Carter Anthony Beauford (born November 2, 1958, in Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. He is known for his ability to adapt to a variety of genres, and both his ambidextrous and his open hand drumming styles. He plays the drums and sings backing vocals in the band. Beauford was ranked by a Rolling Stone magazine reader's poll in 2011 as the tenth greatest drummer of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carter Beauford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
