Clark "Cuz" Cotton - I am very excited about Caleb Riley including SkyLockr in a new music project for online showcases. I currently am retired as an entrepreneur as the Founder and Chairman Emeritus, but also live the dream of my own self titled global touring country music act. Additionally, from history I am a true 13th generation direct descendant grandson of Sir William Brewster - (shown below or to the right). Yes he was the puritan minister on the Mayflower on its voyage to Cape Cod Bay and settling on the Plymouth Rock area of Massachusetts.

 I guess in a way I'm a real American Pilgrim by blood, a generational grandson to Grandpa Brewster so to speak. I was born in the birthplace of rock and roll - Memphis, Tennessee, on Union Avenue at the Methodist Hospital, in the land of the delta blues, in the middle of the pouring rain - to an amazing 20 year old mother - Margee McAdoo, my Mama, who is the daughter of the late Frances McAdoo, a real estate developer and notable Miss Memphis of the 1935 contest.

 R. Clark McAdoo was my grandfather, a local silkscreen sign designer cartoonist who worked as an artist with Walt Disney, whom I was named after.  I always wondered exactly what the Pilgrims did for fun (other than hunting turkeys). Yes, my great great grand father Hiram Brewster, a railroad engineer, on the Alabama rail line was a direct descendant. His daughter Hazel Brewster married Joseph Mangan, my great grandmother and grandfather. Music a big part of that voyage, emerged as their form of karaoke, focusing on letting freedom reign and eventually "Walking in Memphis".

Mama, is also a great-grand niece to William Gibbs McAdoo, former Presidential candidate, active with the Federal Reserve, the league of nations, Wall Street financier, United States Secretary of the Treasury and he was also the President of The United States Railway. McAdoo was the first person to walk under the Hudson River into Manhattan from Jersey City as he was the builder and architect of the McAdoo tunnels, creating access into Manhattan island from Jersey City, NJ, now called The Path tunnel.

McAdoo was also a Professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, an Attorney partner with McAdoo, Cotton and Franklin (now Cahill and Associates in NY) and an original Founder, with Charlie Chaplin of the legendary United Artists Corporation in Los Angeles.

MGM/United Artists Records remained a big deal and has survived the storm of the music business to shine even further as a major player in music. The amazing story of McAdoo and his trials along each of his business ventures, his success from the Panic of 1908 and even as a corporate lawyer for the amazing creators of United Artists, further inspired me into to creating something big - a legacy.


Mom has many stories that have inspired me to become an artist, so she really kinda started our love of the music industry in an amazing way, in the summer of 1957 while spending every night at Graceland, - yes with mega superstar - the legend himself -Elvis Presley, he took her riding around Memphis, going to movies like "A Hat Full of Rain" at The Memphian Theatre (He rented it out so it would be private), playing bumper-cars at the Fairgrounds - Elvis' favorite game btw, pulling major all nighters, playing badminton in the north lawn of Graceland, playing cannonball while swimming in the pool, staying overnight at Graceland, getting crazy, staying up until the next day for breakfast, eating cantaloupe with vanilla ice-cream scooped into it, neatly making bowls out of the fruit shell cut, watching cartoons in the early morning, listening to Elvis play piano, having good clean fun 24/7 and learning exactly how Elvis uniquely managed his music catalog, exactly how he literally did everything to rehearse and how he placed his personal touch on the music - the many secrets I now have and my reason to jump in deep to this recording industry with confidence! 
Mom and Elvis 1957 
79 Mendenhall Rd
 East Memphis, Tennessee
Another music inspiring cousin is Sandy Posey, who backed up Percy Sledge on the song "When A Man Loves A Woman" assisted by Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead) a Billboard #1 hit, then Sandy signed her record deal with Warner Music Group to cut her own album, so when Sandy wasn't with her husband Billy and her daughter Amy in Memphis, riding in the new Ford 350 gold 12 passenger van parked outside of MiMi's (Mimi was the late Clara Cotton, my North Memphis grandmother on my father's side over on Avalon) she called the "Tour Bus", she was in between spots on "Hee-Haw" with the real country stars, the real Nashville - Dolly, Loretta The Jordinaires and the crew, that all became her best friends, she was either in Nashville working on her hit song "Single Girl" or driving on I-40 the "Music Highway" back to Memphis to work at American Sound Studios. Sandy was backing vocals on "The Wonder of You", "Suspicious Minds", "In the Ghetto", "Kentucky Rain" with Elvis, and Chip Momans in American Sound Studios on his comeback '68  album "Elvis - Back In Memphis", another great inspiration for me to see it first hand - on exactly how stars are reinvented.

