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Wikipedia / Terry Draper

Terry Edward Draper (September 22, 1951 – May 15, 2025) was a Canadian musician who was the drummer and one of three members of the 1970s 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 (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)

  • In the Beginning (2023)

  • Infinity (2025)

References