Terence Woods (born 4 December 1947 in

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folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

ian, songwriter/singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-

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groups as

The Pogues The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone" – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse" ...

, Steeleye Span,

Sweeney's Men Sweeney's Men was an Irish traditional band. They emerged from the mid-1960s Irish roots revival, along with groups such as The Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers. The founding line-up in May 1966 was Johnny Moynihan, Andy Irvine and "Galway ...

The Bucks The Bucks were a band who played music based largely on Irish folk, touring briefly and recording and releasing one album for Warner Music Group, WEA Records in 1994 in music, 1994. While remaining obscure, the band was formed by well-known Iris ...

Dr. Strangely Strange Dr. Strangely Strange are an Irish experimental folk group, formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth (born 6 September 1943, County Kildare, Ireland), vocals and guitar, and Ivan Pawle (born 17 August 1943, England), bass and keyboards. Career A ...

and the short-lived

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, with Phil Lynott. Woods also played with his wife

Gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

, billed initially as

The Woods Band The Woods Band was an Irish folk-rock band formed in 1970 by husband and wife team Gay & Terry Woods, shortly after their departure from Steeleye Span. The band played and recorded for four years before evolving into Gay & Terry Woods. In ...

and later as Gay and Terry Woods. Woods is most associated with the

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

and

cittern The cittern or cithren ( Fr. ''cistre'', It. ''cetra'', Ger. ''Cister,'' Sp. ''cistro, cedra, cítola'') is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is d ...

, but also plays acoustic and electric

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

mandola The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ...

five-string banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

and

concertina A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons (or keys) usually on both ends, unlike accordion buttons, which are on the front. The ...

Discography

Albums

With Sweeney's Men

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The Tracks of Sweeney ''The Tracks of Sweeney'' is an album by Sweeney's Men. It was first released in 1969 and re-released on CD in 1996, packaged together with ''Sweeney's Men''. One track on this album is frequently anthologised: "Hall of Mirrors". Track listin ...

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Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 ''Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012''
Retrieved on 1 March 2015 is a live recordi ...

With Steeleye Span

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Hark! The Village Wait ''Hark! The Village Wait'' is the debut album by the British folk rock band Steeleye Span, first released in 1970. It is the only album to feature the original lineup of the band as they broke up and reformed with an altered membership immediat ...

With The Woods Band

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Music From The Four Corners of Hell Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

'' (without

Gay Woods Gay Woods (18 September 1948) is an Irish singer. She was one of the original members of Steeleye Span. Early years Gabriel Corcoran was born in Dublin, a neighbour of her future husband Terry Woods. Her elder brothers shared Woods' love of ...

)

As Gay & Terry Woods

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

With The Pogues

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Poguetry in Motion ''Poguetry in Motion'' is an EP by The Pogues, released on Stiff Records in the UK on 24 February 1986, and in the US & Canada on MCA Records. It was the band's first single to make the UK Top 40, peaking at number 29 and the first Pogues rec ...

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If I Should Fall From Grace With God ''If I Should Fall from Grace with God'' is the third studio album by Irish folk-punk band the Pogues, released on 18 January 1988. Released in the wake of their biggest hit single, "Fairytale of New York", ''If I Should Fall from Grace with God ...

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Hell's Ditch ''Hell's Ditch'' is the fifth studio album by The Pogues, released in November 1990, and the last to feature frontman Shane MacGowan as a member. Overview ''Hell's Ditch'' continued the group's slow departure from Irish music, giving more e ...

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Waiting for Herb ''Waiting for Herb'' is the sixth studio album by the Pogues, released in 1993, and their first without lead singer Shane MacGowan. Overview The album saw the band continue to expand their musical reach past the traditional Irish roots it had ...

With The Bucks

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Dancin' To The Ceili Band The Bucks were a band who played music based largely on Irish folk, touring briefly and recording and releasing one album for WEA Records in 1994. While remaining obscure, the band was formed by well-known Irish musicians Ron Kavana and Terry W ...

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 "Tennessee Stud" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood, who originally recorded and released it in 1959. "Tennessee Stud" is considered to be Driftwood's most recorded song. Synopsis The song tells a story about the adventures of a man and his h ...

/ 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 ''Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012''
Retrieved on 1 March 2015 is a live recordi ...

(2014), DVD

External links

Gay and Terry Woods history on official Gay Woods website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Terry 1947 births Living people British folk rock musicians Citternists Irish folk musicians Musicians from County Dublin The Pogues members Steeleye Span members