Terry Williams

Terrence Williams was born on 11 January 1948 in Swansea, Wales, and went on to become one of the most respected rock drummers of his generation. He cut his teeth in a string of Welsh bands through the 1960s, including the Commancheros, the Smokeless Zone, Dream and Plum Crazy, before joining Dave Edmunds' band Love Sculpture.

In 1970 Williams joined the Welsh rock group Man, one of the era's hardest-touring bands, staying with them through a string of albums including The Welsh Connection. After Man, he drummed with Dave Edmunds' Rockpile alongside Nick Lowe and Billy Bremner, and when Rockpile split in 1981 he briefly backed Meat Loaf's Neverland Express band before the biggest move of his career.

In June 1982, Williams joined Dire Straits, replacing Pick Withers shortly after the release of Love Over Gold. He toured and recorded with the band through their most successful years, playing on the era-defining Brothers in Arms album and its accompanying world tour, and many Dire Straits fans still regard him as the band's finest drummer. He played his final show with the band at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in 1988, and along the way also recorded with Tina Turner, the Everly Brothers, Nick Lowe and Mark Knopfler's film scores.