@@ilovetitanium4136 The whole Alchemy album is fantastic but it wouldn't have been without Terry Williams.

Absolutely......his performance on Sultans of Swing in Alchemy was epic.....he improvised and drove the song with some fills that even surprised and excited the guys in the band [as is evident from their reactions in the video], it was a stellar performance filled with dynamic, rhythmical highs and supported with subtle, delicate touches where appropriate......in fact all of the songs in Alchemy were superb and Terry's contribution was brilliantly significant

I think it's the only album Terry gets any royalties from.

@@mikeibby69 I hope they keep on coming for him...

True

Apart from the intro to Money For Nothing, Terry isn't on Brothers In Arms

@@timwingham8952 I thought he was as he consistently appeared on all of its hit videos (So far away; walk of life; brothers in arms, apart from Money for nothing), but anyway, just that introduction creating musical and drumming tension like no other pop song, would absolutely do for me to admire Terry’s drumming skills forever. A real pity he could not continue in Dire Straits after that album. Sincerely don’t know why. Thanks a lot for your reference 👍

@@fernandojorgerenart2638 Hi. Terry recorded Brothers In Arms with the band, but unfortunately Mark Knopfler decided what Terry had laid down wasn't right. So apart from the huge drum intro on Money For Nothing, all Terry's work was wiped, he was sent home and Knopfler brought in Omar Hakim to re-do all the drum tracks. So what you hear on the album is basically all Omar, no Terry. However, Terry was retained for the live tour and promo videos.

@@timwingham8952 thanks a lot Tim for all that information I wasn’t even aware of. Apparently once more it’s surprising to find out that nothing really is what it seems and it’s good to realize that almost 40 years at least. Better late than never!😆I’ll think of it as a real pity every time I enjoy listening to the Alchemy concert and the intro of Money for nothing, which even the genius of Mark Knopfler couldn’t find any other drummer fit enough to replace Terry🙌🙌🙌

On the sultans he upstaged Mark Knopfler

Great connection with Mike Shrieve of santana. Both incredible drummers.

Sometimes, Stewart Copeland stands to drum , as he has many percussion instruments to bang on

Spot on well said.

Pick Withers was better. Terry hardly played on anything recorded.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@TheMusicalElitistGot to be fair though, Pick Withers left DS because they were becoming a hugely successful stadium rock band. It didn’t suit his style and it completely suited Terry’s style which was perfect for the band at that time and I can think of no-one better. From 78-82, DS released 4 albums and 83 to 88, 1 album. Where the more subtle or jazzier feel was needed, they had Omar on the record. For the 2 biggest hits - it’s Terry on drums and he’s an absolute legend 😊

Same goes for Man Band - check out their live stuff

Absolutely Couldn't agree more.If he was a Guitar player Singer or Comedian he would have been knighted by now.

Great comment, cool, thanks!

I think I agree best drummer ever

Apart from seeing Terry live on Brothers In Arms, I'm a taxi driver who used to pick Terry and his lovely wife up. Soflty spoken, we chatted about music and musicians in general. Fantastic.

He certainly Is Paul.Thanks I'll pass on to Terry.

@@localpm Say Paul Lock says Hi..im still blowing my harp.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

And ilsley

agree

I'm also a Man fan and Terry did a fantastic job on the drums and he used a normal, simple drum kit!

I like it when he played drums in MAN!!!

He certainly is Thank you 👌

best live rendition of any number I've ever seen - totally peerless !

And Brian Breeze. What a combo the 3 were.

@@mikeibby69 hell yes. Love Breezey. All these guys are great.

MAN Band!

Superb David,must have been a great experience with a great set of lads.Diolch 👌

Clive was like a brother to all.So missed.

Hold your ferret aloft.

I'm not 100% but i'm sure it was slightly later 1990?

Bought it in 1974.Another Brilliant Album with Terry On.

Thanks for those kind words Keith. He surely is a Swansea legend.

Fantastic and touching words.Thanks so much i’ll pass on to Terry 👌

@@localpm Hi Paul, I am touched indeed that someone somewhere has thought my words have sufficient significance to comment on. As I say, I have turned my hand to writing and am now typing up my second book. I was giving my stiff fingers a rest and just having a casual browse on youtube and it was your title JUST THE DRUMMER IN THE BAND, that made viewing a must because I felt that really it does sum up wonderfully well that JUST anything, Terry Williams is not. It really is so wonderful to see successful people who don´t end up destroying themselves and in the process shaming their families and becoming estranged from them. I have so little support professionally from my close network as to be crying out for support from somewhere. So, it was very refreshing to know of Terry´s family. I so loved his Mum´s laying the dinner table story and their memories of their trip to New York. My first book ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, as you may guess from the title, comes from the heart of an estranged person, as I am really beginning to feel, having now lived thirty years away from the UK. I yearn for my Norfolk and to see Terry sat at the family beach hut and playing with the family and dog on the sands, was shades of the past for me and I so understand his love of what was ever righteous and worthy of loving, it always stayed true to itself and the people too. Whilst my book is in part a biography of my up and down life, human psychology is what I am exploring. Why people act as they do? How we are so affected by other people in our lives and how difficult it is to keep a steady status quo being surrounded by so many uncontrollable circumstances. I started writing during our COVID-19 lockdown and just started letting loose on my frustrations of man-kinds brand of leadership which has now left us all with a new menace in our daily lives, like we needed another one. I try to rebuid the world, starting with my beloved Africa. I had to find a point to close....... 800 pages just wasn´t enough space and so I now continue in ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT, which has sadly had the Ukraine conflict as it´s backdrop. All black and white, as I say in this one, they are the only two colours that don´t exist in nature, man-kinds inventions and some of the most contaminating ones. I can´t stop Paul. So much to say and no one wants to listen. It´s all about wavelengths really and which ones you tune in to. Terry mentions the glue sniffing, I can remember that too, young kids from the care homes whose lives just bore no resemblance to those of Terry and I, which were blissful places to be. I, like him, see all the good that could be done, if only someone cared enough to actually do something. You either have to be a volunteer or have your own financing and be your own boss but no good seems to ever be forthcoming from government in all these areas that are screaming out for attention and I talk of this in my book in a chapter titled, THE LOST GENERATIONS. If they hadn´t been lost for guidance before, well, the internet on mobile has filled that vaccum and we now have so many people, young and old, tuning into some very dubious wavelengths. I love to see Terry working with young people through music and artistic expression. I believe that a person needs to have richness inside of them to be rich and wealth is the experience of knowledge lived, which leads to wisdom. The owner of great wealth will ever be a wise person, a wise person will ever be the holder of a wealth of knowledge and understanding, were they only able to apply it???? I thank you for your contact and congratulations for your lovely piece of work and my best wishes to you.

. . . How correct you are in all that you write. As a great mentor of mine once made clear … “ The first seven or eight years - and the wiring is ‘in’. It is possible to re-wire … but it is a lot of work”… Thanks, Gerry Godley, of Falkirk; you also were so correct about kindly solutions to so-much that need not be due to inconsiderate words and actions against young hearts, minds and souls. So much ‘wrong-wiring’ done in a few short but critical years. A l l b e w e l l .