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

He 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 signed to Borealis Records.

Borealis Recording Artist

TERRY TUFTS (GUITAR, VOICE)

-Self-taught from 9 years of age.

BORN IN GASLINE, ONTARIO

Performed As Guitarist For or In Performance With:

-Laura Smith

-Lynn Miles (Rounder, True North)

-Wayne Rostad

-Colleen Peterson

-Family Brown (RCA)

-The Arrogant Worms

-Susan Aglukark (Capital-EMI)

-Ian Tamblyn

-Willie P. Bennett

-Sneezy Waters

-George Fox

-David Francey

-Tom Paxton

Special Performances:

CBC Radio:

-Musical Friends with Marie Lynne Hammond

-Morningside with Peter Gzowski

-Swinging On A Star with Murray McLauchlan

CBC TV:

-The Rita McNeil Show

-True North, Yellowknife, Whitehorse

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

In addition to four independently produced and released albums, Terry has three Borealis releases, WALK ON, produced by Ian Tamblyn, TWO NIGHTS SOLO, and THE BETTER FIGHT, produced by Bill Garrett.

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