Clay Potts was born to entertain and in many circles he's considered the BEST in the business.
His first gig was at age 13. Initially attracted to the roots-rock sound of Elvis Presley and Little Richard, Potts soon discovered the electrified big-city blues music indigenous to New York.
Not content with viewing the scene from the audience, Potts was known to leap onto the stage, asking if he could sit in as he simultaneously sang harmony with the greats.
Potts was quickly accepted in the city, as much for his ability as for the audiences' appreciation of the novelty of seeing a young white singer in a part of town where few whites were seen.
In addition to playing with the established stars of the day, Potts began to search out older, forgotten bluesmen, playing and recording with Charley Schmeyer, Yank Durham, Little Onion Jackson and Big Boy Lenclad, among others. Potts vocal work as a backup singer caught the ear of legendary PKY producer and talent scout Dickie Lyle., who flew to New York and immediately signed him to a recording contract. Unfortunately PKY was sold to Columbia and Potts opted out of the deal.
In 1978 he was in St. Louis, where he met record producer Mordechai Brown who signed him to a contract with Pigeon Records. He stayed with Pigeon for 7 years, recording such blues hits as "Baby, Please Get Out of My Life" and "Crawlin' Thru The Mud To You".
Potts remained a noted blues artist thru the 1990s, with his stylish vocals becoming popular with folk-blues fans. In 2001 he gave up the blues for a more Cabaret style of music. He became a regular on the concert and coffeehouse circuits, touring Europe and Japan.

Still a young man he continues to thrill audiences. Creating joy through his music is what he lives for!

-L. Louis Lyman

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Blindsided Blues	Blues	Nov 17, 2007	777
Vitamins & Booze Blues Part 1	Blues	Nov 22, 2007	616
Rosalinda's Eyes	Latin	Jan 7, 2008	783
Drown In My Own Tears	R&B	Jan 8, 2008	514
Younger Woman Blues	Blues	Jan 29, 2008	472
Michael Bloomfield Blues Part 2	Blues	Mar 17, 2008	547
(Too White To Sing) The Black Man Song	Blues	Jun 2, 2008	759
Soft Blues	Blues	Jul 19, 2008	791
Your Stinkin' Cheatin' Heart	Country	Nov 12, 2008	456
Many Rivers To Cross	Ska/Reggae/Dub	Dec 7, 2008	523
The Sugar Shack w/ Leon	House	Dec 17, 2008	413
The Harder They Come	Ska/Reggae/Dub	Jan 4, 2009	434
Summer Rain	Rock	Jan 10, 2009	461
Alright, Okay, You Win	Pop	Jan 21, 2009	464
Somewhere Down the Crazy River	Alternative	Jan 25, 2009	521
Pretzel Logic	Jazz	Jan 27, 2009	439
You Cheated ..You Lied	Other	Jan 28, 2009	523
Seventh Son	Dance	Jan 30, 2009	411
Never Find Another You	Folk	Jan 31, 2009	447
Lonely Avenue	Blues	Feb 1, 2009	374
Mess of the Blues	Blues	Feb 1, 2009	378
Old Violin	Country	Feb 2, 2009	511
The Day My Woman Died	Blues	Feb 4, 2009	482
"Josie" with the Hooligans	Jazz	Feb 6, 2009	547
James Brown "Channeled Me" w / Leon	Funk	Feb 6, 2009	364
"Clay's Gossipy Talkin' Blues" aka "Lovers on Site"	Blues	Feb 8, 2009	555
Count on Me	Rock	Feb 10, 2009	386
"Beale Street Battle & Rattle Blues"	Blues	Feb 16, 2009	533
Workin' at the Carwash Blues	Blues	Feb 18, 2009	387
Hello in There - Prine	Folk	Feb 19, 2009	388
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson	Blues	Feb 21, 2009	440
I Was Just Thinking w / Rosalinda	Pop	Feb 23, 2009	466
Innerself - with lyrics	Jazz	Feb 28, 2009	404
If	Pop	Mar 1, 2009	343
