Released 2005. Produced by Bill Garrett. Recorded and Mixed by Ken Friesen at Sound Of One Hand Studio, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and at Signal Path in Almonte, Ontario, Canada from October 2004 through March 2005. Bass: John Geggie and John Dymond. Percussion: Rob Graves Drums: Ross Murray Trombone, Piano, and Keyboards: Mark Ferguson Background Vocals on BLACK VELVET ELVIS: Jesse Winchester Guitars, Mandolin, Citern and vocals: Terry Tufts All Songs by Terry Tufts (William Terence Tufts) Terry Tufts REVIEW THE TORONTO STAR Oct. 6, 2005 The Better Fight (Borealis Records) Ottawa songwriter and guitarist Terry Tufts is a gifted musician with a strong sense of melody and structure, and sensibilities rooted in the golden age of the big-voiced folk-pop troubadour, circa 1975. This collection of 13 originals, produced by Borealis boss Bill Garrett, is as good as or better than anything those guys ever did. Always eminently listenable, and notwithstanding the anachronistic overtones, Tufts takes a big step out of the folk realm that has been his home for the past few years and onto a musical stage that embraces elegant, almost symphonic arrangements, world music, jazz and progressive pop elements, as well as traditional forms. Melodies are breathtakingly beautiful, as is Tufts' pure and steely tenor, and his stunning guitar work is allowed to anchor every piece, though he's surrounded in these songs of warning and diminishing hope for a better world by some exceptionally fine