Matthew Clayton

I started my first band in January, 1980. They used to call me, "The skinny kid with the big voice". I've spent over 30 years singing playing and fronting bands. I can sound a lot like Merle haggard if I want. I wrote my first song at age 11, published 27 and have received royalties from BMI for radio airplay. I have played and sung with a few stars: Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Rodriguez, David Frizzell, Ferlin Husky, Johnny Paycheck, Mark Chesnutt, and opened for a long list of (Website hidden) favorite microphone is a Sennheiser 451, usually used as a kick drum mic. I am not so skinny any longer and certainly not a kid, but I am still alive and kickin' down some walls, even if I do have to snap a chalk line across my forehead so I'll know when to stop washing my face.