Doo Wop Highway Marker 1	World	Mar 3, 2009	351
Walkin' By Myself	Blues	Mar 3, 2009	410
A Bluesman's Blues	Blues	Mar 8, 2009	371
I've Got The World On a String - A Cappella	A Cappella	Mar 8, 2009	504
A Bluesman's Blues - with Krille - oops!	Blues	Mar 9, 2009	388
She Says Good-Bye	World	Mar 14, 2009	571
Tramp !!! with Bethel Vermin	R&B	Mar 17, 2009	657
Sunshine Superman w/ LittleHooligan	Rock	Mar 28, 2009	413
Satisfy Me One More Time	Jazz	Mar 31, 2009	570
The Singer In My Mind	Ambient	Apr 26, 2009	614
Satisfy My Love w/ yosL	Electronica	Apr 27, 2009	409
Like A Sad Song w/ Boogiecats	World	May 2, 2009	513
Big Hole In My Shoe - Abstract Blues	Blues	May 9, 2009	563
I Can't Stand It When You're Looking At Me	Punk	May 12, 2009	496
Double-Crossed	R&B	May 15, 2009	780
The Ball Within The Gag	R&B	May 23, 2009	886
Valentine	R&B	May 30, 2009	446
Blessed Grind	Blues	Jun 2, 2009	397
Midnight Confessions - Strip Baby Strip	Music Videos	Jun 3, 2009	871
I Have Dreamed - a dream "filmfilled"	Music Videos	Jun 4, 2009	565
But He Was Cool (or he even stopped for green lights)	World	Jun 5, 2009	744
Madre Sierra	Rock	Jun 7, 2009	360
Upstanding Man	Rock	Jun 10, 2009	510
Spit it Out...Spit it Out	Rock	Jun 11, 2009	490
BLOOD - (Art Neuro remix)	Rock	Jun 12, 2009	567
Didn't See It Coming with The Hooligans	Rock	Jun 14, 2009	1019
A Night In The Box	Blues	Jul 5, 2009	362
Soul In My Heart	Rock	Jul 9, 2009	253
Poison Ivy	Rock	Jul 11, 2009	403
Peggy Sue (should be ashamed of herself)	Music Videos	Jul 20, 2009	479
One Hell of a Woman	Pop	Jul 21, 2009	1131
The ClayPotters - claypotts tribute band	Music Videos	Jul 21, 2009	388
Just Like Always Blues w/ Krille	Blues	Jul 22, 2009	401
Let Me Show You How ( with Krille )	Rock	Aug 1, 2009	329
What's Your 20 Dear Lord?	Blues	Aug 5, 2009	426
Timrek the Gorf - Broadway is my Bitch	Music Videos	Aug 5, 2009	605
BLuEs RIVER	Blues	Aug 7, 2009	372
Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall	Pop	Aug 8, 2009	366
Shake - Rattle - Roll (BJT tribute)	R&B	Aug 16, 2009	305
Disjointed Thoughts On Rough Terrain	Blues	Aug 17, 2009	267
Icicles In My Pocket	World	Aug 20, 2009	294
I Settled For A Monster	Blues	Aug 23, 2009	476
Same Dream Every Night	World	Sep 2, 2009	638
Blindside Came the Bombshell	Funk	Sep 12, 2009	481
Just Shy of Fifteen Years	Other	Sep 14, 2009	429
Candy Apple Red	Rock	Sep 22, 2009	521
Nothing Is My Middle Name ~ collab with us?	Other	Oct 5, 2009	318
The Girl I'm Near - a video	Music Videos	Oct 11, 2009	396
Girth of the Sea	Music Videos	Oct 15, 2009	470
It's Still Here with The Boogiecat!	Blues	Oct 16, 2009	273
(If UR Great Then) Bury Me Now	Metal	Oct 16, 2009	423
Two Halves Are Better Than One - video	Music Videos	Oct 18, 2009	406
Dance Randolf Dance! - un hommage de l'amour	Music Videos	Oct 21, 2009	718
The SENSIBLE One	Blues	Oct 22, 2009	433
Your Address is in the Graveyard - a love story	Alternative	Oct 25, 2009	364
My Baby Is An ADDICT	Music Videos	Oct 26, 2009	435
Manuelita, Crawl Back In Your Hole	Rock	Oct 27, 2009	351
Jim and Manuelita - Loving & Needing	Music Videos	Oct 28, 2009	412
Things Have Changed Around Here	Blues	Oct 30, 2009	432
"Learn To Scat" with Bubblemouth (limited)	Jazz	Oct 31, 2009	566
Evolution of a Song - "You Don't Know How To Love Me"	R&B	Nov 2, 2009	422
My Little White Doll Named Vee	Funk	Nov 2, 2009	441
~~ I've Lost You ... I've Found You ~~ a film	Music Videos	Nov 4, 2009	394
- JUNK IN TOWN -	Funk	Nov 5, 2009	421
