Carlton Barrett is one of the richest Drummer from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carlton Barrett's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a Jamaican welder and then went on to play drums with local bands.
He was part the Hippy Boys session band.
“Carly Barrett”, as he liked to be called, was born in Jamaica in 1950, the son of Wilfred and Violet Barrett. As a teenager he built his first set of drums out of some empty paint tins, and had initially been influenced by Lloyd Knibb, the great drummer from the Skatalites. He and his brother Aston were raised in Kingston and absorbed the emerging ska sound. Working as a welder he first tried building a guitar and playing. He realised guitar wasn’t his thing and picked up the drums.
