Terry Lees playing a brand new Willis OM guitar. The piece he is playing is Mrs McCloud's Reel.
Terry Lees has been playing the guitar since 1960. He has played major concerts supporting Fairport Convention, Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, Martin Carthy, Labi Siffrie, Lonnie Donegan and others as well as making television and radio appearances in his own right.
Terry is a well known performer on the folk circuit and has had many TV and radio performances as well as prominent festival shows and concerts. He also gives demonstrations and workshops.
In 1975 he came second to world class guitarist Adrian Legg in an international fingerpicking competition. In 1998 Terry was runner up in the ‘National Guitarist of the Year’ competition at Wembley Arena having been a finalist for two years running, finally becoming Guitarist of the Year in 2000.
Terry runs guitar workshops at folk festivals throughout the country. He plays any style but his heart is in Celtic and British traditional music. Terry can be contacted through his website, http://www.terrylees.com/.