Withers 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 in South Wales. He played on records by Dave Edmunds and Hobo amongst others, including the John Dummer Band, Magna Carta, and the Gary Fletcher Band.
Pick has also studied at Drumtech drum school in London.
Equipment and technique
Withers's style with Dire Straits is 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. Pick Withers also plays on Prelude's 1973 album, 'How Long Is Forever." Knopfler met Withers in 1973 in London when he joined the blues band Brewers Droop, for which Withers was already playing. Withers continued to work regularly with Knopfler through the mid-1970s although he maintained his Rockfield affiliations and was briefly a member of folk-rock outfit Magna Carta in 1977. Once Dire Straits gained a recording contract, Withers turned to drumming for that band full-time.
Pick Withers Looks Back at an Unfortunate Mark Knopfler Moment
Interview Clip #8 Pick Withers looks back at an unfortunate Mark Knopfler moment
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published: 03 Apr 2021
A Unique Pick Withers Drum Fill Technique
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published: 28 Mar 2016
Interview - Why Did Drummer Pick Withers Leave Dire Straits?
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David Knopfler Responds to Pick Withers Comment on Mark Knopfler
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Private investigations (instrumental) — Dire Straits 1980 Dortmund LIVE pro-shot [REALLY RARE!!]
Private investigations (instrumental) — Dire Straits 1980 Dortmund LIVE pro-shot, Rockpop, Westfahlenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, 19th December 1980
***
Mark Knopfler : lead guitar, lead vocals ;
John Illsley : bass and backing vocals ;
Pick Withers : drums ;
Alan Clark : keyboards ;
Hal Lindes : guitar.
***
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***
published: 21 Oct 2016
Just the Drummer In The Band
Great Program about the one and onlyTerry Williams who many voted as their favourite ever Rock Drummer in the World.
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Learn a simple drum fill technique used by Pick Withers i...
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Learn a simple drum fill technique used by Pick Withers in the song Sultans of Swing.
LESSON NOTATION: http://www.onlinedrummer.com/drum-lessons/a-unique-pick-withers-drum-fill-technique/
Learn a simple drum fill technique used by Pick Withers in the song Sultans of Swing.
Interview - Why Did Drummer Pick Withers Leave Dire Straits?
#DireStraits #Pick Withers #SultansOfSwing
Check out tickets to the show this Saturday here
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Interview - Why Did Drummer Pick Withers Leave Dire Straits?
#DireStraits #Pick Withers #SultansOfSwing
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Private investigations (instrumental) — Dire Straits 1980 Dortmund LIVE pro-shot, Rockpop, Westfahlenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, 19th December 1980
***
Mark Knopf...
Private investigations (instrumental) — Dire Straits 1980 Dortmund LIVE pro-shot, Rockpop, Westfahlenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, 19th December 1980
***
Mark Knopfler : lead guitar, lead vocals ;
John Illsley : bass and backing vocals ;
Pick Withers : drums ;
Alan Clark : keyboards ;
Hal Lindes : guitar.
***
Click here for the complete concert — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGa3M7vHdvxefO6LyouSzWwwkEyWXhzX
***
Private investigations (instrumental) — Dire Straits 1980 Dortmund LIVE pro-shot, Rockpop, Westfahlenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, 19th December 1980
***
Mark Knopfler : lead guitar, lead vocals ;
John Illsley : bass and backing vocals ;
Pick Withers : drums ;
Alan Clark : keyboards ;
Hal Lindes : guitar.
***
Click here for the complete concert — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGa3M7vHdvxefO6LyouSzWwwkEyWXhzX
***
Interview Clip #8 Pick Withers looks back at an unfortunate Mark Knopfler moment
#DireStraits #Pick Withers #MarkKnopfler
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LESSON NOTATION: http://www.onlinedrummer.com/drum-lessons/a-unique-pick-withers-drum-fill-technique/
Learn a simple drum fill technique used by Pick Withers in the song Sultans of Swing.
Interview - Why Did Drummer Pick Withers Leave Dire Straits?
#DireStraits #Pick Withers #SultansOfSwing
Check out tickets to the show this Saturday here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-date-pick-withers-and-his-band-slim-pickins-live-from-liverpool-tickets-140172560903?aff=ebdssbeac
Pick Withers Facebook page on the event
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Private investigations (instrumental) — Dire Straits 1980 Dortmund LIVE pro-shot, Rockpop, Westfahlenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, 19th December 1980
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Mark Knopfler : lead guitar, lead vocals ;
John Illsley : bass and backing vocals ;
Pick Withers : drums ;
Alan Clark : keyboards ;
Hal Lindes : guitar.
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Withers 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 in South Wales. He played on records by Dave Edmunds and Hobo amongst others, including the John Dummer Band, Magna Carta, and the Gary Fletcher Band.
Pick has also studied at Drumtech drum school in London.
Equipment and technique
Withers's style with Dire Straits is 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. Pick Withers also plays on Prelude's 1973 album, 'How Long Is Forever." Knopfler met Withers in 1973 in London when he joined the blues band Brewers Droop, for which Withers was already playing. Withers continued to work regularly with Knopfler through the mid-1970s although he maintained his Rockfield affiliations and was briefly a member of folk-rock outfit Magna Carta in 1977. Once Dire Straits gained a recording contract, Withers turned to drumming for that band full-time.