Charlotte Irene Caffey (born October 21, 1953) is an American guitarist, best known for her work in the rock band the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing "We Got the Beat".
Caffey began her musical career playing bass guitar in the early Los Angeles punk band The Eyes before joining the Go-Go's in 1978 and switching to guitar.[1] She remained friends with fellow band member Belinda Carlisle after the initial breakup of the Go-Go's and wrote songs for Carlisle's solo albums.
Caffey wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Lovelace: A Rock Musical with Anna Waronker. The rock musical debuted at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles in 2008. A new production of Lovelace: A Rock Musical made its United Kingdom debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2010. A number of her songs were featured in the 2018 debut of the Broadway musical Head Over Heels, with a story suggested by Philip Sidney's Arcadia set to the songs of the Go-Go's and Belinda Carlisle.[2]
The Go-Go's announced an 11-date reunion tour scheduled to begin in June 2020; however, in May 2020 the tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In May 2021 it was announced that The Go-Go's would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[4][5] The band confirmed plans for a 2022 UK tour with Billy Idol that would start in June 2022.[6] The band was forced to postpone a short West Coast tour scheduled for the first week of January 2022 due to a COVID-19 case involving someone on the tour. New rescheduled dates for the shows would be announced very soon.[7]
Personal life
She grew up in Glendale, California, and graduated from Immaculate Heart College. She is also in Ze Malibu Kids with her husband, the Redd Kross singer and guitarist Jeff McDonald. Their only child, a daughter named Astrid McDonald, was born in 1995 and is a singer and model.
She was the fourth of twelve children born to Ann (née Gorey) and Michael Caffey (died 2017), an American network television series episode director from the mid-1960s on into the 1990s (The Virginian, Dukes of Hazzard, Barnaby Jones, MacGyver, CHiPs, T.J. Hooker).
Charlotte semi-retired from regular performances in the late 1980s because of crippling carpal tunnel syndrome.[2]
charlotte, caffey, charlotte, irene, caffey, born, october, 1953, american, guitarist, best, known, work, rock, band, 1980s, including, writing, beat, caffey, 2008background, informationbirth, namecharlotte, irene, caffeyborn, 1953, october, 1953, santa, monic. Charlotte Irene Caffey born October 21 1953 is an American guitarist best known for her work in the rock band the Go Go s in the 1980s including writing We Got the Beat Charlotte CaffeyCaffey in 2008Background informationBirth nameCharlotte Irene CaffeyBorn 1953 10 21 October 21 1953 age 69 Santa Monica California U S GenresPunk rockpop rocknew waveOccupation s MusiciansongwriterInstrument s GuitarkeyboardsYears active1977 present Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3 1 With The Go Go s 3 2 With The Graces 3 3 Also appears on 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditCaffey began her musical career playing bass guitar in the early Los Angeles punk band The Eyes before joining the Go Go s in 1978 and switching to guitar 1 She remained friends with fellow band member Belinda Carlisle after the initial breakup of the Go Go s and wrote songs for Carlisle s solo albums From 1988 until 1992 she led her own band The Graces with Meredith Brooks and Gia Ciambotti who released the album Perfect View in 1989 Caffey also co wrote the theme song to the television series Clueless with Anna Waronker and played piano on the album version of Foolish Games by Jewel as well as co writing the No 1 U S country hit But for the Grace of God with Keith Urban 1 Caffey wrote the book music and lyrics for Lovelace A Rock Musical with Anna Waronker The rock musical debuted at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles in 2008 A new production of Lovelace A Rock Musical made its United Kingdom debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2010 A number of her songs were featured in the 2018 debut of the Broadway musical Head Over Heels with a story suggested by Philip Sidney s Arcadia set to the songs of the Go Go s and Belinda Carlisle 2 The Go Go s announced an 11 date reunion tour scheduled to begin in June 2020 however in May 2020 the tour was postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 3 In May 2021 it was announced that The Go Go s would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 4 5 The band confirmed plans for a 2022 UK tour with Billy Idol that would start in June 2022 6 The band was forced to postpone a short West Coast tour scheduled for the first week of January 2022 due to a COVID 19 case involving someone on the tour New rescheduled dates for the shows would be announced very soon 7 Personal life EditShe grew up in Glendale California and graduated from Immaculate Heart College She is also in Ze Malibu Kids with her husband the Redd Kross singer and guitarist Jeff McDonald Their only child a daughter named Astrid McDonald was born in 1995 and is a singer and model She was the fourth of twelve children born to Ann nee Gorey and Michael Caffey died 2017 an American network television series episode director from the mid 1960s on into the 1990s The Virginian Dukes of Hazzard Barnaby Jones MacGyver CHiPs T J Hooker Charlotte semi retired from regular performances in the late 1980s because of crippling carpal tunnel syndrome 2 Discography Edit Caffey in 2008 With The Go Go s Edit 1981 Beauty and the Beat IRS 1982 Vacation I R S 1984 Talk Show I R S 2001 God Bless The Go Go s Beyond Music With The Graces Edit 1989 Perfect View A amp M Also appears on Edit 1980 The Specials More Specials 2 Tone backing vocals 1982 Robert Williams Late One Night A amp M vocals on track 8 Gotta Be Nice 1986 Belinda Carlisle Belinda I R S vocals guitar 1988 Blake Xolton Cool on My Skin New Rose vocals 1995 Jewel Pieces of You Atlantic arranger piano 1998 Penelope Houston Tongue Reprise guitar vocals on track 2 Tongue References Edit a b Charlotte Caffey August 20 1996 SongFacts Charlotte Caffey M songfacts com Archived from the original on April 25 2012 Retrieved March 1 2012 a b Go Go s Musical Head Over Heels Eyes Summer Broadway Bow at the Hudson Theatre Playbill January 10 2018 Retrieved January 29 2018 Varga George January 8 2022 The Go Go s postpone reunion tour which was set to open in San Diego in June sandiegotribune com Class of 2021 Inductees Rock amp Roll Hall Of Fame Bloom Madison January 8 2022 Watch the Go Go s Perform at Rock Hall 2021 Induction Ceremony MSN com Schube Will January 8 2022 The Go Go s Announce 2022 UK Tour With Billy Idol udiscovermusic com The Go Go s cancel San Diego show due to COVID case fox5sandiego com January 8 2022 External links EditThe Go Go s official website Charlotte Caffey at AllMusic Charlotte Caffey discography at Discogs Lovelace A Rock Musical Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlotte Caffey amp oldid 1122487065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
