Charlie Sexton is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on August 11, 1968 in Texas, United States. Guitarist who composed the hit song from 1985 “Beat’s So Lonely” and who was part of Guitarist who wrote the 1985 hit “Beat’s So Lonely” and who was in Bob Dylan‘s backing band from 1999 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2012.’s backing group from 1999 to 2002, as well as from 2009 until 2012.
Sexton was the opening act for Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour.
When he was four, he and his mother relocated from San Antonio, Texas to Austin, where clubs such as the Armadillo World Headquarters, Soap Creek Saloon, the Split Rail and Antone’s Blues Club exposed him to popular music. After a brief period living outside Austin with his mother, he moved back to Austin at the age of 12. By the early 1980s, while Charlie and his brother Will Sexton were still young boys, they were both taught how to play guitar by the local Austin legend W. C. Clark, known as the “Godfather of Austin Blues”.
The first band he joined was called “The Groovemasters”, fronted by Lubbock native, R.C. Banks. In June 1982, using the moniker “Little Charlie”, he played around 16 dates with the Joe Ely Band after their guitarist Jesse Taylor broke some bones in his hand. “Several older guitar players are somewhat miffed, but the chemistry is A+”.
He was born living in Austin, Texas.
