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Doctor Turned Country Singer! Ep. 104 : Clifton Bryan


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Super excited to announce new guest, Clifton Bryan, to The Story!

Clifton Bryan is originally from central Florida. He grew up on the redneck side of town. Country music was always playing in his house growing up. Everyone always said he was the entertainer of the family. Clifton started playing the guitar around 19yrs old. He had just gotten out of the Army and was living with his uncle who taught him how to do some finger picking in his spare time. At 20yrs old, Clifton was living in LA with 6 other people in a 2-bedroom flat, working at a local gym, trying to become an actor on the big screen. Music wasn’t on his radar until he came across a guitar which he bought from a pawn shop in the Los Angeles valley in 1998 for a hundred bucks. By the end of the first week and three chords later Clifton wrote his first song! Clifton then went on to learn how to play and sing better, taking advice from lots of talented people over the years. He went through my early 20’s learning all the songs I grew up listening to and trying to find myself as a musician.

Clifton has been playing out locally for the last 1.5yrs and professionally for almost a year now. He still can’t believe that he gets paid to play music and not just any music, but his own original brand of music. The support has been unimaginable.

In the last year Clifton has brought some real country music to the local scene. It all started out with an open mic one night a week, then 2 nights a week. It didn't take long, and he was opening for Ryan Allen, Whiskey on the Rocks, Garrett Shultz, Ben Garner, Tyler Short, Ty March, Phillip Good and No Reply. Clifton has headlined at McCleary's, Burning Bridge Tavern, The Floating Squirrel, Harvest and Columbia Kettleworks 2nd Gear multiple times. He's played at the Tin Roof in Nashville over the summer. He is in the studio recording his 1st single "Belt Buckle Billy" and will be shooting the music video at the Burning Bridge Tavern very soon.

Currently, Clifton hosts his own open mic night and karaoke night at two separate venues.

Be sure to check out Clifton and his projects here:

Facebook/Insta: @CliftonBryanCountry

Website: CliftonBryanCountry.com

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The StoryBy Cory Rosen