Terry is a musical chameleon and has recorded CDs covering a wide range of musical styles. Before playing traditional music Terry Blankenship toured for 10 years as the lead guitarist and vocalist in the rock band Daemon. After Daemon Terry played guitar with Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists, touring in the USA, England, and Holland with Robert and recording two CD's and a video with him on E.G. Records and Virgin Records. Terry also played on the CD "The Lady or the Tiger" with Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox. Terry has toured the USA and Europe, done a one hour MTV special with Robert Fripp and a sold out show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England.

See Terry's discography for a complete list of recordings he has played on.

Terry Blankenship also plays traditional Irish, Scottish, English, Breton, and Renaissance music. He sings and plays cittern, bouzouki, octave mandolin, mandola, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, and bodhran. As a Celtic musician, Terry has played at the biggest Irish and Scottish festivals in the USA.

As a traditional musican Terry has played in Silver Arm; performed as a solo artist; played in a duo with Rick Evans; in a trio with Margaret Gravitt and Rick Evans; and played bouzouki and mandola with "The Gabriel Hounds", and The Kells.

Terry Blankenship and Rick Evans were the rhythm section and driving force behind the original "Silver Arm", who were Cincinnati's premiere Celtic band at the time, with Terry playing bass guitar and octave mandolin, and Rick playing bodhran.

Terry and Rick performed with Silver Arm at the Master Musician's Festival, 
which was filmed and broadcast nationally for PBS. 

Terry Blankenship, Rick Evans, Susan Cross, and Mike Rackers, did a Saint Patrick's Day television 
special in 1997 for the "Culture of Diversity" show.

Terry and Rick recorded a CD and performed as a duo after Silver Arm disbanded. Terry sang and played bouzouki, mandola, and mandolin and Rick played the bodhran, bones, dumbek, tablas, and assorted percussion instruments. They have performed together at:

General Butler Scottish Games
Master Musicians Festival
Concert with The House Band
Lexington Irish Festival
Thomas Moore Irish Festival 
Pioneer Village Old Time Traditional Music Festival
Ohio Renaissance Festival
Cincinnati Celtic Festival
Ohio State Fair
Tall Stacks

Terry also played bouzouki and sang in a trio with Rick Evans on bodhran, and vocalist Margaret Gravitt. The group released one CD, and did a television special in 1998 for the "Culture of Diversity" show.

Terry Blankenship, Rick Evans, and Margaret Gravitt have performed together in concert and at many of the top Scottish games including:

Stone Mountain Scottish Games in Atlanta, Georgia
The Arlington, Texas Scottish Games
The Gatlingburg, Tennessee Scottish Games
The Old English Festival in Atlanta, Georgia
The Woodland Jubilee in Lexington, Kentucky
The University of Kentucky
A live radio show in Atlanta, Georgia
1998 Saint Patrick's Day T.V. special

Terry also played bouzouki, mandola, and mandolin with "The Gabriel Hounds" from Columbus, Ohio. The band included Terry Blankenship, Brian McCoy, Eddie Cotter, Carl Colon, and Deborah Colon, and toured extensively during 1999 performing at top Irish venues including;

The Milwaukee Irish Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago Celtic Festival
The Dublin Irish Festival
The Irish Festival on Flagler, West Palm Beach, Florida
Veteran's Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio
The Guiness Fleadh in Chicago
The Shamrock Club Festival
Cincinnati Celtic Festival
The Peoria Irish Festival
Fox Valley Irish Festival
Tallstacks

In 2001 three members of The Gabriel Hounds reformed as The Kells. "The Kells" included Terry Blankenship, Brian McCoy, and Eddie Cotter.They were together about a year and a half and released two collectors CDs (Collector's Edition Vol 1 & 2) and one official CD together called "Feast of the Archangels" which was produced by Terry Blankenship with cover art by Coni. The CD came out on St. Patrick's Day 2002.

Brian McCoy, Eddie Cotter Jnr, & Terry Blankenship performed together as The Kells at some of the top Celtic events, including:

I use a Sobell large bodied octave mandolin with a 58 cm or 22.83inch scale
tuned GDAD. I consider it a short scale bouzouki.

A one of a kind Sobell custom bouzouki made to my specifications.

I also had Sobell make me a 18 and 3/4 inch scale mandola with a body the
size of his big mandolin, that I tune to DAEA. He liked it so much that he
said he is considering adding it to his line of instruments.

A Sobell Big mandolin with a 31.5 cm scale tuned GDAE sometimes and GDAD
sometimes.

I use LR Baggs pickups in all of my instruments. Stefan has these made
specially for his instruments, and I use an LR Baggs pre-amp / parametric
eq/ DI box as well.

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