1. Charles Leslie Drayton was born on May 9,1965 and is an American multi-instrumentalist and producer, known primarily as a drummer.
18 Facts About Charley Drayton
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Charley Drayton played with Australian rock band Divinyls from 1991 to 2008.
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Charley Drayton married Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett on July 27,1999.
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Charley Drayton was a child prodigy who first recorded as a drummer at age eight and began touring professionally at fourteen.
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Charley Drayton was born in Brooklyn, New York City to a musical family: his grandfather, Charles H "Charlie" Drayton, 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.
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Charley Drayton's father, Bernard Drayton, was a prolific studio audio engineer and producer.
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In 1985, Charley Drayton contributed percussion work on the Rolling Stones' album Dirty Work, which led Keith Richards to ask him to become a founding member of his side project X-pensive Winos in 1987.
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Charley Drayton played drums on four tracks of The B-52's 1989 album Cosmic Thing, including the singles "Channel Z" and "Love Shack".
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Charley Drayton played bass guitar alongside Neil Young on the September 30,1989, Saturday Night Live performance of "Rockin' in the Free World".
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Charley Drayton played bass guitar on The Cult's 1991 album Ceremony.
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Charley Drayton played drums on two albums for Australian band Divinyls: 1991's Divinyls and 1996's Underworld, the band's last album before their hiatus in late 1996.
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In 1999, Charley Drayton married Divinyls' lead singer Chrissy Amphlett and the couple lived in New York City.
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In 2007, Divinyls reformed and Charley Drayton played drums in their touring band and in their new recording sessions, producing the band's new album.
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Charley Drayton comes in prepared, real serious and he's a delight.
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Charley Drayton has been recording and touring with Australian rock band Cold Chisel since 2011, following the death of original drummer Steve Prestwich.
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Charley Drayton co-produced and played various instruments on Fiona Apple's album The Idler Wheel.
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Between November 2021 and November 2022, Charley Drayton was a member of Bob Dylan's backup band during four legs and 103 concerts of his Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour.
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Charley Drayton was one of the major critics of Divinyls guitarist Mark McEntee's plans to reform the group with a new singer, stating in an angry Facebook post that McEntee's actions were the "ultimate disrespect" toward Amphlett.