Terry Carleton
Terry Carleton studied classical, jazz, and composition on full scholarship in college. He has been playing in bands for the better part of 40 years. In that period he has played ‘live’ with many notables such as rockabilly legend Link Wray, pop and gospel vocalist Maria Muldaur, jazz B3 icon Tony Monaco, hard rock guitar hero Ronnie Montrose, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Platters, The Marvelettes, Al Wilson, and Motown pioneer, Mary Wells, to name a few….he has recorded drums and vocals with the British Progressive rock band, Camel and continues to co-write songs with their front man, Andy Latimer. One of their songs, “Guitars”, was also turned into a rock video and was picked as an ‘Official Selection” at 15 film festivals worldwide. Terry has also performed with The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine, Johnny Lee, Norton Buffalo and Jewel Akens.
Terry has been commissioned to write for several seasons of an artistic circus in the San Francisco area which lead to an invite to play with Cirque Du Soleil. Terry owns and engineers a recording studio, called Bones and Knives (www.bonesandknives.com) where he produces over 200 songs a year.
Terry is an avid guitar collector and as such, has found himself a gig as a contributing writer for the well-respected trade magazine, “Guitar Player” (both in print and online) for columns called “Vintage Vault “and “Whack Job”. Terry has over 30 instructional videos featured on YouTube, three in which he breaks down Ringo grooves, and those are what lead producer Wayne Coy to cast him as Ringo in The Reunion (Anthology) Beatles show. Terry has been a Beatles freak his whole life and in his own words, “Playing Ringo on stage with “The Reunion”, is a dream come true and an honor that is made of pure joy!”
When not gigging, Terry teaches drum set at The Starving Musician in Santa Clara, Ca. He sees 30 students a week in one of the coolest and well-equipped studios in Northern California. Terry has been teaching drums for almost 30 years and is one of the well-respected and consistent drum set instructors in the Bay Area.