Terry Woods

Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, bandleaderInstrument(s)Vocals, mandolin, cittern, guitar, banjo, concertinaYears active1963–present

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

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]}

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 Woods)

As 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