LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 25, 2019…MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MERRY CLAYTON. TODAY SHE TURNS 71. MERRY CLAYTON HAS PROVIDED BACKGROUND VOCAL TRACKS FOR NUMEROUS ARTISTS OVER HER CAREER. HER MOST NOTABLE WAS HER DUET WITH MICK JAGGER ON ‘GIMME SHELTER’. HER ROLE AS BACKGROUND SINGER IS FEATURED IN THE DOCUMENTARY ‘20 FEET FROM STARDOM’
HERE’S MERRY AND MICK JAGGER TELLING HER STORY
ANOTHER NOTABLE SONG THAT MERRY SANG ON WAS LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S ‘SWEET HOME ALABAMA’. HERE’S HER TAKE ON SUPPLYING VOCALS ON THIS CLASSIC SONG
CONVERSELY SHE ALSO COVERED NEIL YOUNG’S SOUTHERN MAN
