Question for fans

[James]

Do you feel that Terry's consistently brilliant earlier work gets undervalued because of his time with the Pogues?

I was thinking he never seems to get mentioned in the same breath as Luke or Ronnie or Christy, but I think the Sweeney's Men album alone puts him well out of reach of the likes of Paddy Reilly or Patsy Watchorn.

[Guerney Slade]

I agree,without Terry Woods was as much a part of the Irish contemporary music scene of the 60s and 70s as any of those names you mentioned and more besides.Sweeneys Men were probably one step ahead of most Irish acts at the time,the Showband scene was still at its height when the first SWEENEYS MEN LP was released in 1968 and they,Sweeneys were far removed from that,who else was there?The Johnstones featuring Paul Brady?Good band but not a patch on Sweeneys Men,but not suprisingly they were more popular and sold more records[thats always the way]In someways,maybe Terry Woods was like a square pegg in a round hole,some band members think they know all the answers and next thing you know,cracks begin to appear,arguing leads to further arguments,even fists begin to fly and next thing you know, goodbye band,goodbye career.From what i read ,Terry was most likely held back by the likes of Andy Irvine and Johnny Moynihan,the other band members from Sweeneys Men and later on by the likes of Tim Hart in Steeleye Span though Terry really was only in that band for a short time ,not enough to make a lasting impression ,that first Steeleye album is wll worth checking out.It would have been interesting ,if Steeleye founder ASHLEY HUTCHINGS was able to merge his new band ,including Gay and Terry Woods,with his old band,Fairport Convention ,with whom he had just quit[end of 1969] into a ten piece band,under the Fairport banner.It never happened,probably much to Terrys relief,but at the end of the day,Mr.Woods did not quite make it as an icon in the Christy Moore mould but rest assured Terry Woods is an Irish music legend.

[fluke]

Do you feel that Terry's consistently brilliant earlier work gets undervalued because of his time with the Pogues?

I was thinking he never seems to get mentioned in the same breath as Luke or Ronnie or Christy, but I think the Sweeney's Men album alone puts him well out of reach of the likes of Paddy Reilly or Patsy Watchorn.

thanx slade, for your opinion.. Smerker: i absolute agree with you! Melkweg is not selling out to quickly and it's something I can't understand at all!! Who would not want to see a Wood live?? Even if you get him together with an old radiators guitar player and so on.. And they even are part of the original pogues band, wich adds weight on it..
I'd tried to start a Woods 12" thread but it didn't wok out. Would love to know more about it though..

[philipchevron]

Do you feel that Terry's consistently brilliant earlier work gets undervalued because of his time with the Pogues?

I was thinking he never seems to get mentioned in the same breath as Luke or Ronnie or Christy, but I think the Sweeney's Men album alone puts him well out of reach of the likes of Paddy Reilly or Patsy Watchorn.

thanx slade, for your opinion.. Smerker: i absolute agree with you! Melkweg is not selling out to quickly and it's something I can't understand at all!! Who would not want to see a Wood live?? Even if you get him together with an old radiators guitar player and so on.. And they even are part of the original pogues band, wich adds weight on it..
I'd tried to start a Woods 12" thread but it didn't wok out. Would love to know more about it though..

Terry Woods's contribution to music has always been criminally undervalued, from the Sweeneys onwards. If anything, he only really found a niche in which he was adequately cherished by both his co-workers and the public when he became a Pogue. But his consistently brilliant earlier work remains consistently brilliant, for which we still have the evidence of the recordings.