Charley Drayton
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Charley Drayton (left) Chrissy Amphlett (right) on stage with Divinyls
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Charles Leslie Drayton |
| Born |
May 9, 1965 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Instruments | drums, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1973-present |
| Associated acts | X-pensive Winos, The Cult, Divinyls, Cold Chisel, The Dead Daisies |
Charles Leslie "Charley" Drayton (born May 9, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist and producer, known primarily as a drummer. Artists he has recorded or performed with include 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, and many others.
Drayton played with Australian rock band Divinyls from 1991–2008. He married Divinyls front woman Chrissy Amphlett on July 27, 1999. Amphlett died on April 21, 2013 after a long battle with breast cancer.
Drayton 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, Billy Holliday, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, and Fletcher Henderson. His father, Bernard 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. Drayton was a child prodigy who first recorded as a drummer at age eight and began touring professionally at fourteen.
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