with Phil Lynott, as well as in a duo/band with his then wife, Gay, billed initially as The Woods Band and later as Gay and Terry Woods. Woods has toured with The Pogues on their reunion concerts.

Discography

Albums

With Sweeney's Men

• Sweeney's Men
• The Tracks of Sweeney
• Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012

With Steeleye Span

• Hark! The Village Wait

With The Woods Band

• The Woods Band
• Music From The Four Corners of Hell(without Gay)

With Gay & Terry Woods

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

With The Pogues

• Poguetry in Motion (EP)
• If I Should Fall From Grace With God
• Peace And Love
• Hell's Ditch
• Waiting for Herb

With The Bucks

• Dancin' To The Ceili Band

With Ron Kavana

• Home Fire

Other releases

• 1968 Waxie's Dargle / Old Woman In Cotton, 7" single, Sweeney's Men (Pye 7N 17459)
• 1981 Tennessee Stud / I Don't Know About Love, 7" single, Terry Woods (with Phil Lynott)
• 1989 Misty Morning Albert Bridge / Cotton Fields / Young Ned of the Hill (Dub Version), 7" and 12" single (also cassette and cd), The Pogues
• 1989 White City / Everyman Is A King 7" single (also cassette and cd), The Pogues

Filmography

• Andy Irvine 70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 (2014), DVD

External links

• Gay and Terry Woods history on official Gay Woods website
• Terry Woods at AllMusic
• Terry Woods discography at Discogs