Chris Layton
Biography
Christopher Layton (born November 16, 1955), is an American drummer who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Double Trouble, a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Layton moved to Austin in 1975 and joined the band Greezy Wheels. He later joined Vaughan's band Double Trouble in 1978. After forming successful partnerships with bandmates Tommy Shannon and Reese Wynans, Double Trouble recorded and performed with Vaughan until his death in 1990. Layton and Shannon later formed supergroups such as the Arc Angels, Storyville, and Grady. Layton is the drummer for the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Texas Flood
1983
Couldn't Stand The Weather
1984
Soul To Soul
1985
In Step
1989
The Sky Is Crying
1991
Live Alive
1986
Live At Carnegie Hall
1997
Greatest Hits
1995
In The Beginning
1992
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
2002
Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985
2001
Slippin' In
1994
Martin Scorsese Presents - The Best Of The Blues
2003
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2
1999
Arc Angels
1992
Pierced Arrow
2016
Texas Hurricane
2014
Austin Opera House 1984
2013
S.R.V.
2000
Texas Flood / Couldn't Stand The Weather
2000
A Piece Of Your Soul
1993
Stevie Ray Vaughan 123 CD Box Set
1992
Credited work
1,036 releases · 120 albums · active 1983–2025
- Performance · 1,366
- Production · 305
- Other credits · 110
Studios: Riverside Sound · Dallas Sound Lab · Down Town Studio · Mediasound
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
- Buddy Guy
- Arc Angels
- Oz Noy