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His style has been described as in between and country. Clayton grew up in and began to play and at the age of 7. At 9 he received his first

After quitting the- he moved to Nashville in 1968 and began his career as a songwriter. His first success was the song "Ladies Love Outlaws" which became a Number 11 hit in - the by -1972. The country musicstyle - was derived from that song. In 1973 he released his first album simply titled Lee Clayton, with which, as Clayton would later say, he was very dissatisfied. In the following years he continued his songwriting. He wrote songs like "Lone Wolf" for - or "If You Could Touch Her at All" for - . In 1978 his second album, Border Affair, was released. It was critically acclaimed but became a flop at the charts. His most successful album was 1979's Naked Child. The songs' style was reminiscent of - and the single, "I Ride Alone", became very notable. In 1979, he went on a big world tour which became a huge success. In 1981 he released his last studio album, The Dream Goes On, which had a harder sound than his previouswork. After that hepublished twoautobiographical books and, in 1990, released a - entitled Another Nightwhich wasrecorded in Oslo. Also in 1990, an outlaw country supergroup comprising and Kris Kristofferson, had a minor hit with a song of his, "Silver Stallion", which had previously appeared on Border Affair. In 1994 he released the album Spirit of the twilight. also covered "Silver Stallion" on the popular 2008 cover album "Jukebox". Today Clayton's career has largely gone silent.