Clay Davidson

Clay Davidson
Born	April 4, 1971 (1971-04-04) (age 40)
Origin	Saltville, Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1999–2001
Labels	Virgin Records Nashville Capitol Nashville
Associated acts	Jude Cole

Clay Davidson (born April 4, 1971 in Saltville, Virginia) is an American country music artist. He signed to Virgin Records' Nashville division in late 1999, Davidson released his debut album Unconditional on April 11, 2000. 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. On July 20, 2001, 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 Spring, Virginia.^[6]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Heat
Unconditional	Release date: April 11, 2000 Label: Virgin Records	33	39

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	US
2000	"Unconditional"[A]	3	49	Unconditional
	"I Can't Lie to Me"	26	117
2001	"Sometimes"	21	112

Notes

• A^ "Unconditional" also peaked at number 9 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2000	"Unconditional"	Eric Welch
	"I Can't Lie to Me"
	"Sometimes"[7]	Stephen Shepherd

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} CLAY DAVIDSON BIOGRAPHY
2. ^ allmusic ((( Clay Davidson > Biography )))
3. ^ CMT.com : Clay Davidson : Virgin Nashville Will Close Its Doors
4. ^ CMT.com : Clay Davidson : Davidson Is Unconditionally OK
5. ^ CMT.com : Clay Davidson : Clay Davidson on the Mend
6. ^ : Clay Davidson's band Caution (Myspace)
7. ^ "CMT : Videos : Clay Davidson : Sometimes". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/clay-davidson/387408/sometimes.jhtml. Retrieved October 14, 2011. 

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