Music Biography cont'd

Having recorded the Sandy album and the musical mayhem of the trio, I was very keen to embark on a new recording that would feature more of the songs that I had written and so Movers and Shakers was born. The title track is a wonderful poem written by Arthur O'Shaughnessey and for me has become something of an anthem.

This album is made up mostly of my own songs plus two from my gifted friend Chris Conway and a couple of traditional songs that I love. On the recording you can hear the fine musicianship of Fred T. Baker, Martin Barre, Chris Conway, Gerry Conway, Robert Foster (who produced the album), Liam Genochey, John Giblin, John Kirkpatrick, Ian Leese, and Xu Pin Xin. The album received great reviews and acclaim and I confess, I was delighted. I wanted to develop my song writing and the response to Movers seemed to herald a green light for me.

Walls I have known

After recording Movers I formed a band to tour and promote the album. Obviously, Fred T. Baker on bass, with Chris Conway on keyboards (and everything else that kept still long enough to be played), Rob Foster on guitar and Clive Bunker on drums. My friend Birgit Schelhorn, from Germany would join us for vocals whenever she was in the country.

There is a wonderful video of the band imaginatively entitled The Vikki Clayton Band available which captures the excitement and musical fun that we have on stage.
It's a great band and I love them all dearly.

Ian Leese, Robert Foster and Vikki
recording in Lincolnshire

I now have a new album called Looking at the Stars. Of course I will always sing folk songs, they were my first love and the songs of Lincolnshire are very dear to my heart, and I will continue to sing Sandy's songs, they are a joy to perform but I've always known that there are many songs in me yet to be written and so this might be the path I'll be taking for a while.

The Banned (sic) and the sound man

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