Clay Walker

A man who doesn't really get much recognition these days, yet been active since 1993, has been performing for over 20 years.  Has over 30 singles released, but only 6 became #1, "What's It to You" (1993), "Live Until I Die" (1993), "Dreaming with My Eyes Open" (1994), "If I Could Make a Living" (1994), "This Women and This Man" (1995), "Rumor Has It" (1997). If you recognize any of them, then you know we're speaking of Clay Walker. He was formerly married to Lori Jayne Lampson until 2003, married again, and currently has 5 children. In 1996, he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, inflammatory disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cords are damaged.

Clay Walker is believed to get his singing style by rhythm and blues music due to growing up in a largely African-American neighborhood. Clay original name is actually Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker, Jr. and was born on August 19, 1969. Walker received his first guitar at age 9, and begin entering talent contest at age 15. What's cool is he graduated high school in 1986. Which is the same year I was born. Walker began touring as a musician at age 19. He was 23 when he was discovered by James Stroud.

Things didn't take long for Walker as his debut album was released under self-titled (using his name as the name of the album) in 1993. As you can come to the conclusion, his 1st #1 hit was also his debut single, "What's It to You". Then, one after another, hits after hits took place for him. Again how many artist can say that? Of course this all took place in the 90s, to where country music artist knew what they were doing. Now these days it's tougher. In any case, Clay Walker was a promising Country Music Legend. So what happen?

In 1996, he was playing basketball with his friends when the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) introduced itself to Clay Walker. which caused him to change his lifestyle a little. After his 6th and final #1 hit, "Rumor Has It", he still received hits but just wasn't receiving the recognition he should have been receiving at the time. It seems ever song Walker recorded, was just the same thing over and over again. Like he was afraid to take it up a notch.

So when will Clay finally get that recognition he's been waiting for for all those years? Will this year, 2015, be the year Walker finally see his 7th #1 hit? That's right, This year, Clay Walker is due to release, "Rock the Radio" as his next single. Visit Clay Walker home website to stay tune on when the release will be. One final note, Clay Walker was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame on 01/16/2015. With this, I bid you farewell.

Resource:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis
• http://www.claywalker.com/articles.html?n_id=3307
• http://www.claywalker.com/articles.html?n_id=3465