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Charlotte Irene Caffey (born October 21, 1953, Santa Monica, California) is an American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter, best known for her work in the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing "We Got the Beat." Caffey began her musical career as a bass guitar player in the early Los Angeles punk band The Eyes before joining the Go-Go's in 1978 and switching to guitar. She remained friends with fellow band member Belinda Carlisle after the initial break up of the Go-Go's and wrote songs for Carlisle's solo albums. From 1988 till 1992, she led her own band, The Graces, with Meredith Brooks and Gia Ciambotti, who released a 1989 album, ''Perfect View''. 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.〔 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. ==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, was born in 1995. She was the third of thirteen children born to Ann and Michael Caffey, a well-known television director from the mid-1960s on into the 1990s. Charlotte semi-retired in the late 1980s because of crippling carpal tunnel syndrome.〔(Go-Go's Discography and Biography at Mr Bill's I.R.S. Records Corner ) 〕 Her brother Tom composes music for films; his most recent work was the trailer for ''10,000 BC''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlotte Caffey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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