Terry Draper

Terry Edward Draper is a Canadian musician who was the drummer and one of three songwriters for the 1970s progressive rock band Klaatu.^[2]

Before becoming a successful musician, Draper had a construction business with a speciality in roofing.^[2]

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.^[3] Draper also co-wrote the Klaatu songs "Prelude" in 1977 and "December Dream" in 1981, which was 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.^[4]

Later on in the 1980s he returned to his roofing business, and then developed a career as a restaurateur alongside his continued music work.^[2]

• 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)

• Terry Draper official site
• Artist Profile on Bullseye Records
• Searching: The Terry Draper Interview @ The Nice Rooms Webzine.
• Once Upon A Memory: The Terry Draper Interview @ The Nice Rooms Webzine.