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<v Speaker 1>Hey y all, this is Clay Melson down in Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>Texas and you're listening to the Doctor Sky Experience from

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<v Speaker 2>And welcome, ladies, gentlemen to the Doctor Sky Experience, heard

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure by now you might know, and if not,

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<v Speaker 2>guest in the mix. And today, ladies and gentlemen, be

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<v Speaker 2>introducing amazing guests. Clay Milton, guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and blues

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<v Speaker 2>guitarist joins us under Doctor Sky Experience. How about this

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<v Speaker 2>blues rock prodigies, every special breed. They live and breathed,

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<v Speaker 2>the fiery swagger of electric guitars and the irresistible loure

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<v Speaker 2>of rhythm soaked sound. That's Clay Milton's music. Calling in

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<v Speaker 2>a nutshell. At only twenty eight, Louisiana Bourne and Texas

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<v Speaker 2>based blues rocker has already spent fifteen years performing live.

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<v Speaker 2>His powerful, raspy voice and wicked guitar lift leaves no

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<v Speaker 2>doubt he's grown up in the school of barroom blues rock.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the Doctor Sky Show here and the Doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Sky Experience. Clay, how are you today?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing great, man beautiful down here in Texas. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for having me on.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I love Texas, my friends, and as I mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>to you off air, there's a major event for our

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<v Speaker 2>science friends and astronomy friends, the Big Total Soul Clips

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<v Speaker 2>coming on April late twenty twenty four. And who knows,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe we can all hook up and here's some of

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<v Speaker 2>the great vibes. Oh Light Melton. Hey, let's get started

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<v Speaker 2>by talking a little bit about your background. You're a

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<v Speaker 2>young rocker and blues expert, blues musician, blues guitarist. How

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<v Speaker 2>did you get started in this? Because if I go

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<v Speaker 2>back in time, that means you were performing what he's

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<v Speaker 2>right around even before the high school day? Is am

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<v Speaker 2>I correct?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Yeah, you know. I got into Hendricks first with

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<v Speaker 1>guitar and then kind of a holy Trinity of classic

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<v Speaker 1>rock see Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Hendricks and led Zeppelin, ZZ

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<v Speaker 1>Top and all those albums and interviews I could read

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<v Speaker 1>or listen to from them talking about their influences and

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<v Speaker 1>songs they would cover and stuff kind of informed me

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<v Speaker 1>and pointing me in directions back through blues history. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whenever I was graduating from playing crawfish bulls

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<v Speaker 1>and garages with my buddies, you know, and then moving

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<v Speaker 1>into a live environment here, Houston has a rich you know,

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<v Speaker 1>blues history and those like great players that were welcoming

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<v Speaker 1>and I got to grow up playing on stage and

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<v Speaker 1>learning from these mentors and players around here.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazing talk to us because we had a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people out there that, you know, young aspiring musicians and

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<v Speaker 2>people out there with talent to grow. What's your opinion?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you're a young guys. I keep saying here,

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<v Speaker 2>congratulations on your success, and we look forward to seeing

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<v Speaker 2>much more from you. But what advice do you give

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<v Speaker 2>anybody out there who wants to get into this music business?

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<v Speaker 2>And a little advice from you, I certainly think would

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<v Speaker 1>Order well man, as a young player, what I'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to tell people trying to become an artist or musician

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<v Speaker 1>is get out there and play with other people as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as possible. You know, all your experience and practice

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<v Speaker 1>of playing alone is compounded and you start to learn

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<v Speaker 1>an accelerated rate when you're playing with other people in

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<v Speaker 1>a live environment, and the lessons are very instant. And

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<v Speaker 1>especially if you can surround yourself with players that are

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<v Speaker 1>more talented than yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You learn a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>And same goes for you know, if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>be in the in the music business and touring and

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<v Speaker 1>working as a musician, and it's important to surround yourself

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<v Speaker 1>by good team members, and it's and build a team

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<v Speaker 1>and do as much as you can yourself with your

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<v Speaker 1>own team, and treat the business just as seriously and

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<v Speaker 1>as as you do the music.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk to us a little bit about another text. As