What She Does

Clark Cotton - Lead Vocals

Germain Brunet - Words & Music

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What She Does -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->
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1985 Alabama A-Day Alumni Game

#74 -  Clark Cotton - Strong Tackle
1985 - University Of Alabama - Crimson Tide Varsity
Bryant Denny Stadium - April 1985
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Head Coach - W. Ray Perkins, OL Coach - Jim Fuller
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University of Alabama Varsity Football Crimson Tide -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->

My cousin Sandy Posey, who backed up Percy Sledge on the song "When A Man Loves A Woman" assisted by Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead) a Billboard #1 hit, then Sandy signed with Warner Music Group to cut her own album, so when Sandy wasn't with her husband Billy and her daughter Amy in Memphis, riding in the new Ford 350 gold 12 passenger van parked outside of MiMi's (Mimi was the late Clara Cotton, my North Memphis grandmother on my father's side over on Avalon) she called the "Tour Bus", she was in between spots on "Hee-Haw" with the real country stars, the real Nashville - Dolly, Loretta, The Jordinaires and the rest of the Nashville crew, that all became her best friends, she was either in Nashville working on her hit song "Single Girl" or driving on I-40 the "Music Highway" back to Memphis to work at American Sound Studios. Get the Alabama story in the VIP section and enjoy !

FALL

Clark Cotton - Lead Vocals

Germain Brunet - Words & Music 

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Fall -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->

Well of course all of this amazing musical history inspired Mom to instill a love for music in me, from since before I was born she knew this, and from there I guess I just humbled myself and took every bit of it in- and never, ever looked back. Included in this account of the Margee McAdoo legacy are the "Elvis Insider Stories" never told, also include the one's she will take to her grave, the one's Priscilla and Lisa Marie don't even know today - the one's my All Access VIP members will hear in exclusive interviews, and the other one's that I might just keep in the family and do the same by never letting them out, respecting Elvis for eternity. Long live the legacy of the King of it all, the birth of rock and roll music as we know it today, the mystery only a few living today know and understand about how he emerged as a superstar. From that point with Elvis, I reflect on my other cousins, that were inspired with Elvis and excelled highly in the music industry, from that same inspiration, including Sandy who sang back-up vocals with him. 

Sweet Home Alabama

 Clark Cotton - Lead Vocals
Todd Langdon- Lead Guitar. Kevin Kingree- Vocals
Precious Angel - Backing Vocals, Sticks MacKey - Percussion
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Cover of Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King, Gary Rossington 
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Sweet Home Alabama -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->

Then there are  other cousins that engineered some of their songs, like Jim "Cuz" Cotton, who also broke Billy Ray Cyrus on "Achy Breaky Heart", Shania Twain, Toby Keith, Sammy Hagar, KT Oslin, Glenn Cambell, Emmy Lou Harris, Montgomery Gentry, Kenny Chesney, Lionel Ritchie, and so many others that because of that dedicated work that he accomplished in Cotton Eyed Joe and Mercury Records - point being - it inspired me greatly. In fact both Cuz and Brenda have worked in and around other legendary studios like American Sound Studio in Memphis and historic Muscle Shoals Sound in Alabama, and because of that and their almost 80 million records sold further inspired me as the music industry would soon find its way home in 2011 and beyond, right here with me -in my heart, from family, and that they have paved the path before me, so after the finance Wall Street days are over, -that I now take my shot at glory. 

