David "Pick" Withers was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations. " He first played a drum in the Boys Brigade taught by a childhood friend Richard Storer of now knocked-down Argyle Street in Leicester.

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  • David "Pick" Withers was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations. " He first played a drum in the Boys Brigade taught by a childhood friend Richard Storer of now knocked-down Argyle Street in Leicester. He became a professional musician at the age of 17, in a band called the Primitives, followed by a band called Spring who had a record contract but little success. They recorded one album on the RCA label. In the mid-1970s he was a house drummer at Rockfield Studios. He played on records by Dave Edmunds, amongst others. Pick has also studied at Drumtech drum school in London. Withers's style with Dire Straits was distinct for being restrained, favouring spare snare drum and hi-hat combinations over heavy beats, speed and pyrotechnic flourishes. Like the guitar playing of the band's frontman, Mark Knopfler, Withers's style was blues-based. Knopfler met Withers in 1973 in London when he joined the blues band Brewers Droop, for which Withers was already playing at the time. Withers continued to work regularly with Knopfler through the mid-1970s, although he also maintained his Rockfield affiliations, and was briefly a member of folk-rock outfit Magna Carta in 1977. Once Dire Straits gained a recording contract, however, Withers turned to drumming for that band full-time. In 1982, after Dire Straits completed the album Love over Gold, Withers left the band to spend more time with his family and to pursue jazz music. He reportedly told an interviewer that he had succumbed to a growing feeling that there was nothing left in the music for him, that he was in danger of "becoming a rock drummer. " His replacement in Dire Straits was Terry Williams, also a Dave Edmunds sideman. He also played on the Bob Dylan album Slow Train Coming.
  • Pick Withers es un músico inglés. Batería y miembro fundador de la banda de rock Dire Straits. Formó parte también de otros grupos durante la década de los 70.
  • Pick Withers est un musicien britannique né le 4 avril 1948 à Leicester. Il sera le premier batteur du groupe de rock Dire Straits. Avec Mark Knopfler il a participé à l'album Slow Train Coming de Bob Dylan.
  • Fu conosciuto in Italia, quando era ancora giovanissimo, per aver fatto parte del gruppo beat The Primitives negli anni Sessanta. Tornato successivamente in patria dove suonò in alcune band blues locali, Withers fu nel 1977 tra i fondatori della celebre rock band dei Dire Straits; il quartetto era completato da Mark Knopfler, con cui Pick aveva già suonato in un piccolo complesso blues, da David Knopfler (il fratello minore di Mark) e dal comune amico John Illsley. Lo stile di Pick Withers era basato sul blues, proprio come quello di Mark Knopfler; si trattava di un modo poco appariscente di suonare la batteria, essendo caratterizzato prevalentemente da rapide combinazioni di rullante e hi-hat e quindi non convenzionale per il rock. In virtù di tali particolarità e della sua eccellente preparazione tecnica, Withers si affermò come uno dei batteristi più interessanti sulla scena musicale degli anni Settanta e Ottanta. Nel 1982, dopo aver completato la registrazione dell'album Love over Gold con i Dire Straits, lasciò la band per passare più tempo con la propria famiglia, dedicandosi inoltre alla musica jazz. Venne sostituito dall'amico Terry Williams. Pick Withers ha suonato la batteria anche nell'album Slow Train Coming di Bob Dylan.
  • David (Pick) Withers is een Engels drummer en voormalig lid van Dire Straits. Hij speelde mee op de eerste vier albums van de band, die hits bevatte als Sultans of Swing en Skateaway. Voordat Withers zich bij Dire Straits aansloot heeft hij in verscheidene kleine bandjes gespeeld. In 1982, nadat Dire Straits klaar was met het album Love over Gold, verliet Withers de band om meer tijd met zijn familie te kunnen doorbrengen en om jazz te beoefenen. Withers speelde tevens mee op Bob Dylans album Slow Train Coming.
  • Pick Withers, angielski perskusista, były członek znanej grupy rockowej Dire Straits. Withers był pierwszym perkusistą Dire Straits i nagrał z tym zespołem 4 albumy. Zrezygnował po zakończeniu prac nad Love Over Gold, by móc poświęcić więcej czasu rodzinie, a także zająć się muzyką jazzową.
