Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was also a guitarist in Bob Dylan's backing band, making his first public performance with them on June 5, 1999. (To date, his last performance with Dylan came on November 22, 2002.) August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Sexton's mother was 16-years-old when she gave birth to him in San Antonio, Texas. When he was four-years-old, he and his mother moved to Austin, Texas, 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. Nickname: Alamo City Official website: www. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World, ATX Official website: www. ...

After a brief period living outside of Austin with his mother, Sexton moved back to Austin when he was 12-years-old. With the help of Joe Ely and other local musicians like Jimmie Vaughan and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sexton developed his talents as a musician. Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an Austin, Texas honky-tonk/country musician. ... Jimmie Vaughan (born in March 21, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Stevie Ray Vaughan on Austin City Limits Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan born in Dallas, Texas (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American blues guitar legend, known as one of the most influential electric blues musicians in history. ...

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, Pictures For Pleasure yielded the Top 20 hit single, "Beats 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, which he recorded when he was 20-years-old. Ron Wood performing onstage with The Band in the 1976 film The Last Waltz. ... Album photograph by Sante D’orazio Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England), is an English guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with The Rolling Stones. ... Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band Eagles. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ...

Sexton later contibuted 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. A hard rock band featuring Texas musicians Doyle Bramhall II, Tommy Shannon and Chris "Whipper" Layton, the group recorded one self-titled album, released in 1992 on Geffen Records, before they disbanded. True Romance is a movie directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun) and written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. ... Air America pilot cap Air America was a CIA airline proprietary, a commercial organization secretly controlled by the CIA, that supplied covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. ... Thelma and Louise is a road movie from 1991 conceived and written by Callie Khouri, co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Geena Davis as Thelma, Susan Sarandon as Louise, and Harvey Keitel as a sympathetic detective trying to solve crimes that the two women find it easier... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. ...

Sexton soon formed a new group, the Charlie Sexton Sextet, and released Under The Wishing Tree in 1995 on MCA Records. Though sales were considered disappointing, it was met with critical acclaim. The Music Corporation of America, commonly known as MCA, is a United States based corporation in the music business. ...

In the meantime, Sexton continued to perform with other artists, appearing on such notable albums as Lucinda Williams's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Shawn Colvin's Grammy-winning album A Few Small Repairs. Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. ... Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is the 1998 album by singer songwriter and guitarist Lucinda Williams. ... Shawn Colvin. ...

In 1999, Sexton was hired by Dylan to replace Bucky Baxter in his backing band. Sexton had previously played with Dylan during a pair of Austin, Texas concerts on October 26 and 27 in 1996; he also recorded some demos with Dylan in the fall of 1983. Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World, ATX Official website: www. ...

Sexton's residency with Dylan brought him great exposure, with many critics singling out the interplay between him and Larry Campbell, who was also a guitarist in Dylan's backing band. Hailed as one of Dylan's best bands, the group recorded a number of studio recordings, including "Things Have Changed" (from the 1999 film Wonder Boys) and 2001's critically acclaimed album, Love and Theft. He also performed and appeared with them in 2003's Masked & Anonymous. Wonder Boys is a 2000 motion picture starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, and Robert Downey Jr. ... Love and Theft is an album by Bob Dylan, released in 2001. ... Masked & Anonymous is a film written by Bob Dylan and directed by Larry Charles, though they both credited themselves as writers under pseudonyms Sergei Petrov and Rene Fontaine. ...

In the meantime, Sexton continued working with other artists, producing Double Trouble's Been a Long Time and Lucinda Williams's Essence, both released in 2001. Since leaving Dylan's band, Sexton has produced numerous other works, including Edie Brickell's Volcano (2003), Jon Dee Graham's Great Battle (2004), Shannon McNally's Geronimo (2005), and Los Super Seven's Heard It on the X (2005). In late 2005, Sexton released his latest album, Cruel and Gentle Things. Double Trouble could reference many things: // Films Double Trouble, a 1967 Elvis Presley film. ... Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. ... In philosophy, essence is the attribute (or set of attributes) that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is. ... Edie Brickell (born March 10, 1966 in Dallas, (Oak Cliff) Texas) is an American singer/songwriter. ...

External links

• Official website
• Charlie Sexton on MySpace