Longtime background vocalist, conga player, and
percussionist for Little Feat and Jimmy
Buffett
.He was playing
with Delaney & Bonnie when bandmate Kenny Gradney introduced him to
Little Feat.Clayton appeared
on their 1973 release Dixie Chicken.He graduated from background vocals
to lead vocals on "Feel the Groove" on the 1979 LP Down on the Farm.Around the turn of the decade, the
band split and eventually got back together in 1988.In the meantime, Sam had been
touring extensively with Jimmy
Buffett
and appeared on five of his
albums:One Particular Harbour, Riddles
in the Sand, Last Mango in Paris,
Floridays and Boats, Beaches
Bars & Ballads.He has
done session work with Duane Allman, Willie Hutch, New Grass
Revival, Robert Palmer, Bonnie Raitt, Linda
Ronstadt, Bob
Seger
, and Travis
Tritt.In 2006, he appeared at
the New Orleans Jazz Festival.If you would like to see him in action, he appears on the 2003 concert
video Little Feat:Highwire Act Live in St. Louis.
