Brett Wood and Chris Whipper Layton

On Camera: The Australian Musician Video Interview with Brett Wood and Chris Whipper Layton

Originally published on the Australian Musician Magazine YouTube channel | 2025

The joint interview between Brett Wood and Chris "Whipper" Layton, published by Australian Musician Magazine, was also filmed. The full video runs to forty-three minutes and twenty seconds and is available on the Australian Musician YouTube channel. It captures what the printed version of the conversation could only describe: two musicians from different generations and different sides of the world, sharing a language built on the blues.

Layton played drums for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble and is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. Wood is a Melbourne guitarist who has been playing since the age of thirteen and who walked into a bar in Austin, Texas, and found Layton sitting in with Gary Clark Jr's side project. The video documents what happened when those two musicians became collaborators, and why Layton's presence on five tracks of Wood's forthcoming debut album means what it means.

The video has accumulated close to 500 views. For any listener who wants to understand the lineage behind Wood's debut recordings, this is the most direct route available.

Watch the full interview on YouTube.

Brett Wood's debut album is coming in 2026. It features Chris "Whipper" Layton on five tracks. Singles Real Piece of Work and Eyes are out now on all platforms. Follow Brett at brettwood.com and @brettwoodmusic.

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