Brian Chatton


Brian Charles Chatton is an English keyboardist, author and songwriter.

Biography

Early years

Chatton was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, England. From 1950 to 1965, the family lived in Kearsley.
From 1961, Chatton was in The Three Jets with lead guitarist Barry Reynolds.
From 1965–7, Chatton was in the Warriors, with Jon Anderson on vocals, his Brother Tony Anderson on vocals and harmonica, Rod Hill and Mike Brereton on guitars, Dave Foster on bass and future King Crimson drummer Ian Wallace. Jon would eventually join Yes. When Chatton and Anderson moved to London, Chatton met Phil Collins and they formed a band to back John Walker of The Walker Brothers. Leaving Walker, the pair formed their own band, Hickory, which then evolved into Flaming Youth.

1970s

He played keyboards in Jackson Heights from their second album on. Around 1974, he was in Snafu for a short period, alongside Micky Moody and Colin Gibson. He appeared on their third album, All Funked Up, released 1975. He was on the first Rock Follies album in 1976. He joined a band put together by Chas Chandler and backed Eric Burdon for 8 months, which included dates with both Santana, and Journey at Wembley Stadium. He also wrote the music for Eric's lyrics for a movie featuring Terence Stamp, called "Les Human." He did various sessions in London, playing with Ginger Baker. 3–5-year touring, Recording and touring with John Miles band. Toured in America for first time. Roger Glover Mike Giles Jack Green played on 4 of Jack's albums. Nico McBrain, Pat Travers, Iron Maiden, John PorterShep Pettibone
In July 1979, Chatton joined Anderson, Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce and Adrian Tilbrook for a one-off performance in London as The All-Star Rock Band.

1980s

He wrote "Take My Love and Run" for The Hollies, their last Polydor single, released in 1981. He also appeared with The Hollies when they promoted the single on TV. He wrote further material for the band's next album, What Goes Around.
He toured with Meatloaf in 1984.
He co-wrote the title track of Madness, Money & Music, Sheena Easton's third album.
In the 1980s, he was in Boys Don't Cry, who had a hit single with "I Wanna Be a Cowboy". They also included their own version of "Take My Love and Run" on certain versions of their first full-length album. They released three albums during the 80s and reformed to release new material in 2014.

Other work

He later collaborated on the Uzlot project with Jon Anderson. It stood for over 30 years and then material from this was re-worked and included on Anderson's 1000 Hands solo album, which was released in March 2019. He wrote 7 of the 11 songs =, played some keyboards and sang some backing vocals. Guests on 1000 Hands playing Brian's material include: Chick Corea, Billy Cobham, Jean Luc Ponty, Steve Howe, Alan White, Ian Anderson and many more. He has also worked with BB King, Robin Gibb, Keith Emerson, Alan White, Brian Auger, Albert Lee. He has also written music for TV and many adverts featured around the world.

Recent years

He now lives in California and is planning to release his autobiography, Rolling with Rock Royalty, in 2017. Promotional work for the book also involves former Yes keyboardist, Tony Kaye. Charlotte and Emily Chatton are his daughters.
ROLLING WITH ROCK ROYALTY Brian took 7 years to write and release his autobiography. A link to this and all other projects Brian has produced and performed can be found @ Brianchatton.comHe has had to cancel tours etc due to the Covid pandemic but will continue to tour immediately after the pandemic passes.

Lists of collaborators

Own albums