Carter Beauford

Carter Beauford! He grew up in a household full of music. Everything from jazz, gospel to the Beatles was played. For Carter Beauford, it all started when he was 3 years old when his father was going to a Buddy Rich concert, his father had to take little Carter with him. From the moment Carter laid eyes and ears upon Buddy Rich, he was facinated with Rich. After the concert, the young Carter took up drums and wanted to emulate Buddy Rich. I guess you could call Buddy Rich was Carter's idol when he was a young. Upon hearing his son's playing, Carter's father was impressed and bought him a Roy Rogers drum kit made with paper heads and tin shells. This was all Carter needed. So thanks to Carter's father for bringing this cool and wonderful drummer into the world! During his young years, Carter's major influences were Tony Williams, Papa Jo Jones, and Buddy Rich.
Throughtout his career, Carter has played with many different bands with various musical styles. Carter feels it is important to have an open mind musically and to expose oneself to different forms of music. Yes, to been on top, you surelly have to like and know all kind of music form. One band, besides the Dave Matthews Band, that Carter is very proud of was called, Secrets. So Carter is know the drummer of the Dave Matthews Band, in 2005 they had a big success!

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Some links:
Carter Beauford at Drummer World
Carter Beauford at Wikipedia

Some mp3 and videos:
Solo 1 (mp3)
Solo 2 (mp3)
Solo 1 (video)
Solo 2 (video)