Artist description Singer-Songwriter, solo or band-enforced electric & acoustic guitar based music. Melodic & lyrical.

Music Style Folk-Rock

Musical Influences CSNY, John Martyn, Gordon Lightfoot, Beatles, Stones, Pentangle

Similar Artists Leo Kottke, Jonathan Edwards, Bruce Cockburn, Stephen Fearing

Artist History TERRY TUFTS was born in Gasline, Ontario (near Port Colborne), grew up in Denver Colorado, Ottawa Ontario, Rome Italy, the Toronto area, and Fredericton New Brunswick. His talents have carried him to such places as Australia, Austria, Finland and Sweden. He has been employed in the studio for his abilities on acoustic and electric slide and finger-style guitar, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, autoharp, dobro, lap steel, mandola, and more.TERRY has been playing music since 1963, beginning with the mandolin and moving on to guitar in 1967. His early influences include Red Shea, Homer and Jethro, William Shakespeare, Keats, Byron, Shelley (Percy and Mary), Yeats, and...Tommy Smothers. His fluid lyrical style is straightforward, honest and intelligent and his guitar playing is an effortless and cohesive blend of orchestration and melody. CBC Radio has called TERRY TUFTS one of the finest finger-style guitarists in Canada. He has been performing professionally since 1974, opening for and in performance with such notables as Jesse Winchester, Valdy, Rodney Crowell, Laura Smith, Stephen Fearing, George Fox, Don Ross, Susan Aglukark, banjo virtuoso Tony Trishka and a host of others. For five years he toured with Susan Aglukark as guitarist/vocalist and band leader. He has four self-financed and self-produced independently released albums and his fifth was released in November of 2000 on the Borealis record label, produced by Ian Tamblyn.He blends a well-traveled personal history into music without boundaries. CONTACT:Terry Tufts RR#1 Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario CANADA K0A 1X0 Voice: 613-623-3109 Fax: 613-623-3109 E-mail: tunes@magma.ca

Group Members Terry Tufts

Instruments Acoustic & electric 6 & 12 stringed guitars, mandolin, dobro, 5 stringed banjo, dulcimer, autoharp, etc.

Albums Terry Tufts (1987), Transparent Blue (1989), Down The Eighth And Gone (1995), 2 Nights Solo: Terry Tufts Live @ Rasputin's (1999), Walk On (Borealis 2000)

Press Reviews SING OUT! Magazine (Review of 2 Nights Solo by Angela Page)Terry Tufts has made his musical lifetime making other singers sound good. However, this live album from Ottawa's Rasputin's stage, clearly shows why Terry should not be bound to back-up work. His vocals are delivered with the same strength as his slide and impressive guitar work, even when reaching a higher register, in fact, especially in these ranges. There is something about the sound that revisits that combination of Lightfoot's voice and Red Shea's guitar work but spilling from only one man. Is Terry's sound definable as Canadian, or is it just that his strings have backed many a Canadian over these past decades?A particular standout on the CD is "Marylou In Burgundy." This tune, not new to Tufts' repertoire, documents the beginning performer's hell and abuse of "No one listening, no one leaving." Then a certain lady walks in and catches his eye and he has trouble concentrating. The song bounces on the guitar as he sings about his attraction to the Irish woman wrapped in the shawl of royal burgundy. The Irishness of the woman seeps "a wee bit" into the lyrics and the beat. "I ducked back in my song" is an appropriated visual as he notices that this Irish attraction has been waiting on a date.Terry's guitar work is exceptional. The opener here is a solid instrumental, and this live performance captures three instrumentals and 10 songs, including a Lennon / McCartney cover. Though I have always enjoyed what he adds musically for other musicians, it is great to hear his own voice accompanying that skill - APWHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT TERRY TUFTS"Expect the same unequaled musicianship and sharp lyrics which have characterized Tufts's career to date." Derek Raymaker, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN "...in high demand...well-respected for his instrumental talents as well as his warm, natural singing voice." Lynn Saxberg, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN "Tufts has the perfect vocal qualities." Rick Overall, THE OTTAWA SUN "...very good. Tufts writes with wit and charm." Susan Beyer, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN "...a gifted musician, songwriter, and vocalist." Larry Delaney, COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS "...a triple threat: songwriter, singer, and talented multi-instrumentalist..." Mike Regenstreif, THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL "...sings with a soaring voice of unparalleled sincerity." Ed McCurdy, author of LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM."Terry Tufts is one of the finest finger-style guitarists in Canada."CBC Radio

Additional Info Borealis Records (info@borealisrecords.com, http://www.borealisrecords.com) has picked up "2 Nights Solo: Terry Tufts Live@ Rasputin's" and just released the newest project, WALK ON. To obtain these albums, please contact the label at the preceeding email address or call (416)530-4288, Borealis Recording Company Ltd., 67 Mowat Avenue, Suite 233, Toronto, ON M6K 3E3 CANADA.

Location Ottawa, Ontario - Canada

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