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<v Speaker 2>amazing musician Steevie Very ron Vaughn obviously passed away, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>way way too soon. Nobody should pass like that, but

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<v Speaker 2>your kind of love for his style of music. Describe

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<v Speaker 2>him if you can to this audience and the things

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<v Speaker 2>that you want people to remember about Stepene.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, that's a cool question. I mean, Stevie was such

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<v Speaker 1>a huge influence to me, and uh, you know obviously

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<v Speaker 1>had a huge part in the eighties Blser Surgeon, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's that's impart too, how much he paid

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<v Speaker 1>homage to his own influences and heroes. I think he

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<v Speaker 1>tried to lift them up, which is, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I loved about his music, and he did so in

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<v Speaker 1>doing it in his own voice, you know. And if

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<v Speaker 1>I can encourage anybody that hasn't listened to him to

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<v Speaker 1>listen to the original music and listen to the covers

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<v Speaker 1>he does, and just it's so evident that when he's playing,

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<v Speaker 1>he's putting his whole self into it. It's feeling it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's what blues music is about. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's what real rock and roll came out, is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, someone putting themselves completely into the music and being.

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<v Speaker 2>Able to share that with live audience, specifically well Clay,

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<v Speaker 2>as you know better, this music style is invigorating, it's powerful,

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<v Speaker 2>and obviously it comes from a great history, long history

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<v Speaker 2>as now you're part of it. As you continue to grow,

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<v Speaker 2>you're listening to the Doctor Sky experience or special guest

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<v Speaker 2>musician Clay Melton. He's moving up in the charts ladies

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<v Speaker 2>and gentlemen, and you're here with me on Talk Radio

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<v Speaker 2>seventy seven w ABC, the crown jewel of radio broadcasting,

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<v Speaker 2>proudly not only out of New York, around the nation,

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<v Speaker 2>around the world, and what Clay, I'm sure even around

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<v Speaker 2>the universe. A little bit more background. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>read this to the audience. It's so powerful and you're

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<v Speaker 2>the one who's living it. Play's twenty twenty two release

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<v Speaker 2>Live in Texas, which includes ten original songs and one cover,

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<v Speaker 2>was spun on more than one hundred and sixty radio

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<v Speaker 2>stations in the US and abroad, and his riveting cover

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<v Speaker 2>of Zez Tops Jesus Just Left Chicago climb to the

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<v Speaker 2>number one song in the world on the Roots Music

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<v Speaker 2>Blues Rock chart in June twenty twenty two. Congratulations on that, brother,

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<v Speaker 2>that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you very much, you know, and I

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<v Speaker 1>mean obviously have to Thank's Easy Top for a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of to be the song and you it our own way.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, folks, here's about you're about to hear a little

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<v Speaker 2>excerpt from Jesus Just Left Chicago here from his album

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<v Speaker 2>I'm from Texas album. As we continue here with our

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<v Speaker 2>very special guest Clay Melton, whose website you got to

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<v Speaker 2>go there, folks. It's simply this Claymeelton dot com. And

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<v Speaker 2>here we go with just an excerpt from Jesus just

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<v Speaker 2>left Chicago.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus just left, She cackle, ain'tst pound New Orleans. Well now,

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus just left Chicagle.

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<v Speaker 4>Ain'ts power news? Looking on into the other all.

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<v Speaker 3>Voice simple swing, look at Charles you mississippis wo by

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<v Speaker 3>the water, tell the wine Charles and Mississippi.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my waa, we will get out of California.

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<v Speaker 2>For well, Clay, I thought that was amazing, man, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that's just incredible. So describe describe the band too.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously you're the You're you're the talent in there,

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<v Speaker 2>and many other people described to us some of the

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<v Speaker 2>other players in this band of yours. And how how

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<v Speaker 2>how it all comes together? I mean it all has

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<v Speaker 2>to work, and wow, it all sounds great to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Well like it, you know, I mean it doesn't happen

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<v Speaker 1>without the band. And we have Zack Grendel on drums,

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<v Speaker 1>who have been playing with for about nine years now. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and then that Cox on base have no since middle school.