This Old House (is a pain in the ...)	Music Videos	Nov 7, 2009	408
Freedom ( Clay & j0j0 )	Folk	Nov 7, 2009	437
My...Sammy Davis Jr. - a tribute in audio & video	Music Videos	Nov 8, 2009	505
In The Eye Of The Beholder * a fantasy *	Music Videos	Nov 9, 2009	406
WINTER GIRLS	Rock	Nov 11, 2009	464
Miranda's Rights (My Nose is Bleeding 4 U Baby)	R&B	Nov 14, 2009	483
WHISKY A GO GO	Rock	Nov 16, 2009	395
That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Other	Nov 18, 2009	305
Lovin' From The Oven	Music Videos	Nov 19, 2009	384
An Age of RAGE!	Music Videos	Nov 21, 2009	442
That Old Feeling - Duet	Pop	Nov 21, 2009	352
But Not For Long	Alternative	Nov 22, 2009	251
Count On Me - The Movie	Music Videos	Nov 23, 2009	381
The Florida Fat Man	Blues	Nov 24, 2009	400
Self Destructive Human Engineering	Alternative	Nov 27, 2009	333
VALENTINE - feathered whispers on her hair ** the film**	Music Videos	Nov 30, 2009	566
Dreams Of The Past Right Behind You **film**	Music Videos	Dec 5, 2009	415
T H R A S H	Alternative	Dec 8, 2009	340
Been Down So Long	Blues	Dec 13, 2009	360
L I F E	Inspirational	Dec 23, 2009	310
Drowning In The Sea of Love	R&B	Jan 4, 2010	315
Bridge Over Troubled Water	Inspirational	Jan 8, 2010	328
That's Exactly What I Meant	Rock	Jan 14, 2010	217
That's Exactly What I Meant - Alternate Mix	Rock	Jan 15, 2010	323
Here We Go Again ( with that Hooligan gal )	R&B	Jan 15, 2010	303
I Used To Be A Brooklyn Dodger	Other	Jan 15, 2010	258
She Just Stayed Inside Herself	Rock	Feb 6, 2010	330
Jerk Boss Blues	Blues	Feb 17, 2010	351
Devilish Eyes & Trembling Thighs	R&B	Feb 18, 2010	299
Let Me Take You In My Arms Again	Pop	Feb 20, 2010	256
Jonestown Kool-Aid	Rock	Feb 28, 2010	412
THIS SITE ( my iCompositions Anthem )	Other	Mar 4, 2010	244
Cindy Cindy	Rock	Mar 8, 2010	338
Friends - A Celebration	World	Mar 16, 2010	242
Falling in Love with Love	Jazz	Mar 18, 2010	325
This Old House	Rock	Mar 21, 2010	241
The Changeling	Rock	Mar 23, 2010	380
WANTED MAN	Country	Apr 4, 2010	211
(It Weighs) Heavy On My Mind	Alternative	Apr 5, 2010	320
TRADEMARK	Country	Apr 17, 2010	240
The Big Ten Inch Movie	Music Videos	Apr 20, 2010	350
Just Won't Burn	Blues	Apr 24, 2010	276
She's a Woman - redux	Rock	May 22, 2010	208
Drip Drop	Rock	Jun 9, 2010	185
Showdown At Big Sky	Alternative	Jun 17, 2010	227
I Can't Even Find My Soul - American Jangle	Rock	Jun 22, 2010	281
Just Shy Of Fifteen Years (the demo)	Other	Jun 28, 2010	249
For Geo	World	Jun 29, 2010	274
Slashed Face in Delicate Lace	Rock	Jul 7, 2010	262
Lord, Lord, Lord, Give Me A Break ~~Sloparts Cover	Rock	Jul 9, 2010	271
NOT this TIME	Blues	Jul 12, 2010	309
Each Step	World	Jul 24, 2010	184
Choice For A Lifetime	Rock	Jul 27, 2010	188

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Instant Karma (w/ClayPotts)	Rock	Feb 16, 2009	571
Angie (w/ClayPotts)	Rock	Feb 22, 2009	524
Waiting For You (w/Clay Potts)	Jazz	Mar 5, 2009	511
Slowly (w/ Clay Potts)	Jazz	Mar 15, 2009	445
Right About Now (that's right, COUNTRY!) with ClayPotts	Country	Mar 29, 2009	692
When You Sing With Me	Dance	Apr 16, 2009	1005
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town w/Clay Potts	Country	Apr 17, 2009	539
Vitamins & Booze Blues Part 1 [Clay Potts]	Music Videos	Apr 17, 2009	915
A Hymn to Him	Other	May 12, 2009	338
Belladonna	Blues	May 13, 2009	736
Why can't the English	Other	May 17, 2009	552
JamesJoyride Comes Clean - I am ME	Music Videos	Jun 18, 2009	602
This Guy's In Love With You! (Clay & Geo)	Pop	Jun 20, 2009	493
