He collaborated with Mickey Petralia on the soundtrack for the motion picture Gas Food Lodging. In 1995, Adley formed Chickenhawk (1995–2000), ( MCA Records, Capitol Records) a rock n' roll band in which he was the lead singer.

įrom 1994 through 1999, Adley was the promoter and house DJ at Johnny Depp's Viper Room while running numerous Hollywood venues, including The Opium Den, Blue, Dragonfly, Martini Lounge and Vertigo. The club featured house and hip hop music, featuring talents such as Frankie Knuckles and DJ Lethal. Adley went on to run Sweet Daddy Brown's, one of Los Angeles's largest afterhour gambling clubs, which he opened with casino heir Eddie Harrah. In 1993, Adley chose the Hollywood nightlife industry over a professional football career. Over the next couple of years he made the jump from doorman to DJ to venue promoter, while majoring in communications at Cal State Fullerton on a full athletic scholarship as the Titans football team's starting defensive nose guard. In his late teens, he was running the door for David Lee Roth's Hollywood afterhours club, The Zero. Career Īdley got his start as a bouncer with a fake ID at Club Lingerie in the mid-1980s. He is the owner of the Hollywood restaurant and lounge La Velvet Margarita Cantina and the Fremont Country Club in Downtown Las Vegas, and its adjoining rock 'n' soul bar Backstage Bar & Billiards. Impresario, music venue owner, restaurateur, promoterĬarlos Adley, more commonly known as Big Daddy Carlos, is an American Hollywood & Las Vegas nightlife impresario, music venue owner, restaurateur, promoter, and musician.

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