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<v Speaker 1>We played in the band in high school together a

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<v Speaker 1>metal band as a matter of fact, and along with Kyle,

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<v Speaker 1>our tour manager, who was my first bandmate on drums

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<v Speaker 1>growing up, but he joined about a year and a

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<v Speaker 1>half ago. And you know, a lot of the songwriting happens.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll bring in some verses and choruses and stuff, and

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<v Speaker 1>then will range you know, the final arrangement together as

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<v Speaker 1>the band in the room. And that's very much how

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<v Speaker 1>Live and Texans happened. You know, all written and arranged

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<v Speaker 1>about three to four months before the recording of the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that's powerful stuff in here. I'm going to read

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<v Speaker 2>a testimonial here. You know it well, it goes like this,

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<v Speaker 2>and I quote, the passion electricity surely missing in the

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<v Speaker 2>music of many of Clay Melton's peers, is abundant in

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<v Speaker 2>the fantastic performance of Timings Everything. It's another reason why

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<v Speaker 2>Clay is certain to be recognized as one of this

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<v Speaker 2>generation's guitar heroes. End quote from Richie Adams, editor in

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<v Speaker 2>chief of Red Hot Rock magazine. Hey, that's powerful stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>my friend, no.

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<v Speaker 1>Doubt, thanks to Richie over there. And you know, Timing

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<v Speaker 1>Is Everything is an older song of ours from our

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<v Speaker 1>first album, Burned the Ships in twenty seventeen, and I

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<v Speaker 1>still think that that song in particular, carry is the

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<v Speaker 1>energy that we bring into a lot of our songs

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<v Speaker 1>still today.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, let's talk a little bit about current things going

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<v Speaker 2>on with Claim. Milton at Claimmelton dot com talk to

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<v Speaker 2>us about Alive on a Wire. So this was released

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<v Speaker 2>what back February twenty fourth. Describe it to the audience

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<v Speaker 2>because obviously as a songwriter, there's a lot of intent

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<v Speaker 2>and meaning in these songs, not just great music.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, it's definitely the rock forward sound of

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<v Speaker 1>our rock and blues. And you know, the song got

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<v Speaker 1>written when we were coming off of our last year

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<v Speaker 1>summer tour in twenty twenty two. We had been supporting

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<v Speaker 1>Dead's Rocks from New York and the Bluestones out of Canada,

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<v Speaker 1>and the tour was, you know, fantastic. He couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>gone smoother, and but you know, it's about the whirlwind

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<v Speaker 1>that tour could be, you know, playing shows every night

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<v Speaker 1>and then running off on the highway to the next

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<v Speaker 1>show and just you know how exciting that can be.

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<v Speaker 1>Exhilarating and draining all at the same time. And so

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<v Speaker 1>we came off a tour, just you know, really feeling

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<v Speaker 1>amped about that. And sure, I think if the tour

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<v Speaker 1>had gone there's been a couple more speed bumps along

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<v Speaker 1>y maybe we would have had the same attitude when

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<v Speaker 1>we came off the tour, you know, because when things

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<v Speaker 1>get stopped midway, it's a different game. But we're just excited,

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<v Speaker 1>feeling great coming off. So about that, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>really kind of a precursor to what's happening this year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's our busiest year yet on the road, and so

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<v Speaker 1>we'll definitely be playing it and living it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've got Runner coming out to us here what

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<v Speaker 2>April fourteenth describe that? I mean, you just keep rolling

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<v Speaker 2>them out. It's like an amazing music factory here talking

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<v Speaker 2>to Clay Melton and don't forget his websites Claymelton dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, Runner is it's being recorded and done

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<v Speaker 1>the same way we did a live on a wire.

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<v Speaker 1>All these new songs were recording here at my house

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<v Speaker 1>in Houston, Texas, just in the living room, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>recording it ourselves. And you know, the luxury and that

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<v Speaker 1>is being able to give the songs the time they deserve,

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<v Speaker 1>being able to step away and sleep on them and

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<v Speaker 1>time in front of our drummers. Actually how we connect it.

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<v Speaker 1>knows what you want to do. Because music there's no

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<v Speaker 1>making art, but there are a lot of subjective tastes

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, finding someone on your team that really

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<v Speaker 1>know an important thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're proud to have Clay Melton here and get

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<v Speaker 2>a load of this, folks. It continues more on his bio.

