{"id":31091,"date":"2026-01-01T00:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/?p=31091"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:27:22","slug":"the-good-vibes-good-times-groove-of-clay-colton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/the-good-vibes-good-times-groove-of-clay-colton\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Vibes, Good Times & Groove of Clay Colton"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Interview with One of North County\u2019s Busiest Musicians<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clay Colton. Photo by Kristin Albright.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 25 years, Clay Colton has amassed and performed over 6000 professional shows to date. With the goal to reach 10,000 there is no sign of Colton stopping anytime soon. As with any successful endeavor, passion, devotion, and just flat out love for the subject at hand is what drives people to do big things. And this is the kind of discussion to have if we\u2019re gonna talk about Clay Colton.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve known him personally since about 2001. We made our acquaintance through our mutual friend\u2014the beloved Craig Yerkes\u2014who was playing in both Clay\u2019s group and my group.<\/p>\n

His work ethic is incredible. While anyone else is bitching about the circumstances, Clay is busy creating or locating the circumstances he needs. He possesses an entrepreneurial mindset, and it shows with the strength of a set list, schedule, and following up. As far as set lists go, he can play you about 600 cover tunes off the top of his head, right now.<\/p>\n

He also writes. With a few releases under his belt recorded under the name Clay Colton Band, his songs show his light-hearted, unapologetically lived and decidedly forthright nature. In that light, Colton becomes a triple-threat artist being that he can write, sing his ass off, and throw down some serious guitar. On top of that, his fun nature on stage becomes part of the charisma. he can turn a room full of unassociated members into a full-on raging party.<\/p>\n

And, even bigger than all of this\u2026 Being a steady-on full-time rocker living the dream as he sees it, Clay Colton is a well-functioning, devoted husband and father. To hear him talk about the progress and talents of his children\u2014in among other things, music is a really cool thing to have him share with you.<\/p>\n

Cool.<\/p>\n

But today, we\u2019re meeting at In Ocean Beach for breakfast. Mexican breakfast to be specific. It just made sense that we conduct a interview this way, because if there was no interview involved, this is probably what we would do anyway. And thus, with a few coffees under our belts we said, \u201cokay, let\u2019s do this.\u201d Ladies and gentlemen, meet Clay Colton.<\/p>\n