Soon after moving to St. Louis in 1995, Terry founded the jonathanhouse, a band that was praised by the St. Louis Riverfront Times as “one of the more unique bands on the scene using a broad dynamic range to create a cinematic feel rarely heard among today’s cram-it-down-your-throat crowd.” (RFT 3/20/96)  Terry sang, played guitar, piano and wrote the songs for the band’s self produced album Jingles that Die Away, which won high praise from The Riverfront Times and Night Times Magazine.  The Midwest Music Review gave the album four of five stars.  The jonathanhouse played at legendary St. Louis venues such as Cicero's, Blueberry Hill and The Way Out Club.

After the demise of the jonathanhouse in 1997, Terry turned to solo acoustic music, playing regularly at coffee houses and St. Louis music mainstays such as The Way Out Club—where Thomas Crowne of The Riverfront Times wrote that Terry had become “songwriter and house philosopher.”  (In real life Terry actually is a working philosopher).

After moving to San Francisco in 1999, Terry teamed up with Abby Linfert in The Rusticators-- an acoustic duo that played folk/pop dipped in old country.  The Rusticators played numerous small venues throughout the Bay Area including Cross Roads Cafe, Espresso Java, Cup of Joe, Java on Ocean and the San Gregorio General Store. 

In 2001 Terry left The Rusticators and spent time living in Anchorage, Alaska.  There he was a regular at the various acoustic venues—especially Side Street Espresso in downtown Anchorage.

Between 2001-4 Terry returned to the Bay Area where he was a regular in the East Bay music scene.  In March he was featured in the "Alameda Music Scene" and appeared on the cable program "San Francisco Musicians".  In September 2004, Terry recorded his new EP Inside Passage, a five song EP inspired by his various travels in Alaska.

In 2005 Terry returned to Anchorage where he lives with his wife and kayak. Terry regularly performs at the Snowgoose Pub and has performed multiple times at the Anchorage Folk Festival.  Last summer, some of his songs about Alaska were adopted by the State department of tourism for a CD project highlighting the unique places and experiences of Alaska.

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