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<v Speaker 2>Clay Melton is quickly establishing himself, obviously as a rising star,

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<v Speaker 2>having played world famous venues such as Whiskey a Go

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<v Speaker 2>favorite bands, opening for Grand Funk Railroad on the Chevrolet

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<v Speaker 1>songs that you know, I grew up loving a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>We really love where up there. That was up the

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Wow, tell us about this. I mean, blues is

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, my friend. And lastly, I want to mention, and

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<v Speaker 2>this program, maybe another year or so ago, but wow,

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<v Speaker 2>that's one that really is near and dear to me

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that for a minute. That's pretty wild.

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<v Speaker 1>Missus Carlton is just you know, one of the kindest

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we were up on stage playing celebration with them,

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<v Speaker 1>surreal moment, and I was real pleasure. I was grateful

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Clay, let's hear a little bit of another song

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<v Speaker 2>here that's so popular, you know in the music charts.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we're gonna hear a little bit of your rendition

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<v Speaker 2>of back to Blue. Here we go.

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<v Speaker 3>Do, when your hid's.

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<v Speaker 4>Down on the ground, you love and left you someone new,

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<v Speaker 3>Your man, baby your backs booe?

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<v Speaker 4>Has your man left your hide? Jive? You don't know

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<v Speaker 4>what else to do byself? Some cheap red wave brown,

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<v Speaker 4>some Delta blues, you know, wow yoom, maybe back in

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<v Speaker 4>the summer, not that if you gotta make to keep

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<v Speaker 3>Yum.

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<v Speaker 2>And also obviously that's awesome, my friends. And finally I

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<v Speaker 2>the Live on a Wire tour. I mean, obviously you're

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<v Speaker 2>us about this tour? Live on a Wire tour? What

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we're you know, I'm stoking up the last couple

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're on and off. When we're coming back,

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<v Speaker 1>we're working on new recordings for the album, for the

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<v Speaker 1>full album, and then getting back out on the road.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be out your Way in Phoenix this summer,

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<v Speaker 1>up on Arizona and then in Tucson, and then we're

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<v Speaker 1>for the end.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the year. Absolutely something for everybody as WABC. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>Hall's out of New York City, that great city, and

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<v Speaker 2>that was the entire connecting states and also here where

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing this broadcast live and pre recorded from Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 2>Arizona on talk radio seventy seven WABC, the crown jewel

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<v Speaker 2>of radio, the iconic talk radio station, seventy seven WABC.

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<v Speaker 2>You got the last word. What do you want to

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<v Speaker 2>tell our listeners that's not in the question of a

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<v Speaker 2>you know, not in the form of a question. As

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<v Speaker 2>we conclude this interview today with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Clay, Hey, even if it is in our show, go

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<v Speaker 1>see some live music support those touring bands for your

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<v Speaker 1>New York listeners will be at the Iridium, which will

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<v Speaker 1>be a pleasure as of you know Leftball's home club

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<v Speaker 1>up there. Wow, and you know we'll see you on

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<v Speaker 1>the road. I'll take it's right, Clay Melton dot COM's

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<v Speaker 1>last tour.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much. Clay, stay on the line with

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<v Speaker 2>us as we go to our hard break here our

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<v Speaker 2>very special guest, as you've been listening on the Doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Sky Experience up and coming, Yes blues guitarist and so

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<v Speaker 2>much more. Vocalist and songwriter Clay Melton his website proud

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<v Speaker 2>to say it here on this show, Claymelton dot com,

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<v Speaker 2>dutas Guy reminds you always remember to keep your eyes

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<v Speaker 2>to the skies as we talk mostly in the science

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<v Speaker 2>realms of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather, but as we

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<v Speaker 2>bring it back down to Earth. Great guests from the

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<v Speaker 2>rems of the celebrity guest and today our special guest,

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<v Speaker 2>Play Melton. Thank you so much. Clay got to speak

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<v Speaker 2>to you and and the band and looking to hear

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<v Speaker 2>some great things from you in the world of music.

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you for being our guest today.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for having me on