Terry was born with “Music on the Brain,” an incurable defect that results in the insatiable desire to be involved in music anywhere and everywhere. The later stages of this deformity result in blackouts with the infected individual wandering into pubs all around the world while singing songs uncontrollably. Sadly, it’s an incurable birth defect, but one that does have it’s upside!

At the tender age of 8 years Terry first touched the keys of a piano under the nervous guidance of a teacher in a little town way down south in Maryland. But after a few years he decided that he needed to punish his parent’s ears a little more and took up the trumpet. In his teens he found himself playing the fife while tweeting away some great Civil War songs, which made his Da happy as he was a huge Civil War buff! Then came the late teen years and back to the keyboards he went finding himself playing Pop, Funk and New-Wave music all around the southeastern PA area! Picture Terry in a black jumpsuit with a blue lightening bolt down the front! Oh shades of Elvis!!!

Lo and behold his first trip to Ireland in 1994 totally blew him away with their traditional music, and he came home with a tin whistle in his pocket. It was the cheapest instrument he could find, so he felt he had nothing to loose right (plus it satisfied the frugal Scotsman in him as well!). Within two years he was tweeting away on Irish and Scottish Tunes and in 2000 he finally came out of the closet and found himself playing around the area once again. Fortunately for all you fans out there he decided to retire the jumpsuit for a more current look….is that a sigh of relief we hear?

It’s been a blast ever since then for Terry, and he even picked up the Button Accordion back in 2002 to add to is arsenal of instruments. Who knows what new instrument is on the forefront…Watch Out! Terry loves this music, and feels that being able to play and sing for all of you fans out there is simply brilliant! Terry is proud of his Irish and Scottish roots, and you’ll even find him clad in Kilt at times…with questionable undergarments too!

So come out and join in the Ceol and Craic, and don’t be bashful! If you can sing a tune or play an instrument, he loves when you join in on the fun!