Kissing Kelly Quinn

Clark Cotton - Lead Vocals

Germain Brunet - Words & Music
 
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Kissing Kelly Quinn -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->

RockHouse Live family in Memphis, Zach Bair, Keith Blanchard, Jim Dandy and Samantha Seauphine (BOA) for your encouraging cheers at open mics, singing with me and the unfounded Garth Brooks comparison's - left me with no other choice but to keep going! Gail Shankle for all that you do -and have done over the years -my dear friend - thank you! Well from there I have to reflect on a brief time after highschool, as a freshman at New Jersey's own Rutgers University, where I held an almost straight A average, the decision was made to "walk on" at the University of Alabama Football, after being recruited by over 50 division 1 schools from West Morris Mendham High School, Cullman Central High School and Tennessee Military Academy. It was a call to the Rutgers dorm room from the former New York Giants Coach - Ray Perkins at the University of Alabama Crimson Tide to finally become Bama Bound! 

Sweet American Sunset

Clark Cotton - Lead Vocals

Germain Brunet - Words & Music

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Sweet American Sunset -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->

Currently I am retired now, just the Chairman Emeritus of a New Jersey based Pharmaceutical holding company, that is believed to still have its turn at changing the world with a few formulations and many other operational businesses,  a decision was made to focus on music only and move back to the legendary music town of Mendham, New Jersey. Mendham Township is the former home town of the late Whitney Houston and the current hometown of an emerging Billboard notable, Nashville's Katie Ruvane who I am a huge fan, Mendham was a perfect fit for me. Its been great to reconnect to old friends as well, coaches and musicians, who all of which - I love dearly, "Team Mendham" -The Black Horse Pub and world famous Catz & Dawgs cover band shows, as a special guest on "Sweet Home Alabama" cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd, who are now ironically and certainly- friends and friends of friends, so we now shall continue with this love of music together, special thanks to Dawn Swanger who has been there from the beginning, well after meeting William Albright (LS), Andy Dawson (ELH), John Henry Shultz (ZZ Top) and the one and only Marty Fab of The Babaloos, where Leon Wilkinson, Billy Powell of Skynyrd and Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers recorded in Marietta, GA the only album for the Bobaloos known. Marty, we will record soon with Omar, William, John and Andy and I thank you for the jam session where I actually played drums for 7  hours for you the first time I ever picked up the sticks! 

T For Texas

Clark Cotton - Lead Vocals

Jimmy Rodgers - Words & Music

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T For Texas -  After many consultations, the decision was made with Germain Brunet to cut many songs. An award winning songwriter out of Canada, it was easy to choose the songs that fit my personality and the ones I would enjoy recording. In August 18, 2016 the song came out on i-Tunes and all of the stores, but debuted at #1 on the i-Tunes - New Country Releases chart. I was so happy to see this, because it was my first and working with top songwriters was always a goal and Germain Brunet made it easy with his connections to create the professional studio quality tracks of his original songs for me to cut vocals at the studio of my choice. It further enhanced my excitement about technology in music. Collaboration on social media and learning about the copyrights I own on my vocal contributions to the track forged a future in recording that was previously completely unavailable to emerging artists of yesterday. The amazing story of what happened with the song "What She Does" to the right will always be a part of me for sure. Get Access Now by clicking on the # 1 picture right over here ->

This of course brings me to many thanks for the encouragement of my North Alabama family in The Shoals - Brenda Hawkins, a cousin by marriage, who I just connected to a few years ago, Ronda Towns who recorded with Cuz in Nashville, Chuck Ingram who actually was the original drummer for a now famous series of musicians, The Swampers and the late Brenda Aldridge that inspired me from a duet we sang - Marshall Tucker's "Cant You See" a benefit for the American Heart Association that gave that final kick in the pants to roll! Morris County New Jersey and its nearby shore, has been the music hub of New Jersey for decades. Many thanks to Tony Stone of TKA, Brook Penning on the "My Heart" release party in New York and Susquehanna Sound for the patch bay installed in Whitney Houston's home studio in the basement of her Oak Knoll mansion just up the hill from my studio here at the historic 278 year old Wellsweep House, that is my vocal rehearsal studio and blackbox livestream showcase room today. Its my music mancave and fortress of solitude.


