Terrence "Terry" Williams (born 11 January 1948 in Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...

, South Wales

South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...

) is a Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

, whose resume includes work for Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

, B. B. King

B. B. King

Riley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M...

, and Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

.

During the 1960s, Williams played in a number of Welsh bands

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

, including Commancheros, The Smokeless Zone, Dream and Plum Crazy, before joining Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

' band Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues-rock band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds , plus bassist John Williams - stage name John David and drummer Rob 'Congo' Jones .-Career:Love...

. In 1970 he joined the Welsh rock group Man

Man (band)

Man are a rock band from South Wales whose style is a mixture of West Coast psychedelia, progressive rock, blues and country-rock. Formed in 1968 as a reincarnation of Welsh rock harmony group ‘’The Bystanders’’, Man are renowned for the extended jams in their live performances, and having had...

, which included two former Dream and Smokeless Zone members, Deke Leonard

Deke Leonard

Roger "Deke" Leonard is a rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business." Best known as a member of the progressive rock band Man, which he joined and left several times, and for fronting his own rock and roll band Iceberg, which he formed and disbanded several times, he is also...

 and Martin Ace. With Man, he originally appeared on 7 Studio albums, 3 Live albums and 2 Various artists, live albums, and has subsequently appeared on a number of retrospective releases. When Man split in 1976, Williams re-joined Edmunds in the band Rockpile

Rockpile

Rockpile were a British rock and roll group of the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their strong rockabilly and power pop influences, and as a foundational influence on new wave...

 with Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe

Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...

 and Billy Bremner

Billy Bremner (musician)

William "Billy" Bremner is a guitarist best known for his work in the band Rockpile and on many of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds' albums...

, and continued working with Leonard.

Between 1981 and 1982, he was part of the Neverland Express

Neverland Express

The Neverland Express is the name for Meat Loaf's live band. The name is most likely taken from Jim Steinman's affinity for Peter Pan.This list does not contain guest members.-Current lineup:Paul Crook: Lead Guitars: Guitars, VocalsDanny Miranda: Bass...

 band, backing Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

, and in 1982 joined Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

, with whom he played until 1988 (a period that included their live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Side twoSide threeSide four-CD release:"Love over Gold", which had been released as a separate single in 1984, was added into the track list for the CD release, and the fade outs between sides 1 and 2 and sides 3 and 4 have been removed...

and Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)

- Original LP track listing :- 2005 Re-Issue 2 LP track listing :The 2005 Limited Edition Deluxe 180 gram High Performance Vinyl reissue contained the full-length versions of all songs by spreading out the songs over two half speed mastered LPs....

). In 1996, he rejoined Man, after John Weathers

John Weathers

John Patrick 'Pugwash' Weathers is a drummer, best known for playing with the innovative progressive rock band Gentle Giant.-Early life:...

 left, but left Man again in 1997.

Williams ran a blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 club

Nightclub

A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...

 in Swansea from 2000 until 2007.

Discography

With Billy Bremner

Billy Bremner (musician)

William "Billy" Bremner is a guitarist best known for his work in the band Rockpile and on many of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds' albums...

Bash! (1984)

With Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith....

Carlene Carter (1978)

Musical Shapes

Musical Shapes

Musical Shapes is the third album by Carlene Carter. The only song to make the Billboard country singles chart was "Baby Ride Easy," a duet with Dave Edmunds of the British rock band Rockpile.-Track listing:...

(1980)

C'est C Bon

C'est C Bon

C'est C Bon is an album by Carlene Carter. It was released in 1983 via Epic Records. The album was also her last pop album before switching to mainstream country music for 1990's I Fell in Love...

(1983)

With Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....

Rock Connection (1984) ?

With Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

 / Rockpile

Rockpile

Rockpile were a British rock and roll group of the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their strong rockabilly and power pop influences, and as a foundational influence on new wave...

 / Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues-rock band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds , plus bassist John Williams - stage name John David and drummer Rob 'Congo' Jones .-Career:Love...

Rockers (1970)

Rockpile (album)

Rockpile (album)

Rockpile was the first solo album by Dave Edmunds, released in 1972. It is principally focused on remakes of late 1950s and early 1960s hits, with a few new songs included. Edmunds plays almost all the instruments except for bass and backing vocals, which are contributed by John Williams, Edmunds'...

(1972)

Subtle as a Flying Mallet

Subtle as a Flying Mallet

Subtle as a Flying Mallet was the second solo album by Dave Edmunds, principally focused on sound-alike remakes of late 1950s and early 1960s hits. All of the vocals are by Edmunds, and many of the songs are true solo efforts in that Edmunds also plays all the instruments...

(1975)

Get It (1977)

Tracks on Wax 4

Tracks on Wax 4

Tracks on Wax 4 is a 1978 album by Dave Edmunds. The record was the first Edmunds solo effort to feature all four members of the band Rockpile: Edmunds, Billy Bremner , Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams.The album's eighth song, "Thread Your Needle", is sometimes incorrectly attributed as having...

(1978)

Repeat When Necessary

Repeat When Necessary

Repeat When Necessary is an album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records...

(1979)

Seconds of Pleasure

Seconds of Pleasure

Seconds of Pleasure was a 1980 album by Rockpile, a band consisting of guitarists/vocalists Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner, bassist/vocalist Nick Lowe, and drummer Terry Williams...

(1980)

Twangin...

Twangin...

Twangin'... is a 1981 album by Dave Edmunds, and his final recording for Swan Song Records before moving to the Columbia label. The album would also be the last Edmunds solo effort to feature the band he co-led at the time, Rockpile....

(1981)

Provoked Beyond Endurance (1991)

Riff Raff/I Hear You Rockin (2002) compilation

They Call It Rock

With Deke Leonard

Deke Leonard

Roger "Deke" Leonard is a rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business." Best known as a member of the progressive rock band Man, which he joined and left several times, and for fronting his own rock and roll band Iceberg, which he formed and disbanded several times, he is also...

Iceberg (1973)

Kamikaze (1974)

Before Your Very Eyes (1981)

With Dion

Dion DiMucci

Dion Francis DiMucci , better known as Dion, is an American singer-songwriter whose work has incorporated elements of doo-wop, pop oldies music, rock and R&B styles....

Yo Frankie (1989)

With Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

"Twisting by the Pool" (1983)

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Side twoSide threeSide four-CD release:"Love over Gold", which had been released as a separate single in 1984, was added into the track list for the CD release, and the fade outs between sides 1 and 2 and sides 3 and 4 have been removed...

(1984)

Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)

- Original LP track listing :- 2005 Re-Issue 2 LP track listing :The 2005 Limited Edition Deluxe 180 gram High Performance Vinyl reissue contained the full-length versions of all songs by spreading out the songs over two half speed mastered LPs....

(1985)

Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing (album)

Money for Nothing is a greatest hits album by Dire Straits released in 1988. It features highlights from the band's first five albums. The vinyl edition omits "Telegraph Road" and has a different running order, with "Tunnel of Love" placed between "Money for Nothing", the title track, and "Brothers...

(1988) compilation

Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (1998) compilation

The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations is a 2005 best of album. Named after their 1982 hit single, it consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the majority of the group's six studio albums from 1978 up to the group's dissolution in 1995...

(2005) compilation

With Graham Parker

Graham Parker

Graham Parker is a British rock singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.-Early career :...

The Mona Lisa's Sister

The Mona Lisa's Sister

The Mona Lisa's Sister is a 1988 album by Graham Parker. It was Parker's first album for RCA following an acrimonious split with Atlantic and the first he produced himself . The "stripped-down" sound of the album garnered critical acclaim and presaged a back-to-basics trend in rock music in the 1990s...

