Clay Bartlett has been a longtime fixture in the Northwest music scene and has recorded with The Supersuckers (Must’ve Been Live), Gerald Collier (Low Tar Taste) and his former band The Cheap Ones (Leaving Lake City). Through his musical adventures, Clay has shared the stage with artists as diverse as Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Pete Droge (The Thorns) and Willie Nelson.
Musician extrordinaire Allen Terhune (Terhune, Gerald Collier, and The Supersuckers Country Tour 1999) adds a haunting beauty with accordion, lap steel and resonator guitars. Chris Cline (The Cheap Ones & Evangeline) lends his tasteful electric guitar. Kevin Warner (Evangeline and Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter) and Scott Summers (Lazy Susan, Kim Virant and Evangeline) on drum and bass, respectively, hold down the rhythm.
“...Fixin’ To Break Down is bubbling with urgency and doused with the knowledge of an artist who has done his songwriting homework.†No Depression ..51 May-June 2004
“Without a doubt, one of the best albums I’ve come across in a long time.†(5 stars out of 5) www.rootsmusicreport.com
“ Clay is an excellent multi-instrumentalist and a no bull-shit writer. This cd is the ultimate soundtrack for drivin’ off into the distance or drainin’ the bottle all by yerself (sic).†Vigilance, Vol. 4, Issue 6, March 2004
“I do prefer quality over quantity, and there is quality here. . .†www.freighttrainboogie.com
