Vikki Clayton

" At heart I'm a folk rocker " 

In the early 80'S the fun began. Invited to sing with Ragged Heroes , a cult Folk Rock band,. Vikki  thrived. "Id found my forte . I'd always kicked around with rock bands and played in folk clubs but here was a chance to combine my two favourite musical loves." "Ragged Heroes Annual" was released to much acclaim and notice was taken of Vikki's  lovely voice. They were invited to perform at one of the early Cropredy Festivals in 1984 and gigs started to  escalate. However the band drifted apart and eventually called it a day because " we were eight in number and our bar tab usually came to more than our fee" 

Then somebody sent Fairport Convention a copy of Vikki's album "Lost Lady Found". At the same time Jerry Donahue heard Vikki sing and was moved to tears because she sounded so much  like Sandy Denny. What became of these two events was a long period of appearing with Fairport Convention, fronting the newly formed Fotheringhay  – amusingly known as "The Nerve"  and forming her own band  featuring stellar performers Clive Bunker, Fred T Baker and Chris Conway.  

So six solo albums later and  many appearances on  other recordings Vikki is proud to release "Messenger" . 

"Vikki is one of this country's finest interpreters of Traditional and Contemporary song, having a very pure voice and formidable guitar technique". Gordon Giltrap

Vikki's solo career started at New Day Records with 

Honor Tokened, and her subsequent work included Lost Lady Found (which included her first recording of a Sandy Denny song); She recorded Sanders, Baker & Clayton Carried Away, In Flight and Looking At The Stars. Clayton has also worked with Gordon Giltrap and Tony Moore on Midsummer Cushion, an album of Georgian poet John Clare's work set to her music. On Movers And Shakers, she played and sang alongside Gerry Conway, Ric Sanders, John Kirkpatrick, and Jethro Tull's Martin Barre, and she has toured with the Vikki Clayton Band, which includes Jethro Tull co-founder Clive Bunker on the drums.