(1988)

Passion Is No Ordinary Word (1993) compilation ?

No Holding Back (1996) compilation

Ultimate Collection (2001) compilation

With John Illsley

John Illsley

John Illsley is an English musician who rose to fame as the bass guitarist of the critically acclaimed rock band, Dire Straits...

Never Told a Soul

Never Told a Soul

Never Told a Soul is the first solo album by John Illsley, a founding member of Dire Straits.-Track listing:#"Boy with Chinese Eyes"#"The Night Café"#"Never Told a Soul"#"Jimmy on the Central Line"#"Northern Land"#"Another Alibi"...

(1984)

With Man

Man (band)

Man are a rock band from South Wales whose style is a mixture of West Coast psychedelia, progressive rock, blues and country-rock. Formed in 1968 as a reincarnation of Welsh rock harmony group ‘’The Bystanders’’, Man are renowned for the extended jams in their live performances, and having had...

To Live for to Die (1970)

Man (1970)

Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?

Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?

Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In? is the fourth studio album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man and was released November 1971.-Side two:# "Many Are Called But Few Get Up" – 7:22# "Manillo" – 5:26# "Love Your Life" – 8:37-Personnel:...

(1971)

Greasy Truckers Party

Greasy Truckers Party

Greasy Truckers Party is a 1972 live album by various artists recorded at a February 1972 Greasy Truckers concert at the Roundhouse in London. The concert featured three bands, Man, Brinsley Schwarz and Hawkwind, and musician Magic Michael...

(1972)

Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day

Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day

Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day is the seventh album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man.Issued just one month after the previous album, Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth, it features a radically different line up...

(1972)

Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth

Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth

Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth was the sixth album by Man, released in September 1972. It was the band’s second live album, both performed by this four-piece line-up, although the line up had substantially changed before this album was released, as was acknowledged on the original LP sleeve.The...

(1972)

Live at the Rainbow 1972 (1972)

Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day

Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day

Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day is the seventh album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man.Issued just one month after the previous album, Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth, it features a radically different line up...

(1972)

Christmas at the Patti

Christmas at the Patti

Christmas at the Patti is a live album, recorded at Man's Christmas party, held at the Patti Pavilion, Swansea, on 19 December 1972. 'The album features Man and Help Yourself with guests Deke Leonard, Dave Edmunds and B J Cole, together with appearances by Ducks Deluxe, The Jets, The Flying Aces...

(1973)

Back Into The Future

Back Into The Future

Back Into The Future is the ninth album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man. It was released in September 1973.It was originally issued as a double LP and was the first album recorded since the departure of Clive John...

(1973)

Rhinos, Winos, and Lunatics (1974)

Slow Motion

Slow Motion (Man album)

Slow Motion is the ninth album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man and was released on the United Artists Records label. It was the only album recorded by this line-up, Malcolm Morley having left the day before recording was due to start. He was not replaced, so the album was recorded by the...

(1974)

1999 Party Tour (1974)

Maximum Darkness

Maximum Darkness

Maximum Darkness is an album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man and was released on the United Artists Records label September 1975. It was the second complete live album released by the band, and featured John Cipollina as special guest...

(1975)

The Welsh Connection

The Welsh Connection

The Welsh Connection is the eleventh album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man and was released on the MCA Records label 1976. It was their first MCA release, and the first after a change of line-up that saw John McKenzie take over on bass from Martin Ace, and Phil Ryan rejoin...

(1976)

All's Well That Ends Well (1977)

Rare Man (1999)

Undrugged

Undrugged

Undrugged is a studio album by the Welsh progressive rock band Man and was released in April 2002.-Track listing:#"Scotch Corner" – 6:33...

(2002) (1996 sessions)

With Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...

Local Hero

Local Hero

Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam....

