Carter Beauford

Carter Beauford Net Worth

Carter Beauford net worth and salary: Carter Beauford is a prolific American musician who has a net worth of $65 million. Carter Beauford earned his net worth through his many musical talents as a drummer, percussionist, and composer with many artists and bands, most notably the Dave Matthews Band. Carter Anthony Beauford was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in November 1957. At the age of three his father bought him a tin drum set. At nine he started performing professionally. He became ambidextrous by playing his drum kit in front of a mirror and playing in reverse of his favorite drummers. He was a member of a jazz fusion band Secrets and blues band Blue Indigo. Beauford and bandmate LeRoi Moore were recruited to join the new Dave Matthews Band. The Dave Matthews Band had sold over 40 million records and are the only band to have six consecutive albums debut at the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Beauford has also worked with Vertical Horizon, Carlos Santana, John Popper, and many other musicians. He won two awards from the Modern Drummer Readers Poll 2013; Best Pop Drummer, and Best Recorded Performance. He also provides backing vocals for the Dave Matthew Band on a number of popular songs.