Terry Woods

Terry Woods
Terry Woods
	Terry Woods at the Milk Club in Moscow, Russia on 29 August 2010, with The Pogues
Background information
Birth name	Terence Woods
Born	4 December 1947 (age 77); Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Folk; folk rock; Celtic rock; Celtic punk;
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, bandleader
Instrument(s)	Vocals, mandolin, cittern, guitar, banjo, concertina
Years active	1963–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]}

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]

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