Man, What A Woman from Clay Hess
Throughout his long career, bluegrass veteran Clay Hess has consistently been associated with music of the highest quality. Whether performing as a sideman with the likes of Ricky Skaggs and Sierra Hull, as a member of bands like Mountain Heart and now Seldom Scene, or leading his own Clay Hess Band, he brings high level […]
Clay Hess to The Seldom Scene
With the recent retirement of guitarist/vocalist Dudley Connell after nearly three decades, The Seldom Scene had big shoes to fill. But for a band whose genesis dates back to 1971, this isn’t the first, or even second time they have faced this dilemma. The fabled group launched with John Starling on guitar, alongside fellow hall-of-famers […]
Sixteen Tons from Clay Hess
Bluegrass super picker and bandleader Clay Hess has a new single to share this week, his cut of the Merle Travis classic, Sixteen Tons. This hard core coal mining song was first recored by Travis in 1946, though it was Tennessee Ernie Ford’s record with it in 1955 that made it familiar to country radio […]
Tennessee Moon – new single from Mark Whitt
Ohio/Kentucky bluegrass singer and songwriter, Mark Whitt, has a new album of his music called Tennessee Moon, with the title track now available as a single. The album was produced by Clay Hess, and recorded in his Ohio studio. Mark lays down the lead vocals, with Clay providing all the instruments save the fiddle, which [...] Jacob Metz to Clay Hess Band
Just two weeks ago we were telling you about Jacob Metz, a young banjo player studying in the bluegrass program at ETSU, and how he had been awarded a scholarship by the Appalachian Cultural Music Association in Kingsport, TN. Now we have news that he has accepted the reso-guitar position with The Clay Hess Band, [...] Man From Galilee from Randy Murphy & Clay Hess
Most bluegrass fans are well familiar with Clay Hess. He's been a part of our world most of his adult life, joining up with Ricky Skaggs when Bryan Sutton left Kentucky Thunder in 1999, and then working with Mountain Heart and Sierra Hull & Highway 111 before launching his own Clay Hess Band in 2012. [...] Ohio Bluegrass Winter Weekend recap
Kyle Jarvis and IIIrd Generation at Ohio Bluegrass Winter Weekend - photo by Chris Smith The Ohio Bluegrass Winter Weekend was an enormous success. Hosted by Clay Hess, his wife Samantha, and The Clay Hess Band, the show was held March 8 and 9 at the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta, Ohio. This was the first [...] It Came Upon A Midnight Clear from Clay Hess
Pinecastle Records has created static image videos for several of the tracks on their 2018 holiday release, A Very Acoustic Christmas. The album includes contributions from a number of the label's artists, like Dale Ann Bradley, Tina Adair, Flashback, Merle Monroe, and Ray Cardwell. Each selected either a tried-and-true holiday classic, or a new Christmas [...] Just Another Story – Clay Hess Band
There aren't many people in bluegrass with the level of credibility both on stage and behind the scenes that accrues to Clay Hess. As a guitarist and singer he has been part of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Mountain Heart, and Sierra Hull & Highway 111. With pen in hand, Clay has written songs that [...] Blue Yodel #2 from Clay Hess Band
Earlier this summer, shortly before their current Just Another Story album dropped on Pinecastle Records, The Clay Hess Band visited the Bonfire Recording Studios in South Carolina to shoot a couple of live music videos. The first was released back in July, their arrangement of Waylon Jennings' Anita You're Dreaming, and a second has just [...] 