Clay has been a professional writer since 1984, specializing in music, sports, arts and pop culture. He has worked as a music critic, section editor and blogger for various alternative newsweeklies, including Dallas Observer, Houston Press and Phoenix New Times. Additionally, he was a professional copy editor for five years and a full-time dad for 10. Awards include two first-place and two seconds in the annual Arizona Press Club competition. Clay lives with his wife and two children in Phoenix and is currently working on a book about growing up in Texas in the 1960s.
Freelance articles published by PHOENIX Magazine, Austin Chronicle, Billboard, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Scottsdale Progress and others
Interviews with John Cusack, Martin Sheen, Ben Kingsley, Sir Richard Attenborough, Penelope Spheeris, Bob Guccione Jr. (SPIN), Tony Mandarich, Charli Turner Thorne, Olympian Taylor Ruck, Dave Hickey, Trisha Brown, Orli Shaham, Steve Earle, Angela Strehli, Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Louis Perez (Los Lobos), Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), Tommy Allsup (Buddy Holly’s Crickets), Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Robert Earl Keen, Huey Lewis, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Andrew Eldritch (Sisters of Mercy), Cris Kirkwood (Meat Puppets), Glenn Mercer (The Feelies), Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff) and many more