Clay Jones Bluegrass Band from Greensboro, NC

Clay Jones and Friends Venues played MGM Grand Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nv. Academy of Country Music Awards with Sara Evans The Grand Ol' Opry Nashville Tn. Has performed at least 500 segments for the last 13 years Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride Co Rocky Grass Bluegrass festival Lyons Co. Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Roth Vos Farms Ny Finger Lakes Grass Roots Festival Truesmanburg Ny The Budweiser Family Arena St Louis Mo with George Jones Salem Virginia Coliseum with Merle Haggard The Palace Theater Branson Mo With Lee Ann Rhymes The Hilton Hotel Charlotte NC for President George W Bush Music City Roots Nashville Tn Merlefest Willkeboro NC With Tony Rice Grand Ol Opry Tv Segment with Charlie Daniels Spirit of the Swannee Grass Roots festival with Travis Tritt Crook and Chase Syndicated Tv show with Ricky Skaggs USO tour Bosnia with Ricky Skaggs Bluegrass Germany Guitar Instructor Munich Gr Nominated for a grammy on Jim Van Cleve solo cd No Apologies Won 3 IBMA Awards Emerging Artist of the year 1993 Recorded Event of the Year 1996 Recorded Event of the year 2006 From Mocksville, North Carolina (near Winston-Salem). First public performance: at the Snuffy Jenkins Festival with a band called The Carolina Bluegrass Band 1991, moved to Japan and worked there as a musician, playing everything from jazz to bluegrass. 1992-1994, joined Lou Reid, Terry Baucom and Carolina as guitarist. 1994-1996, took a two-year hiatus from touring. 1995, played guitar on "Bluegrass '95" CD which won IBMA award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" in 1996. 1996-98, worked with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. 1999, worked with the Gena Britt Band. 2000, worked with the Schankman Twins. 2003, joined Mountain Heart. 2005, released solo project "Mountain Tradition." 2007, left Mountain Heart to pursue solo projects, but rejoined the band 16 months later (December 2009)