Pick of the Week — Chelsea Berry
This week’s Pick of the Week is an elegant design created for musician Chelsea Berry.
“Chelsea is a 27-year-old Alaskan born singer/songwriter with the edge, power, and finesse of legends. Livingston Taylor calls her vocals ‘world class’ and her presence has been described by listeners as ‘compelling… she draws the entire house into her world like moths to a flame.’ Her vocals are smooth and lyrics reminiscent of the folk music of the sixties. Recently, she appeared as the cover of The Noise magazine in Boston, has been featured multiple times [...]
JW-Jones
“One of this country’s top blues guitar stars” writes the Globe and Mail about JW-Jones. JW-Jones has one of the most energetic and exciting live shows on the scene. It is no surprise that this 
young man has played throughout the world (CANADA, USA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL) and some of the biggest names in blues today, including The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Rod Piazza, Anson Funderburgh with Sam Myers, The Mannish Boys and the legendary Hubert Sumlin [...]
Joe Hero
Joe Hero was originally formed by three long-time friends and local music veterans who have performed together for years under different scenarios and with different bands. Drawing upon this experience, they formed as a rock trio in 2005 and recorded their initial 4-song demo that summer. After writing numerous songs and playing numerous shows in their area, Joe Hero completed the recording of their debut album which was released in 2007 with the title “A Hero’s Welcome”. Described as “in-your-face hard rock with a turn-it-up attitude and no BS” by Darryl Gregory of Indie-music.com, A Hero’s Welcome is available through [...]
Kenny Welch
Soulful music, strong entertainer, with a following that exceeds all expectations for a country music performer from Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Kenny Welch is a performer taking his music to the next level. Kenny Welch began singing at a very young age for his family and friends. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1973, he was raised in a small town south east of Cincinnati called Bethel. Kenny never saw himself as a performer or singer until nearly seven years ago, when he [...]
Autumn Descent
Daniel and Robert from the band Autumn Descent have been endorsed with Clayton since 2010, here is a little about their band:
The music is guitar-driven with strong melodic vocals, sprinkled with electronic elements and yet, very radio friendly. Autumn’s Descent has had several independent album and EP releases, and played club & college scenes all over the Midwest and New England. Breaking into the TV / Film/ Video Game industry in 2005, Autumn’s Descent has already had songs placed in MTV shows (NEXT, Pimp My Ride) and in Television Shows on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, Disney, and A&E. [...]
Pick with Austin: A Non-Profit Charity Organization Giving the Gift of Music
Recently, Clayton USA, Inc. has had the opportunity to contribute to a wonderful charity organization called Pick with Austin. Pick with Austin is a nonprofit corporation that operates in the memory of Texas teen guitarist, Alan Carter Villaruz-Curley. The purpose of the organization is to help elevate a community awareness and to educate the people about a growing epidemic of youth depression and suicide. They use Alan’s Gift of Music to enhance this awareness while providing donated guitars to kids and teens in hospitals, in youth groups and ministries, and/or those whom have been identified in some way of being potentially “at [...]
Guitar Pick Collecting
I found this amazing article on Guitar Pick collecting that was done by The Ottawa Citizen. It incredible how popular and lucrative pick collecting has become. I love how they mention a $1,000 Johnny Cash pick going for sale on ebay. I love that since we worked with Johnny Cash for several years making him custom Black Acetal Custom guitar picks with his signature on them a long long time ago…. Read more here at a past blog posting. 
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Kyle Gass and John Konesky of Tenacious D at the Clayton NAMM Booth 2011
This year we were so happy to have the amazing Kyle Gass of Tenacious D come sign at our booth for a 2nd year in a row! Tenacious D has a very loyal fan base, and the lines were wrapping very long all over the place to get to meet Kyle and John this year! Very amazing! This year he brought along the VERY talented John Konesky also of Tenacious D. Kyle and John are both Clayton Endorsed. They were there to promote their youtube channel called Guitarings, which shows you how to play many of the popular Tenacious D [...]
