{{short description|American musician}} {{Use American English|date=August 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | instrument = {{hlist|Keyboards|guitar|vocals}} | name = Timothy Drury | image = Timothy Drury (2480202175).jpg | caption = Drury in 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|07|5}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|blues rock|Instrumental|progressive rock}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|Don Henley|Whitesnake|Eagles|The Mob|Chris Isaak}} | years_active = 1989–present | website = {{URL|timothydrury.com}} }}
'''Timothy Drury''' (born July 5, 1961) is an American composer, keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.<ref name="BraveWords">{{cite web | author=BraveWords | title=WHITESNAKE Keyboardist Timothy Drury Leaves Band To Pursue Solo Career | website=bravewords.com | date=September 13, 2010 | url=http://bravewords.com/news/whitesnake-keyboardist-timothy-drury-leaves-band-to-pursue-solo-career | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> His breakthrough came in 1989 when Don Henley invited him to join The End of the Innocence tour as his pianist, keyboardist and backup vocalist.<ref name="Silverman 1989">{{cite web | last=Silverman | first=David | title=FED-UP DON HENLEY SERVES UP A FULL MENU OF CYNICISM IN CONCERT | website=chicagotribune.com | date=August 14, 1989 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-08-14-8901040541-story.html | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> A few years later, he was back on tour playing keyboard, guitar and singing backup vocals with the Eagles for their "Hell Freezes Over" reunion, a tour that lasted from 1994 to 2000.<ref name="Warm 106.9">{{cite web | title=Seattle | website=Warm 106.9 | date=August 3, 2020 | url=https://live.warm1069.com/listen/artist/f46bd570-5768-462e-b84c-c7c993bbf47e | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> He toured for seven years with the rock band Whitesnake, and with a friendly departure in September 2010, he left the band to pursue a solo career.<ref name="BraveWords" /> As a composer, lyricist and songwriter, Drury has several co-writes to his credit, including music with guitarist Don Felder, formerly with the Eagles, songs with Henley and Scott F. Crago, and with Stevie Nicks and Crago.
== Biography == Drury was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} He is the son of actor James Drury and Cristall Orton Drury, and has an older brother, James III.<ref name="NYT 2020">{{cite web | title=James Drury, Taciturn Star of 'The Virginian,' Dies at 85 | website=The New York Times | date=April 6, 2020 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/arts/television/james-drury-dies.html | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bicks 2020 @5:00">{{cite web | last=Bicks | first=Emily | title=Drury's Son Timothy Drury Is Musician & Songwriter Who's Toured With The Eagles, Whitesnake & More | work=James Drury Dead: 'The Virginian' TV Star Dies at 85 | date=April 6, 2020 | url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/04/james-drury-death/ | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> His interest in music began when he was a small boy, and by the age of 5 he was taking piano lessons on a spinet piano his maternal grandmother had purchased. By the age of 11, he was writing his first songs and melodies. Through the years, he honed his skills as a writer and secured a position as a staff writer at Warner Chappell Music.<ref name="Loeffler 2017">{{cite web | last=Loeffler | first=Russ | title=Making Better Art – Timothy Drury Combines His Love of Music and Visual Art | website=Harmony Central | date=January 2, 2017 | url=https://www.harmonycentral.com/articles/live-sound/making-better-art-%E2%80%93-timothy-drury-combines-his-love-of-music-and-visual-art-r722/ | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
His big break in the music industry came in 1989 when he was asked to join Don Henley's ensemble as keyboardist for ''The End of the Innocence'' tour. The ''Chicago Tribune'' described the tour as a chance for Henley "to ponder the enormity of it all: life, death, love, government, deceit and a growing social malaise" and that "little was lost to ''The End of the Innocence`s'' stage version, fueled by Tim Drury's piano."<ref name="Silverman 1989" /> Following that tour, Drury worked with many other famous musicians and bands, such as the Eagles, Don Felder, Bryan Adams, Melissa Etheridge, Stevie Nicks and Whitesnake.
As a songwriter, Drury co-wrote "Everything is Different Now" with Henley and Scott F. Crago. It was included on the album ''Inside Job'' which was released in May 2000, and debuted at No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="Billboard 2013">{{cite magazine | title=Henley Continues 'Inside Job' Trek | magazine=Billboard | date=January 3, 2013 | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80774/henley-continues-inside-job-trek | access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> At the time, it was Henley's highest-charting album.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106 |title=New Heights for Henley, 20, Womack |magazine=Billboard |date=June 10, 2000 |page=106 }}</ref> He later co-wrote together with Stevie Nicks and Crago, the single "That Made Me Stronger", sung by Nicks. The song is included on Nicks' 2001 album ''Trouble in Shangri-La''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/sn/tisl/thatmademestronger.html|title=That Made Me Stronger – Trouble in Shangri-La|publisher=Buckinghamnicks.net|accessdate=May 24, 2014}}</ref>
Drury released a self-titled album in 1996. He also released an instrumental record, "the Crossing" under the band name Corridor in 2004.
Drury was a member of supergroup The Mob featuring Doug Pinnick of King's X, Reb Beach of Winger and Whitesnake, Kip Winger, and Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger. The Mob released a self-titled album in 2005.
Drury toured as a member of Whitesnake on their extensive world tour to promote their record, ''Good to Be Bad''. He performed on their 2011 album ''Forevermore''. He toured as a keyboardist for Don Felder and performed on Felder's 2012 record, ''Road to Forever'', and co-wrote nine of the songs on that album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/10/don-felder-road-to-forever|title=Don Felder: Road To Forever |publisher=American Songwriter|date=October 15, 2012 |accessdate=May 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.felderfans.com/index.php/road-to-forever-info] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525043624/http://www.felderfans.com/index.php/road-to-forever-info|date=May 25, 2013}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.timothydrurymusic.com/ Official site]
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