CLAY BLAKER

Clay Blaker was born June 27, 1950, in Houston, Texas, and grew up in the small town and farming community of Almeda, about 20 miles south of Houston. When Clay was five years old, his parents gave him a Silvertone Roy Rogers model acoustic guitar for Christmas and his mother, Rose, signed him up for guitar lessons from local music star Buster Phillips. Before long, Clay was accompanying himself on guitar singing some popular country songs of the time and thus the seeds were planted that blossomed a few years later into a lifetime career in the music business.