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Irish musician (born 1947)

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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	(1947-12-04) 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

Musical artist

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.

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

Career

Woods was once a member of the band Steeleye Span.

As a member of the Pogues, he was known for playing instruments including the mandolin and the concertina. 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.

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

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Petridis, Alexis (30 November 2023). "Shane MacGowan: the poet-musician of dereliction who became a mythic figure". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

v t e Sweeney's Men
Andy Irvine Johnny Moynihan Terry Woods "Galway Joe" Dolan Henry McCullough Al O'Donnell
Studio albums	Sweeney's Men The Tracks Of Sweeney
Singles	"Old Maid in the Garrett" / "The Derby Ram" "Waxie's Dargle" / "Old Woman In Cotton" "Sullivan's John" / "Rattlin' Roarin' Willy"
Compilations	Time Was Never Here Sweeneys Men / The Tracks Of Sweeney The Legend Of Sweeney's Men
Featured	Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012
Films	Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert at Vicar St 2012 (DVD)

v t e Steeleye Span
Maddy Prior Julian Litman Jessie May Smart Spud Sinclair Liam Genockey Tim Hart Ashley Hutchings Gay Woods Terry Woods Martin Carthy Bob Johnson Nigel Pegrum John Kirkpatrick Tim Harries Terl Bryant Ken Nicol Peter Knight Pete Zorn Rick Kemp
Studio albums	Hark! The Village Wait (1970) Please to See the King (1971) Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again (1971) Below the Salt (1972) Parcel of Rogues (1973) Now We Are Six (1974) Commoners Crown (1975) All Around My Hat (1975) Rocket Cottage (1976) Storm Force Ten (1977) Sails of Silver (1980) Back in Line (1986) Tempted and Tried (1989) Time (1996) Horkstow Grange (1998) Bedlam Born (2000) Present – The Very Best of Steeleye Span (2002) They Called Her Babylon (2004) Winter (2004) Bloody Men (2006) Cogs, Wheels & Lovers (2009) Wintersmith (2013) Dodgy Bastards (2016) Est'd 1969 (2019)
Live albums	Live at Last (1978) Tonight's the Night...Live (1992)
Box sets	A Parcel of Steeleye Span (2009) Good Times of Old England: Steeleye Span 1972—1983 (2022)
Related articles	The King of Elfland's Daughter (1977)
Category

v t e The Pogues
Spider Stacy Jem Finer James Fearnley Shane MacGowan Andrew Ranken Darryl Hunt Terry Woods Cait O'Riordan Philip Chevron Joe Strummer Dave Coulter James McNally Jamie Clarke
Studio albums	Red Roses for Me Rum Sodomy & the Lash If I Should Fall from Grace with God Peace and Love Hell's Ditch Waiting for Herb Pogue Mahone
EPs	Poguetry in Motion Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Compilations	Essential Pogues The Best of The Pogues The Very Best of The Pogues
Singles	"Dark Streets of London" "A Pair of Brown Eyes" "Sally MacLennane" "Dirty Old Town" "Haunted" "The Irish Rover" "Fairytale of New York" "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" "Fiesta" "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" "Summer in Siam" "Jack's Heroes" "Sunny Side of the Street" "A Rainy Night in Soho" "Honky Tonk Women" "Tuesday Morning" "Once Upon a Time"
Other songs	"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" "The Auld Triangle" "Greenland Whale Fisheries" "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" "Jesse James" "Maggie May" "Mountain Dew" "The Parting Glass" "Poor Paddy" "South Australia" "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" "Thousands Are Sailing" "Waxie's Dargle" "When the Ship Comes In" "Worms"
Related articles	Discography Songs

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