Jonathan Clay is an American singer-songwriter from

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signed Clay to a development deal in 2007. In June 2007 Clay released his second album ''Back to Good''.

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music supervisors found his work on MySpace.

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used Clay's "After All" in '' Lincoln Heights'' in 2008.

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and True Anthem sponsored Clay's give away of 140,000 downloads of ''Acoustic Sessions'' in 2008. In 2010 Clay recorded ''Everything She Wants'' with producer

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. "Gypsy Woman", a cut from that album, was used in the U.S. television series ''

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'' in 2011. In late 2010 Clay formed a new band called Jamestown Revival. The duo teamed Clay with his childhood friend Zach Chance and within six months of forming the band the duo were featured in ''

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'' magazine for the Cover of the Rolling Stone contest. "Heart on Fire", a song featuring Clay's vocals, was featured in the 2012 comedy ''

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'' starring Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Ashley Greene, Adam Sevani, and Douglas Booth. Clay sang three additional songs for the film.

Discography

Albums

*2006 ''Whole New Me'' *2007 ''Back to Good'' *2010 ''Everything She Wants''

Jamestown Revival

* ''Knives and Pipes'' (EP, 2011) * ''The California EP'' (EP, 2013) * ''Utah. A Collection Of Recorded Moments From The Wasatch Mountains'' (2014) * ''The Education of a Wandering Man'' (2016) * ''Live from Largo at The Coronet Theatre'' (live album , 2018) * ''San Isabel'' (2019) * ''A Field Guide to Loneliness'' (EP, 2020) * ''Fireside with Louis L'Amour. A Collection of Songs Inspired by Tales from the American West'' (EP, 2021)

Other

*2008 Love at War (single!) *2008 This Ones for Me (single and video) *winner MTVu Freshman Video *2009 Acoustic Sessions (EP) *2012 Heart on Fire (Single, from ''

'' (2012) soundtrack)

References

External links

Jonathan Clay at AllMusic

Official Website

Jamestown Revival
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