Clinton Gregory

A singer, fiddler, and guitarist who became a superstar in both nation and bluegrass, Clinton Gregory was created in Martinville, Virginia on March 1, 1966. Gregory was raised encircled by music; his dad, Willie Gregory, was a gifted fiddler who originated from a long type of music artists and prompted his son to check out in his footsteps. Clinton started playing the violin when he was five years of age, and a season afterwards he was sufficient to execute at bluegrass celebrations. When Clinton was 12, his family members relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where Willie got arrived a gig on the Grand Ole Opry. As Clinton continuing to spotlight his music, he created a trustworthiness of his very own in the Music Town, and began functioning steadily being a sideman and program player with a number of the leading nation acts of your day. In 1990, Gregory stepped in to the limelight by launching his first single record, Music ‘n Me, for the 3rd party nation label THE FIRST STEP Records. The recording was well-received, nonetheless it was Clinton’s second long-player, 1991’s If It Weren’t for Nation Music I’d Proceed Crazy, that became his industrial breakthrough. The name tune became popular, peaking at 26 on the united states singles graphs, and three additional tunes from your LP gained airplay as singles. Released in 1992, Freeborn Guy spawned Gregory’s biggest strike, the solitary “Play, Ruby, Play,” which increased to 25 on the united states singles study, and another tune from your recording, “Who Requirements It,” fared almost aswell, topping out at 29. By this time around, Gregory was posting stages with famous brands Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, and Hank Williams, Jr., and he made an appearance frequently in the Grand Ole Opry. (In Feb 1992, Clinton performed around the Opry stage alongside his dad, who died just two months later on.) However, following the 1993 recording Grasp of Illusion didn’t surpass commercial anticipations, Clinton left THE FIRST STEP for any major-label, Polydor. His 1st recording for Polydor, 1995’s Clinton Gregory, offered modestly, and a number of professional and personal setbacks quickly adopted. For the better area of the following a decade, Gregory was from the music industry’s radar during his amount of struggle, however in 2005 he came back to music because of Neil Small. Small invited Gregory to try out on his recording Prairie Wind, also to sign up for his music group for the concerts which were filmed for the documentary Neil Little: Center of Yellow metal. In the wake of his use Little, Gregory produced his in the past into executing and songwriting, and in 2012 he finished his first record in 17 years, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF Ain’t More than enough. Released with the 3rd party Melody Roundup label, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF Ain’t Enough was well received by critics and enthusiasts, another record, the bluegrass-oriented The Root base of My Bringing up, made an appearance in 2013.