Terry Blackwood


Terry Blackwood is a contemporary Christian musician who is best known as lead singer for Christian pop act The Imperials. He was with the group for nearly a decade, joining in 1967 and remaining with them through 1976. At that time, he left the group along with fellow Imperial Sherman Andrus to form Andrus, Blackwood and Company, one of the only racially integrated groups in contemporary Christian music at the time. They recorded 6 albums together between 1977 and 1986.

Biography

Terry Blackwood is the son of Doyle Blackwood, original co-founder of the Blackwood Brothers Qt. Terry's distinctive vocal styling has been featured on many chart topping singles while associated with two highly acclaimed vocal groups, The Imperials and Andrus, Blackwood & Co. You may have seen him as a featured soloist on many Gaither Homecoming videos.
Terry is currently singing selected dates with the Imperials around the world and here in the US. Their association with Elvis Presley opened many doors for them to sing their gospel songs and they are being received very well. They have just released a new six song sampler entitled "Gospel Ship", available on his website at www.terryblackwood.com
Terry's solo project, "From The Heart", is now available and has taken him, as soloist, into many new churches across the country as he renews old acquaintances and establishes new friends. There are now five digitally re-mastered cd's of Andrus, Blackwood & Co. "Soldier Of The Light", "Step Out Of The Night", "ABC Live", "Grand Opening", and just released cd, nominated for a Grammy award in 1978, "Following You". They are all available at www.terryblackwood.com on the product page.
Terry has a new solo cd just released in November, 2011 called "Anthology" and can be found there, as well.

Discography

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