(1983)

Music from 'Cal'

Music from 'Cal'

Cal is a 1984 soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler for the film Cal, produced by David Puttnam, who also produced the film Local Hero.-Track listing:# "Irish Boy" # "The Road" # "Waiting for Her" # "Irish Love"...

(1984)

Screenplaying

Screenplaying

Screenplaying is a 1993 soundtrack compilation album by Mark Knopfler, containing tracks from the soundtrack albums Cal , Last Exit to Brooklyn , The Princess Bride , and Local Hero .-Track listing:...

(1993) compilation

With Mickey Jupp

Mickey Jupp

Michael 'Mickey' Jupp is an English musician and songwriter, mainly associated with the Southend music scene....

Juppanese (1978)

With The Motors

The Motors

The Motors were a British pub rock/punk band, formed in London in 1977 by former Ducks Deluxe members Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster together with guitarist Rob Hendry and drummer Ricky Slaughter...

Tenement Steps (1980)

With Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe

Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...

Jesus of Cool

Jesus of Cool

Jesus of Cool is the 1978 solo debut album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe who left Brinsley Schwarz in 1974. Produced by Lowe, it was released in March 1978 by Radar Records in the UK...

(Pure Pop for Now People in US) (1978)

Labour of Lust

Labour of Lust

Labour of Lust is an album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. Also produced by Lowe, it was released in 1979 by Radar Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US. It was recorded and released at the same time as Dave Edmunds' Repeat When Necessary and features the same Rockpile personnel...

(1979)

Nick the Knife

Nick the Knife

Nick the Knife is a 1982 album by Nick Lowe. The album was Lowe's third solo LP, and his first since the 1981 breakup of his band Rockpile. However, the record still has several Rockpile ties, as Lowe's former bandmates Billy Bremner and Terry Williams play on the album...

(1982)

16 All Time Lowes (1984)

Pinker and Prouder than Previous

Pinker and Prouder than Previous

Pinker and Prouder Than Previous is a 1988 album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe and was released on the Columbia Records label.-Track listing:All songs written by Nick Lowe, except as indicated:# " Wildest Dream" - 3:19...

(1988)

Quiet Please... The New Best of Nick Lowe

Quiet Please... The New Best of Nick Lowe

Quiet Please... The New Best of Nick Lowe is a 49 track career spanning collection of songs written by British songwriter Nick Lowe. As well as his solo work, it also features many of his collaborations with the likes of Rockpile, Brinsley Schwarz, Paul Carrack and Little Village. The compilation...

(2009) compilation

With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...

Phil Everly (1983)

EB 84

EB 84

-Track listing:Billboard-information within brackets. UK=Chart single in England #"On the Wings of a Nightingale" #"Danger Danger" #"The Story of Me"...

(1984)

Mercury Years (1993) compilation

With Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

Private Dancer

Private Dancer

Private Dancer is the fifth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Capitol Records in 1984, which became her breakthrough solo album. Turner's success with the album came after several challenging years of going solo after a public divorce from husband and performing partner Ike Turner. It is her...

(1984)

Simply the Best (1991) compilation

With Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman is a British stage and television actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author ....

You Caught Me Out

You Caught Me Out

You Caught Me Out is the second studio album by singer-actress-comedienne, Tracey Ullman. It was released on Stiff Records in 1984 throughout Europe...

(1984)

Takes on the Hits (2002) compilation

With Willie and the Poor Boys (Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1992. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings...

)
Willie and the Poor Boys (1985)

Poor Boy Boogie (2006) compilation

Also
Stiffs Live

Stiffs Live

Live Stiffs Live is a live album released in 1978, containing performances by various Stiff Records artists from the first "Live Stiffs Tour", which ran from 3 October to 5 November 1977....

(1978) Plays with: Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop, Larry Wallis

Larry Wallis

Larry Wallis is a guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead.-Early bands:...

' Psychedelic Rowdies and Ian Dury & the Blockheads

External links

• Terry Williams' unofficial page