Carter Anthony Beauford was born on November 2,1958 and is an American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band.
11 Facts About Carter Beauford
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Carter Beauford is known for his ability to adapt to a variety of genres, and both his ambidextrous and his open-handed drumming styles.
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Carter Beauford plays the drums and sings backing vocals in the band.
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Carter Beauford was first exposed to the drums at age three.
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Carter Beauford unknowingly set up his drums in reverse of whichever performer and set that he had in mind, in an attempt to make the mirrored image of himself match that of the audience's perspective, as he had seen it on stage and TV.
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Carter Beauford played jazz in Blue Indigo with LeRoi Moore, Sal Soghoian, and George Melvin.
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Carter Beauford agreed to perform on a demo, which is how he became involved with the group that was to become the Dave Matthews Band.
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Carter Beauford has worked with other artists on jam projects, including Vertical Horizon, Carlos Santana, Rashawn Ross, John Popper, Tim Reynolds, Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten; both alone and within Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
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Carter Beauford uses FootJoy golf gloves rather than traditional drum gloves.
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Carter Beauford has used several Jeff Ocheltree and Ron Dunnett custom metal snares in the past, the most common being a bright purple with gold hardware he used for the better half of the 2000s.
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The Yamaha Signature "Carter Beauford" Snare Drum is still a prototype, not in production.