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CLAY MELTON ELECTRIFYING TRAILBLAZING TEXAS BLUES ROCK GUITARIST!

Clay Melton Prodigious Texas Blues/Rock Guitarist Exclusive Interview!

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Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho

They live and breathe the fiery swagger of electric guitars and the irresistible allure of rhythm-soaked sounds. That’s Clay Melton’s musical calling in a nutshell. At only 28, the Louisiana-born and Texas-based blues-rocker has already spent 15 years performing live. His powerfully raspy voice and wicked guitar licks leave no doubt he’s grown up in the school of barroom blues-rock.

Clay’s 2022 release, Live in Texas, which includes ten original songs and one cover, was spun on more than 160 radio stations in the U.S. and abroad. His riveting cover of ZZ Top’s Jesus Just Left Chicago, climbed to the #1 song in the world on the Roots Music Blues Rock chart in June 2022.

Live in Texas is Melton’s follow-up to 2021’s critically acclaimed release, Back to Blue, where the title track also climbed to the # 1 song in the world on Roots Music Blues Rock chart, and the album climbed to #9.

On February 24, Clay released worldwide a new single, Alive on a Wire, with a follow-up on April 14th a second new single, entitled Runner.  His new album will eventually follow in late ’23 or early ’24.

Please welcome Houston, Texas-based blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Clay Melton to Interviewing the Legends…

 

PURCHASE

THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

CLAY MELTON

'LIVE  IN TEXAS'

Available at amazon.com

ALSO

THE MOST RECENT

STUDIO RELEASE

BY

CLAY MELTON

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‘BACK TO BLUE’

Clay’s most recent studio release, Back to Blue (released in July 2021), has been played on more than 200 radio stations in the U.S. and abroad. The EP received great acclaim when released.

The Roots Music Report (the #1 independent music chart in the world) ranked Clay, at the time of the album’s release, on their Blues Rock charts in three categories:  the #1 song in the world for the title track Back to Blue, the #9 album in the world on their Blues Rock chart, and the #7 album in Texas for all genres of music.

Back to Blue is Melton’s follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed, full-length debut, Burn the Ships, which climbed the charts to #5 on Billboard Heatseekers chart. 

Back to Blue boasts production and engineering credits by Grammy-winner Danny Jones (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Patti LaBelle, Etta James) as well as Clay himself.

On February 24, Clay will release worldwide a new single, Alive on a Wire, and follow-up on April 14 with a second new single, entitled Runner.  His new album will eventually follow in late ’23 or early ’24.

 

FORM MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

CLAY MELTON

VISIT

www.claymelton.com

Official Website

www.instagram.com/claymeltonmusic

Instagram

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jgBoZGr5tJ656v3J8eLin?si=jGo9Nw_hStaSK5hgTpdNig&nd=1

Spotify

www.facebook.com/claymeltonmusic

Facebook

https://twitter.com/claymeltonmusic

Twitter

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNiGxc2oCyrKNz8qcVZkXsQ?view_as=subscriber

YouTube

www.tiktok.com/@claymeltonmusic

Tiktok

 

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The Zoom interview can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/c/InterviewingtheLegends in its entirety.

 

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