Charley Drayton

Charley Drayton
Charley Drayton (left) Christina Amphlett (right) on stage with Divinyls Charley Drayton (left) Christina Amphlett (right) on stage with Divinyls
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Born	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Instruments	drums, bass guitar
Associated acts	X-pensive Winos, The Cult, Divinyls Cold Chisel

Charley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel.

Drayton was born in Brooklyn, New York City to a musical family: his grandfather had played with many jazz greats and his father was a successful producer.

In 1985, he contributed some session overdubbing percussion work on the Rolling Stones' album Dirty Work, which led Keith Richards to ask him to join his side project X-pensive Winos in 1988. Drayton toured with Richards and the Winos, and played on their albums Talk Is Cheap and Main Offender, and the live album and video Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988.^[1]

Drayton played bass guitar on The Cult's 1991 album Ceremony.^[2]

Drayton's other credits include work with Herbie Hancock, Johnny Cash, Andrés Calamaro, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Michelle Branch, Seal, Iggy Pop, Neil Young, Janet Jackson, Courtney Love, Simon & Garfunkel and many others.^[3]

He played drums on two albums for Australian band Divinyls: 1991's Divinyls and 1996's Underworld (which he also produced), the band's last album before they split up. In 1999, Drayton married Divinyls' lead singer Christina Amphlett and the couple lived in New York City.^[4] In 2007, Divinyls reformed and Drayton played drums in their touring band and in their new recording sessions, also producing the band's new album.^[5]

Drayton is currently co-producing and playing various instruments on a forthcoming Fiona Apple album, that is scheduled to be released in 2011.^[6] Also, he was recently announced as the new session drummer for Australian band Cold Chisel as they complete their album of new material following the death of original drummer Steve Prestwich , as well as taking part in their Light the Nitro tour commencing October 2011.

References

1. ^ Bockris, Victor (2003). Keith Richards: The Biography. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 394. ISBN 0306812789. 
2. ^ The Cult Discography: Ceremony, The Cult.
3. ^ Charley Drayton: Playing Both Sides of the Rhythm Section, Yamaha Access All Areas, Winter 2005.
4. ^ A lady on the stage, The Age, August 6, 2006.
5. ^ Divinyls News, Divinyls.
6. ^ [1], Rolling Stone

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