EDMONTON RADIO: Clayton in the driver’s seat
By Mike Ross
Originally Published: November 6, 2014
December 27, 2014
Clayton Bellamy says he feels weird when he hears his own song on the radio – especially when he’s the DJ on the air at the time.
Who would’ve guessed it would turn out to be CISN Country that takes one of the biggest risks in Edmonton radio history? They’ve put a recording artist with no broadcasting experience on the air in prime time drive time. It’s never been done in this market before.
Bellamy – one third of the Road Hammers, whose song I’ve Been Everywhere is currently on high rotation on CISN – has in the last two years taken to the 2-7 pm “Drive Home” slot like a duck to water. He’s not cruising solo. Bellamy’s on-air partner Chelsea Bird is a schooled broadcaster “who keeps me out of the ditches.”
He’s more like a black sheep.
“I’ve always been a little left of centre. They were taking a bit of a chance on me,” Bellamy admits in a recent interview at the CISN studios. Long-haired, leathered and be-chained like a rock musician, he makes Johnny Fever look like Les Nessman. He’s lived the part, too. In a life balanced between family and blue collar jobs and being a road musician from Bonnyville to Edmonton to Nashville and back again through all points between, Bellamy’s tastes run more to outlaw country music, to gritty songwriters, to real-life storytellers.
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This gig could have gone to a person who actually put in the time and hard work into becoming a great broadcaster, someone who went to school and dedicated time of study, someone who has been working their way up from small market radio to big market radio….not a washed up musician, their songs are only played on radio because it’s CANCON, he’s not even a country musician, he’s rock. Must be nice when your name is the reason you get jobs and not your talent