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Country & Acoustic Vocals Music artist from Madison, TN. New songs free to stream or download. Add to your playlist now.

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Clay Canfield

Clay is one of the last real troubadors - amazing guitar, vocal and songs.

5 songs
3.2K plays
Picture for song '01 Wild Horses' by artist 'Clay Canfield'

01 Wild Horses 01 Wild Horses

Delightful acoustic guitar and vocal song about the plight of the wild mustangs in Americ today.

Acoustic General

Picture for song 'Twangy Guitar' by artist 'Clay Canfield'

Twangy Guitar Twangy Guitar

Good shuffle...

Acoustic Vocals

Picture for song 'The Wheel' by artist 'Clay Canfield'

The Wheel The Wheel

A outlaw song a la Waylon Jennings...smoking slide guitar...great words and performance.

Acoustic Vocals

Picture for song 'Cowboy's Prayer' by artist 'Clay Canfield'

Cowboy's Prayer Cowboy's Prayer

the kind of song a cowboy would compose while riding fence

Country and Western

Picture for song 'Guitar Man' by artist 'Clay Canfield'

Guitar Man Guitar Man

Bluesy slide guitar song

Acoustic Vocals

Although Clay does have a band, he has firmly established himself as an exceptional solo artist. His first two CDs feature acoustic guitar, vocals and harmonica. The music ranges from cowboy ballads to traditional country to "smoking" blues. Clay has just released a limited edition EP which features 4 songs with his band.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Based in Nashville, Tennessee I perform 7 shows in 5 days each week when I am in town - 5 solo and 2 with my band. Being in Nashville gives me many different opportunities from being filmed by TV from all over the world to performing with a variety of artists. Tom Jones came in and jammed for a couple of hours with my band once and just last week I had a chance to play with Delaney Bramlett and Billy Ray Reynolds.
Your musical influences
Guitar Influences: Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, John Hammond (John taught Clay to play slide guitar) Writing Influences: Townes Van Zandt, Mickey Newberry, Wayne Carson, Merle Haggard General Influences: Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Jm Reeves
What equipment do you use?
Gibson J-150 Lee Oskar Harmonicas
Anything else?
I wrote the song Wild Horses in 1993 to try to shine a light on the plight of the wild mustangs here in America. I started getting death threats and stopped performing it but did send cassettes to all of the wild horse associations I could find. I got a call in 2008 from a woman in California who had found the cassette at the back of an old file drawer she was clearing out. She sent me a copy of it so I could re-learn the song and I recorded a guitar/vocal demo of it so I wouldn't forget it again. This demo found its way to Willie Nelson who sent it on the the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington D.C. I did make it available as a digital download (worldwide). Please have people go to www.cdbaby.com/claycanfield. A portion of every download does go to the Animal Welfare Institute. Together we can help save these mustangs which I believe are an endangered symbol of the American spirit!
Madison, TN  USA
ID 100074
Contact
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Comments (7)
Been looking all over for this clay, great song bro. I was in Nashville last month and was hoping to see ya play. Maybe next time.
Clay, Enjoyed your songs. You have the heart of a cowboy.
Clay, I love your song 'The Wheel'. I used it as one of 5 picks of the week in the country forum.
Hey Clay... Hugs! Hope life is treating you kindly... I just wanted to stop in and let you know personally that I have added some new tunes to my SC Music Studio List. If you have some free time... please check'em out... it would mean alot to me.... Until then....take care my music friend.. Randee
Hi Clay, Grab'd a mug of coffee.. and came in to relax... I really enjoy your music. Your a very talented spirit and soul... Take Care my friend.. Randee :)
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