Charley Drayton
Charles Leslie Drayton (born May 9, 1965)[1] is an American multi-instrumentalist and producer, known primarily as a drummer. Artists he has recorded or performed with include The Cult, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Cash, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Seal, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Janet Jackson, Courtney Love, Michelle Branch, Andrés Calamaro, Hiram Bullock,[2] and many others.[3]
Charley Drayton
Charles Leslie Drayton
Seedy
May 9, 1965[1]
New York City, U.S.
Session musician, producer, arranger
- Drums
- bass guitar
- guitar
- keyboards
- percussion
- vocals
1973-present
Drayton played with Australian rock band Divinyls from 1991 to 2008. He married Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett on July 27, 1999. Amphlett died on April 21, 2013, after a long battle with breast cancer.
Drayton has a daughter, Everly (born 21 August 2013), with Adria Petty, daughter of Tom Petty.[4]
Early life[edit]
Drayton was a child prodigy who first recorded as a drummer at age eight and began touring professionally at fourteen. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City to a musical family: his grandfather, Charles H. "Charlie" Drayton (1919–1953), a bassist, had performed and recorded with many jazz greats, notably Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, and Fletcher Henderson. His father, Bernard ("Bernie") Drayton, was a prolific studio audio engineer and producer. Bernard was the audio engineer for John Coltrane's last recording, The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording.
With Feargal Sharkey
With Keith Richards
With Divinyls
With Eddie Money
With Ivan Neville
With Andrés Calamaro
With Doyle Bramhall II
With Rosanne Cash
With Marc Cohn
With Gavin DeGraw
With Fiona Apple
With Beth Hart