Live Music: Cotton Clifton

Clifton’s childhood diet of classic country music evolved along with his skill, and as a teenager, Southern and classic rock gave way to metal before his songwriting abilities brought him full circle and he began to discover a songwriter’s voice that shared as much with Townes Van Zandt as it did with Ronnie Van Zant.

Originally from Lousiana, Cotton landed in Jackson, Tennesee where he became a mainstay on the local scene with his band The Pickers as well as lead guitarist and chief accomplice of alt-country provocateur The Kernal.