Terry Tufts

Who is Terry Tufts?

" Have guitar. Will travel."

Terry Tufts is a finger-style guitarist living off-grid with his wife and daughter in the bush in North Frontenac, Ontario.

Terry has been playing music for enjoyment since 1963 and as a profession since 1974. His father's job with the Canadian Government moved the family to Denver, Colorado in the U.S. in the 1960's at a time when the folk and rock music genres were influencing opinion everywhere. Other postings took him to Ottawa, Ontario, and Rome, Italy. Upon returning to Canada to complete high school, he irremovably stuck his head into the soundhole of an acoustic guitar. He suffers from the affliction to this day, coupled with frequent electric outbursts that last long into the night.

In 1974 he moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick, to begin pursuing his own musical career as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, as well as working as a session musician and sideman for a variety of artists including Tom Paxton, Kathryn Briggs, David Francey, Colleen Peterson, Laura Smith, Ian Tamblyn, Lynn Miles, Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop, The Arrogant Worms, Wayne Rostad, Susan Aglukark, Tracey Brown, and George Fox.

He has 7 albums to his credit (one unreleased) and is currently signed to Borealis Records.

TERRY TUFTS blends a well-traveled personal history into music without boundaries.

DISCOGRAPHY

''Terry Tufts'' (1987) Snowy River Records, then Blue Northern Music

''Transparent Blue'' (1990) Snowy River Records, then Blue Northern Music

''Down the Eighth and Gone'' (1995)Blue Northern Music

''Two Nights Solo'' (1999) Nutshell Music

''Walk On'' (2001) Borealis

''Two Nights Solo'' (2002) Re-Released by Borealis

''The Better Fight'' (2005) Borealis

COMPILATIONS

* "Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot" (2004)Borealis

* "Six Strings North Of The Border VOL. 2" (2003) Borealis

* "Artists For The Algonquin" (2008)

"These Times" (2008) Borealis

BIO OUTLINE

Borealis Recording Artist

TERRY TUFTS (GUITAR, VOICE)

BORN IN GASLINE, ONTARIO

-Self-taught from 9 years of age.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

CBC Radio:

-Musical Friends with Marie Lynne Hammond

-Morningside with Peter Gzowski

-Swinging On A Star with Murray McLauchlan

-Sounds Like Canada with Catherine Gretzinger

CBC TV:

-The Rita McNeil Show

-The True North Concert Yellowknife, Northwest Territory & Whitehorse,Yukon Territory

CTV TV:

-The Dini Petty Show

-Canada AM

-The George Hamilton IV Show

-CCMA Awards

-The Tommy Hunter Show

-4 Tours with Hank Williams:The Show He Never Gave

-Canada Day Celebrations, Parliament Hill, Ottawa

-The Commonwealth Games, Victoria

-Human Rights World Conference, Vienna, Austria

-Davi Suuva Festival- Karesuando, Sweden

-Melbourne Music Festival- Melbourne, Australia

-Governor General Romeo Leblanc's Inauguration - House of Commons

-HRH Elizabeth II's visit to Canada

-Ottawa winner of '97 National Songwriting Contest

-Only two time winner of the Ontario Council of Folk Festival's Songs From The Heart competition ('98 and '01)

-Six album releases

-Four self-financed and self produced albums to credit

-'99 release (2 Nights Solo: Terry Tufts Live @ Rasputin's) in the year's top 15 on the Galaxy Network

Famous Quotes:

• Since when did pursuit of quality of life trump actual quaility of life?