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Clayton Anderson Joins John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews,
Margo Price, Willie Nelson, Neil Young For Farm Aid 2023 Lineup
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“As an Indiana native, it means the world to be invited to play
this stage with some of my musical heroes…” — Clayton Anderson
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 24, 2023) — Indiana’s own Clayton Anderson has joined the star-studded Farm Aid 2023 lineup, following an invitation from his musical hero and fellow Indianan (and Farm Aid board member), John Mellencamp.
“I’ve dreamed of playing Farm Aid and have attended as a fan a few times,” says Anderson, whose latest album Made In The USA (Visionary Media Group), includes the tribute single to his home state, “Indiana.”
“I grew up in a family farming community. I spent a lot of my summers working on these farms, from putting up hay to milking cows. Nobody works harder than the American farmer. Unfortunately, I feel the farmer gets caught up in the politics and doesn’t always get the fair end of the stick. I’ve followed Farm Aid ever since I was a kid—John Mellencamp is the reason why. He’s my musical hero. He’s always fought for the family farmer. It gives me so much honor to be invited by him to perform this year, lending my voice to the fight to save and protect our family farms. It’s the right thing to do.”
Held at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, IN on Saturday, September 23, Farm Aid 2023 will reunite family farmers and musician activists, with performances by Farm Aid board members Mellencamp, Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, and Margo Price, as well as Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack, Lukas Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Allison Russell, The String Cheese Incident, and Particle Kid.
Farm Aid 2023 is currently sold out. Check the LiveNation website for any tickets that get released for sale leading up to the festival. The festival will stream live in HD at farmaid.org, starting at 11:30am EDT, and will also stream live on Farm Aid’s YouTube channel.
About Clayton Anderson:
A country singer-songwriter with a midwestern rock flair, Clayton Anderson grew up on the lakes of Southern Indiana — fishing, boating, and playing his guitar. As a student at Indiana University, he kicked off his music career, building a grassroots fan following playing local bars and parties. In 2008, he stepped onstage at Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star Battle in Cincinnati and walked off as the winner. He released his debut album, Torn Jeans & Tailgates, in 2011, followed by Right Where I Belong (2014) and Only to Borrow (2016). Pre-COVID, he toured nonstop, opening for Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Jimmy Buffett, Thomas Rhett, Lee Brice, and Carly Pearce. During the pandemic, Anderson got creative by partnering with the Bud Light Dive Bar Tour: Home Edition and launching socially-distanced “Lake Tour” concerts. 2021 saw the release of “Only Us,” one of his most-streamed songs to date.
Anderson kicked off 2022 by dropping two new tunes: “Nothin’ But Net," co-written with Christian Stalnecker (Kane Brown) and co-written/produced by Grammy-winning Dave Audé and as heard on ESPN for College Basketball Season, and “Get After It.” Co-written by Shane Stevens (“Fancy Like”) and produced by Nash Overstreet, the latter song celebrates hard work and getting the job done and can also be heard in a national Ford ad campaign. Now he’s gone back to his roots on the water, releasing fishing anthem “Show Me Your Fish,” also co-written by Christian Stalnecker and co-written/produced by Dave Audé. On August 12 (812 happens to be Southern Indiana’s area code) Anderson released “Indiana” in tribute to his home state. On September 16, he released his national debut album Made In The USA with a simultaneous release of a new music video to “Let Me Go” via a CMT World Premiere.
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