Give Me Something New	Rock	Jun 23, 2009	413
Rekindled Love	R&B	Jun 24, 2009	517
Rare treat, behind the scenes footage!	Music Videos	Jul 8, 2009	710
I wanna be a producer	Other	Aug 3, 2009	353
Busted Buddy Blues	Blues	Aug 5, 2009	539
nuthin is my middle name (telecaster29 mix)	Alternative	Oct 10, 2009	432
The Icomps Flag is in TROUBLE PLEASE listen	Music Videos	Oct 19, 2009	685
Up Where We Belong	Pop	Nov 24, 2009	507
The Saga Begins (American Pie cover)	Comedy	Dec 4, 2009	539
White Bird (w/Mori & Clay)	Folk	Dec 31, 2009	533
To Be With You/ With ClayPotts	Other	Jan 3, 2010	389
Sit on my Face (and tell me that you love me)	Comedy	Jan 5, 2010	641
CARAVAN OF DESPAIR	World	Jan 8, 2010	295
We are The World featuring some of icomps finest	Pop	Jan 27, 2010	1142
Do It For Love	Other	Feb 22, 2010	287
I'm Nearly There!	R&B	Mar 3, 2010	501
Right O (the collab)	Rock	Mar 9, 2010	275
Karaoke Kumquats feat ClayPotts	Other	Mar 30, 2010	709
What Goes Around Comes Around	Alternative	Apr 8, 2010	389
Rockabye Baby Blues	Blues	Apr 12, 2010	632
What the hell was that....Part 1	Spoken Word	May 3, 2010	281
Heaven Knows	Dance	May 15, 2010	424
Too White To Sing The Black Man's Song	Blues	May 20, 2010	172
It's Worth What For	Alternative	Jun 17, 2010	234
Restless Wind	Folk	Jun 24, 2010	485

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
i suck	rinca [+1]	Hip Hop/Rap	2509
It Falls Down (If Your Lucky!)	Djev_Asnew [+1]	Electronica	1366
I've got love for you	rinca [+3]	Pop	2393
Farewell Old Familiar	maestrodog	Other	357
Gonna Be Me	maestrodog	Blues	434
The Old Rugged Cross	WoHC	Spiritual/Gospel	366
Drummer´s Drums	nemo66	Electronica	1033
The End Is Black	Djev_Asnew	Pop	998
Jasmine	RedthruNthru	Rock	1006
Dear Eyes	pharmakeus	Folk	1348
Let The Birds Fly Out	jkane [+1]	Alternative	1428
Escape	Djev_Asnew	Electronica	1193
Lionheart	RedthruNthru	Folk	710
We Can Fly	amateurpro [+1]	Inspirational	1636
Drunkard's Pride	pharmakeus	Folk	1273
Black Car [Live]	artneuro [+2]	Rock	837
It's Too Late (Beatles Pastiche)	Beatle128	Pop	507
Barack O'Clock	Naaji	Dance	507
Everytime I Try to Get Close to You	pharmakeus [+2]	Blues	1372
Papa, Can You Hear Me	Keedee	Other	864
Like A Star	Keedee	R&B	968
We Gave It A Try	RubyDubidoux [+1]	Jazz	931
Who Gave the Waves to the Sea?	pete [+1]	Rock	756
You Are Here (Music for Max)	Trilobite2	Inspirational	619
Perfectly Perfect	RubyDubidoux	Other	1017
Longing...	grathy [+1]	Other	623
Torture Chamber of My Heart (revised) (Beatles Pastiche)	Beatle128	Pop	539
Time Goes By (Beatles Pastiche)	Beatle128	Pop	610
ALL IN..........	Soundhound [+1]	Blues	934
What Can I Do	hiphopmoses	R&B	585
After every storm	davidmottram2009	Other	376
Stop War - Plague	dirigent	Ambient	1171
The miracle of life	davidmottram2009	Spiritual/Gospel	441
Chitlins Con Carne	olympus	Jazz	369
Crop Circles of the Aphane Moon	pharmakeus	Rock	514
Screw You	Dylan [+2]	Rock	1100
Orange And Purple Sunsets (Revised) (Beatles Pastiche)	Beatle128	Rock	718
DJ Pantaleone - Tracktor	djpantaleone	Electronica	385
Damn Your Eyes	RosaLinda	Jazz	427
Heather	mdestiny	Rock	306
Summertime	paulflute	A Cappella	328
To sea no more..	paulflute	Folk	349
Can we make it? (for JD)	rinca [+3]	R&B	789
Relax	LaFayette	Other	656
Daughters of Russia	pharmakeus	Rock	503
Psalm 146: Praise the Lord My Soul	GoofyDawg	Rock	1036
Will You?	Naaji	Alternative	491
Bolting Horses	MonikaThomas	Pop	1118
I Want to Funk You	Naaji	Funk	1142
unknown [69bpm]	randolf	Other	370