Clayton Anderson
Clayton Anderson is a country-pop singer/songwriter with Midwestern roots-rock instincts. He got his first break in 2008 after winning Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star competition. The Indiana native issued his debut album, Torn Jeans & Tailgates, in 2011 and built a strong grassroots following with subsequent efforts Right Where I Belong (2014), Only to Borrow (2016), and Made in the USA (2022).
Raised in Bedford, Indiana, Anderson started his career almost by accident, picking up and learning how to play guitar while he was in college. Inspired by home state heroes John Mellencamp, Michael Jackson, and John Hiatt, he soon found himself playing local parties and bars, graduating to the so-called Midwestern frat circuit. After graduating from Indiana University, Anderson had pretty much decided to be done with the music thing when he participated in Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star battle-of-the-bands competition at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati in 2008. He walked off the stage with his band after a 15-minute set as the winner, and was slotted as the opening act for Chesney's show the next night.
The whole experience convinced Anderson to give music one last solid push, and he moved to Nashville, independently releasing a debut album, Torn Jeans & Tailgates, in 2011. He followed it up with two more independent releases, 2014's Right Where I Belong and the 2016 EP Only to Borrow, along with a heavy tour schedule that saw him share stages with contemporaries like Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Jimmy Buffett, Thomas Rhett, Lee Brice, and Carly Pearce.
In 2021, Anderson issued the hook-driven singles "Only Us" and "Nothin' But Net," the latter of which appeared on ESPN to soundtrack the college basketball season. Early 2022 saw Anderson release the Nash Overstreet-produced "Get After It," which appeared on the introspective full-length Made in the USA later that year. He launched 2023 with the anthemic stand-alone single "Gotta Get Up."
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
-
Right Where I Belong (Deluxe Edition Est. Twenty-Fourteen)
Country - Released by No Hassle Love Castle on 24 Aug 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tennessee (Take Me Down)
Country - Released by Intercept Music on 17 Jan 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Wanna Be That Feelin'
Country - Released by Teammate Records on 4 Jul 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pink Houses
Country - Released by No Hassle Love Castle on 8 Aug 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Run Wild
Country - Released by No Hassle Love Castle on 24 May 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Struggle Bus
Country - Released by Intercept Music on 8 May 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me
Country - Released by Intercept Music on 25 Nov 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Show Me Your Fish
Country - Released by Visionary on 25 Feb 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
Jingle Bells
Christmas Music - Released by Visionary on 14 Oct 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Show Me Your Fish (Sport Fishing Version)
Country - Released by Visionary on 14 Apr 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Better By The Day
Country - Released by Visionary on 21 Jul 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Only Us (Acoustic)
Country - Released by Visionary on 20 Aug 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo