Clay Davidson

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Clay Davidson
Background information
Born	April 4, 1971 (1971-04-04) (age 38)
Origin	Saltville, Virginia, USA
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2000-2001
Labels	Virgin Capitol Nashville
Associated acts	Jude Cole

Clay Davidson (born April 4, 1971 in Saltville, Virginia) is an American country music artist. Signed to Virgin Records' Nashville division in 2000, Davidson released his debut album Unconditional that year. Its title track was a top 5 hit for him on the Billboard country charts, and the album produced two more Top 30 hits. Davidson was later transferred to Capitol Records Nashville after Virgin Nashville's lineup was merged into Capitol, although he did not record anything for Capitol and was soon dropped. Unconditional remains his only album.

Biography

Clay Davidson was born in Saltville, Virginia to a musical family. At age 18, he joined his older brother in moving to Las Vegas, Nevada^[1], and later moved to Nashville, Tennessee in search of a record deal.^[2] While in Nashville, Davidson won Charlie Daniels' Talent Round-Up show. Davidson and his wife later moved to Tennessee, and Davidson soon became a demo singer for other artists.^[1]

Davidson was later called in to substitute for Michael McDonald at a party for rock artist Jude Cole. While at the party, Cole recommended Davidson to Scott Hendricks, who had just started the Virgin Records label.^[1] Davidson's first album, Unconditional, was released in 2000, producing three hit singles on the country music charts.

In early 2001, Virgin Records announced that it would be closing its Virgin Nashville branch. Virgin's artist roster was transferred to Capitol Records.^[3] However, he did not record any albums or singles during his tenure on Capitol. Later that year, Davidson and his road band were in a bus accident outside Effingham, Illinois. He and his bandmates suffered only minor cuts and bruises, and several concerts had to be cancelled.^[4][5]

Clay now plays in the band Caution out of Glade Springs, Virginia. ^[6]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References