  • David "Pick" Withers é um baterista inglês. Pick foi o baterista da primeira formação da banda Dire Straits, no final da década de 1970. Participou dos primeiros álbuns, que incluíam sucessos como "Sultans of Swing", "Tunnel of Love", "Romeo and Juliet" e "Skateaway".
  • David "Pick" Withers a fost primul baterist al trupei rock Dire Straits cântând pe primele patru albume, ce au inclus hituri precum "Sultans of Swing", "Romeo and Juliet" şi "Skateaway" .
  • David "Pick" Withers, född 4 april 1948 i Leicester, är en brittisk trummis. Han var en av originalmedlemmarna i det brittiska rockbandet Dire Straits. Han var med på deras fyra första album, och kom att medverka på hitsinglar som Sultans of Swing, 'Romeo and Juliet' och 'Tunnel of love'. Under 1982, när bandet hade färdigställt albumet Love Over Gold lämnade han Dire Straits för att få mer tid för sin familj, samt att inrikta sig mer på jazzmusik. Pick Withers medverkade tillsammans med Mark Knopfler på Bob Dylans album Slow Train Coming.
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  • David "Pick" Withers was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations. " He first played a drum in the Boys Brigade taught by a childhood friend Richard Storer of now knocked-down Argyle Street in Leicester.
  • Pick Withers es un músico inglés. Batería y miembro fundador de la banda de rock Dire Straits. Formó parte también de otros grupos durante la década de los 70.
  • Pick Withers est un musicien britannique né le 4 avril 1948 à Leicester. Il sera le premier batteur du groupe de rock Dire Straits. Avec Mark Knopfler il a participé à l'album Slow Train Coming de Bob Dylan.
  • Fu conosciuto in Italia, quando era ancora giovanissimo, per aver fatto parte del gruppo beat The Primitives negli anni Sessanta. Tornato successivamente in patria dove suonò in alcune band blues locali, Withers fu nel 1977 tra i fondatori della celebre rock band dei Dire Straits; il quartetto era completato da Mark Knopfler, con cui Pick aveva già suonato in un piccolo complesso blues, da David Knopfler (il fratello minore di Mark) e dal comune amico John Illsley.
  • David (Pick) Withers is een Engels drummer en voormalig lid van Dire Straits. Hij speelde mee op de eerste vier albums van de band, die hits bevatte als Sultans of Swing en Skateaway. Voordat Withers zich bij Dire Straits aansloot heeft hij in verscheidene kleine bandjes gespeeld. In 1982, nadat Dire Straits klaar was met het album Love over Gold, verliet Withers de band om meer tijd met zijn familie te kunnen doorbrengen en om jazz te beoefenen.
  • Pick Withers, angielski perskusista, były członek znanej grupy rockowej Dire Straits. Withers był pierwszym perkusistą Dire Straits i nagrał z tym zespołem 4 albumy. Zrezygnował po zakończeniu prac nad Love Over Gold, by móc poświęcić więcej czasu rodzinie, a także zająć się muzyką jazzową.
  • David "Pick" Withers é um baterista inglês. Pick foi o baterista da primeira formação da banda Dire Straits, no final da década de 1970. Participou dos primeiros álbuns, que incluíam sucessos como "Sultans of Swing", "Tunnel of Love", "Romeo and Juliet" e "Skateaway".
  • David "Pick" Withers a fost primul baterist al trupei rock Dire Straits cântând pe primele patru albume, ce au inclus hituri precum "Sultans of Swing", "Romeo and Juliet" şi "Skateaway" .
  • David "Pick" Withers, född 4 april 1948 i Leicester, är en brittisk trummis. Han var en av originalmedlemmarna i det brittiska rockbandet Dire Straits. Han var med på deras fyra första album, och kom att medverka på hitsinglar som Sultans of Swing, 'Romeo and Juliet' och 'Tunnel of love'. Under 1982, när bandet hade färdigställt albumet Love Over Gold lämnade han Dire Straits för att få mer tid för sin familj, samt att inrikta sig mer på jazzmusik.
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