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Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for Bob Dylan’s backing band from 1999 to 2002.
Sexton’s mother was 16 years old when she gave birth to him in San Antonio, Texas. When he was four, he and his mother moved to Austin, where clubs like the Armadillo World Headquarters, the Soap Creek Saloon, and more notably the Split Rail and Antone’s Blues Club exposed him to popular music.
After a brief period living outside of Austin with his mother, Sexton moved back to Austin at the age of 12. With the help of Joe Ely and other local musicians such as Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sexton developed his talents as a musician.
Sexton was soon regarded as a musical prodigy, and he toured with a variety of musical acts during his early teens before releasing his debut album, Pictures For Pleasure, in 1985. Recorded when he was 16 years old, it yielded the Top 20 hit single, “Beat’s So Lonely.”
While still in his late teens, Sexton’s skills as a guitar player were in great demand, and he became a popular session player, recording with artists like Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Don Henley, and Bob Dylan. He eventually followed up his debut with the self-titled Charlie Sexton, recorded at the age of twenty.
Sexton later contributed songs to various motion picture soundtracks, including True Romance and Air America while making a cameo fronting a bar band in Thelma & Louise. It was around this time, between 1992 and 1994, that Sexton was a member of Austin’s Arc Angels.
Sexton’s mother was 16 years old when she gave birth to him in San Antonio, Texas. When he was four, he and his mother moved to Austin, where clubs like the Armadillo World Headquarters, the Soap Creek Saloon, and more notably the Split Rail and Antone’s Blues Club exposed him to popular music.
After a brief period living outside of Austin with his mother, Sexton moved back to Austin at the age of 12. With the help of Joe Ely and other local musicians such as Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sexton developed his talents as a musician.
Sexton was soon regarded as a musical prodigy, and he toured with a variety of musical acts during his early teens before releasing his debut album, Pictures For Pleasure, in 1985. Recorded when he was 16 years old, it yielded the Top 20 hit single, “Beat’s So Lonely.”
While still in his late teens, Sexton’s skills as a guitar player were in great demand, and he became a popular session player, recording with artists like Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Don Henley, and Bob Dylan. He eventually followed up his debut with the self-titled Charlie Sexton, recorded at the age of twenty.
Sexton later contributed songs to various motion picture soundtracks, including True Romance and Air America while making a cameo fronting a bar band in Thelma & Louise. It was around this time, between 1992 and 1994, that Sexton was a member of Austin’s Arc Angels.
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TAPAUSTIN wrote:
Did you know Charlie Sexton who is featured in Sarah Hickman's "Best of Times" cd is now available on iTunes? (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-best-of-times/id453000426) More about the cd here: http://bestoftimescd.com/
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StoneAnima wrote:
Saw him as the guitarist in Bob Dylan's Band at the Dylan concert I went to back in October; I had no idea that he was in Arc Angels! He has a great stage presence, that's for sure.
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Mod7Psyche wrote:
He and Kyousuke Himuro(BOOWY's vocal) are best friends.
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nefarious_deeds wrote:
where's the wishing tree??
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BluesRok wrote:
The Arc Angels have reunited! http://www.arcangelsmusic.com/index_2.html#/music/
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Marjo47 wrote:
sounds good.
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CalPOPlover wrote:
His brother Will is good too! Love those guys and their crazy father... http://www.last.fm/music/CalPOP/_/Purple+Flowers?autostart
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grannysantiques wrote:
I've known this talented artist since the days he had to be sneaked into the bars to play with W.C. Clark, SRV and other Austin musicians.
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