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Terry was born on the outskirts of Bedford in 1935. His life-long involvement with the oral tradition he attributes to the storytelling of his Irish father and song sessions at family gatherings. He was further immersed in the Irish tradition during the time he served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and later among members of the Irish diaspora in West London. During the mid-50s he formed his own skiffle group but his first contact with a folk music club , however, was in 1958 at Eel Pie Island on the Thames at Twickenham which led to his becoming resident singer at several clubs in the London area, notably Bunjies Coffee Bar in the West End and The Crown at Twickenham, and eventually in 1964, to being invited to run folk clubs on the south coast, at Brighton, Lewes and Worthing.
Since those early days, Terry has appeared at folk clubs all over Britain as well as tours of the U.S.A and Canada, where he also topped the bill at the Red Deer Folk Festival. Appearances at British Folk Festivals include Broadstairs, Newton Abbot, Lewes and the National Folk Festival at Keele, as well as frequent appearances on radio stations both in Britain and America.
Nowadays his appearances have become much rarer and he is more likely to be found singing at gatherings of the Travelling community with whom he also has strong links.