Terry Edward Orlando Draper
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Drums
  • vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards[1]
Years active1973–1982, 1988, 1997-present
LabelsDaffodil Records
Capitol Records (US)
Bullseye Records
Websiteterrydraper.com

Terry Edward Draper is a Canadian musician who was the drummer and one of three songwriters for the 1970s progressive rock band Klaatu.[2]

Career

Before becoming a successful musician, Draper had a construction business with a speciality in roofing.[2]

Draper co-wrote the song "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft", which was not only successful with his band Klaatu, but also became a Top-40 hit for the Carpenters when they covered it in 1977.[3] Draper also co-wrote the Klaatu songs "Prelude" in 1977 and "December Dream" in 1981, which was a tribute to John Lennon.

He went on to record several solo albums in his home studio in Oak Ridges, Ontario after the break-up of the band in 1981. His former Klaatu bandmates Dee Long and John Woloschuk made appearances on his album Light Years Later, in 1997.[4]

Later on in the 1980s he returned to his roofing business, and then developed a career as a restaurateur alongside his continued music work.[2]

Solo releases

  • Light Years Later (1997)
  • Terry & The Twilight Zone: Live... Years Later (1997)
  • Terrytoons Presents: Can You Pretend? (1999)
  • Civil War (And Other Love Songs) (2001)
  • Civil War (Not Very) (2001)
  • Furzall Family (2002)
  • Aria 52 - A Five Year Mission (2004)
  • Stranded (2010)
  • When The World Was Young (2014)
  • Searching (2016)
  • Window On The World (2016)
  • Remarkable Women (2017)
  • A Very Terry Christmas (2017)
  • Once Upon A Memory (2018)
  • In My Garden (2019)
  • Sunset on Mars (2020)
  • Lost (2020)
  • The Other Side (2021)
  • Bread and Cirkus (2022)

References

  1. ↑ "The Bands – Terry Draper". terrydraper.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Brown, Dan (April 4, 2000). "When the music's over: Rock and roll is a vicious game, but not half as rough as what comes next – as a handful of Canada's former rock gods can attest", National Post, p. B10.
  3. ↑ Feniak, Peter (November 21, 1995). "The band Beatlemania made, then crushed", The Globe and Mail, p. D1.
  4. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Terry Draper: Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved January 19, 2011.


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