Thank you all for your unbridled support and everything over the years, I am so thrilled and appreciative that YOU support my music, YOU attend my live shows, YOU order my merchandise, YOU engage with me on social media with likes, shares and live streams visits to online shows, and YOU really just make this whole life happen for me as a powerful inspiration and supporter each and everyday. I cant imagine what I would do without you, I have spent a lifetime reaching each of these dreams because of YOU - my loyal inspirational friends and family! These times with you, are far greater than the inspiration of being the son of a girl that spent her entire summer with Elvis Presley, me attending an Ivy League School (Rutgers -with an almost A average 3.761), me working for a multi billion dollar Wall Street investment bank, me ghost writing for The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, me having late night meetings at The White House with the Presidents advisers, me trying to be the nations largest mortgage lender, me being recruited by Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and transferring, making the historic varsity football team for The University of Alabama Crimson Tide as the #2 strong tackle in Spring of 1985, or even me signing a 5 song extended play promotional record deal with Viacom Media International, CMT, MTV and VH1 - and yes I have actually done all of that so - check! So now I focus on YOU, not on what Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant might have said to a recruit, but now, music industry veteran Coach Rick Barker says weekly to me - get the music right, create awareness, interest, desire & action - by creating a quality music catalog - engaged with an audience - YOU! Welcome to the new world, our journey not our destination!


Ronald Reagan holds the title of most admired global leader and for me becoming the 1988 Arkansas Chair of former White House Chief of Staff, Alexander Haig in his bid for the Presidential nomination to The United States of America, politics became a little more than a hobby. After the playing days were over in the mid 80's a decision was made to pursue finance and team up with another we wont mention cousin, who owned a little piece of a financial firm known as UMIC in Little Rock, Arkansas. I soon married in the mid 90's to an incredible woman who gave me 4 amazing boys and 4 wonderful girls that are truly my pride and joy - and I love all of you! The bid became overwhelming from there to 100% work in New York City on Wall Street at a primary investment bank, so as the turn of the decade went into the 90's and 2000's and beyond, I found an independent investment bank with $20 billion in capital - Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.  After achieving the pier voted title of "Doctor" of securitization, opening institutional accounts, including The United States Department of Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs, meetings with Lewis Raneri, the father of securitizaition, and having days where I made more money than I ever made in any year before that - yes in one day at Bear, the rest was history. Forming and owning a private mortgage banking company that was licensed in 42 of the 50 states, jet aircraft, loan sale advisory companies and focusing on alternative credit, that combo came to a halt in September of 2008 with the global financial crisis bringing the industry to a "no bid" end. A short time was spent in Washington, DC from there writing behind the scenes for the lawyers of The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - a few "source and use documents" for possible public private use cases for the taxpayer funded bailout - Troubled Asset Relief Fund and The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 that lead to the ultimate funding of over $30 billion dollars to community banks by mid 2009. Thank you Stan Middleman and Lee Farkus who believed in me from day one.
Tired of it all, I got a call to help a local singer/songwriter demo release a few of his original tunes and it was perfect timing as the song "Dysfunctional Family" brought the attention of Viacom Media International and its team signing me to a 5 song promotional contract with CMT. MTV and VH1 under their portal for emerging artists. Soon I would meet Germain Brunet, an award winning songwriter from Canada and "Clark Cotton the Artist" was born in 2011. Currently I'm in the MIB group in Nashville, being managed independently by industry veteran Rick Barker, who is the smartest music industry pro I know btw, its weekly not day to day management however - a plan is in the works to see where music can take us in 2020 and beyond. Nashville has become a travel spot frequently and may be a final home before its all said and done. I want to thank everyone who has streamed, downloaded my music and attended my live and online shows - you are my world now and forever! Rick Barker - thank you brother its been a great ride so far! As a technologist, founder and a modern country signed artist, being from a family with over 50 years in the music industry, tons of connections and people who truly believe - hey nobody's perfect and the stage is now set for forgiveness here on earth so be real, lets show the world how to rock this out in 2020 & beyond! - No man is an Island, I need you! 

Kindest personal regards, 

Clark





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