Terry Draper


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

Career

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. Draper also co-wrote the Klaatu songs "Prelude" in 1977 and "December Dream" in 1981, the latter being 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.

Personal life and death

Before becoming a successful musician, Draper had a construction business with a speciality in roofing.
Later on in the 1980s he returned to his roofing business and then developed a career as a restaurateur alongside his continued music work.
Draper died in Newmarket, Ontario on May 15, 2025, at the age of 73, from leukemia.

Solo releases

  • Light Years Later
  • Terry & The Twilight Zone: Live... Years Later
  • Terrytoons Presents: Can You Pretend?
  • Civil War
  • Civil War
  • Furzall Family
  • Aria 52 - A Five Year Mission
  • Stranded
  • When The World Was Young
  • Searching
  • Window On The World
  • Remarkable Women
  • A Very Terry Christmas
  • Once Upon A Memory
  • In My Garden
  • Sunset on Mars
  • Lost
  • The Other Side
  • Bread and Cirkus
  • In the Beginning
  • ''Infinity''