Chris Whitten

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Chris Whitten is a British session drummer who provided drums for the classic hits 'What I Am' by Edie Brickell, "World Shut your Mouth" by Julian Cope and 'The Whole Of The Moon' by The Waterboys. Two critically acclaimed projects in the 1990s were Paul McCartney's 'Flowers In The Dirt' album and Dire Straits 18 month tour 'On Every Street'

Chris unusually has used a Noble and Cooley drumkit which are radically designed drums. The toms and snare are single-ply, steam-bent shells which give them (especially the snare) a very distinctive sound. He has also recorded with such varied artists as Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, The Pretenders, ABC and The The.