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Vikki was born in England in the 1950’s, and spent her early childhood absorbing the sounds of trad-jazz records, and later came to love the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. From her grandmother she learned folksongs and she later enjoyed the advantage of having an eccentric music teacher, who introduced her to Morris Dancing and other folk traditions such as the work of Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Delius. Vikki took up the guitar at age 12, and at the time her influences were decidedly. By the end of the 60’s, her family left London and moved to Lincolnshire and she began hanging around with other folk enthusiasts. After hearing the then-new Fairport Convention album Leige And Leif, she’d found a direction and, in Sandy Denny, a home-grown source of inspiration. Vikki joined a series of electric folk-rock bands, including Kelsay and the Ragged Heroes. She also became infatuated with the work and music of folksong arranger (and composer) Percy Grainger (1882-1961) during the 70’s. Possessed of a silvery-pure voice and exquisite musical sensibilities, it was inevitable that Clayton would take centre-stage as an artist. Her solo recording career  began with Honor Tokened, and her subsequent work included Lost Lady Found.In association with Fred A. Baker and Ric Sanders, she recorded Sanders, Baker & Clayton Carried Away, In Flight and Looking At The Stars. She has also worked with Gordon Giltrap and Tony Moore. On Movers And Shakers, she played and sang alongside Gerry Conway, Ric Sanders, John Kirkpatrick, and Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre, and she has toured with the Vikki Clayton Band, which includes Jethro Tull co-founder Clive Bunker on the drums. As of 2004, her most well-known recording is It Suits Me Well, an album of songs written by, arranged, or associated with her long-time idol Sandy Denny.

Support is from Local performer, and former collaborator of Vikki’s, Simon Loake.