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| From | Steven Alter <shteevea@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Dire Straits Alchemy [Was: Pretenders Reissues] |
| Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:05:06 -0800 (PST) |
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I saw him several times with Rockpile. Once was on a double bill with Blondie; Terry and Clem Burke back to back gave me an irregular heartbeat. :-) Also saw Dire Straits twice on the tour that spawned Alchemy, and he really made those shows special. I loved Dire Straits and Knopfler's playing, but even then the music could be a bit enervated; Terry definitely prevented that from happening.
Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com> wrote:
Funny thing, when it came to the studio, Terry was not considered completely a success with Dire Straights. They replaced a lot of his parts. Knofler has said there were
things he wasn't happy with. I think this was pretty upsetting to Terry. I think he's an amazing drummer. I'd seen him loads of times with Man and the Rockpile. Apparently
he's now "not able to play" anymore. It's tragic. He was a great guy, and a good friend.
Farrar Hudkins wrote:
> Hear, hear! I couldn't help but notice how much Williams and de Korte
> fleshed out those tunes. In particular I noticed how the tunes I knew
> best (Sultans, Theme from Local Hero) seemed more fleshed out and driven.
>
> Kinda makes me wish I were old enough to have seen them in concert back
> then.
>
> -Farrar Hudkins
> ©1979-2006
>
> Steven Alter wrote:
> > Not a swell recording, true, but two words make this album classic for me: TERRY WILLIAMS. His drumming drives Knopfler and Co.right off a cliff and keeps 'em flying.
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