21 Facts About Clay Walker

Clay Walker stayed with the label until its 2001 closure, later recording for Warner Bros.

Clay Walker has released a total of eleven studio albums, including a greatest hits package and an album of Christmas music.

The oldest of five children, Clay Walker lived in Vidor with his mother and stepfather.

Clay Walker released his self-titled debut album in 1993 under Stroud's production.

Clay Walker was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies.

Larry Powell of Allmusic gave the album a four-and-a-half star rating, saying that Clay Walker had a "high-energy" voice reminiscent of Conway Twitty.

Late in 1995, Clay Walker released his third studio album, titled Hypnotize the Moon.

Clay Walker subsequently began changing his diet and treating the disease with a daily injection of Copaxone, sending his MS into an arrested state.

Clay Walker then released his fourth album, 1997's Rumor Has It, which he co-produced with Stroud.

Thom Owens of Allmusic thought that it was formulaic, but said that Clay Walker was "able to make even mediocre material sound good", rating it three stars out of five.

Also in 1998, Clay Walker performed a sold-out show at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

In late 2000, Clay Walker recorded two tracks on Believe: A Christmas Collection, a multi-artist Christmas music album released by Giant.

Clay Walker released his twenty-third single, "Say No More", for Giant in early 2001.

Clay Walker co-produced the album with veteran producers Byron Gallimore and Blake Mevis, and session guitarist Brent Mason.

In 2002, Clay Walker wrote and recorded a song for the National Football League's expansion team, the Houston Texans.

The third and final single was the number 31 "Jesus Was a Country Boy", which Clay Walker wrote with Rivers Rutherford.

Clay Walker was signed his third record deal in July 2005, this time with the Asylum-Curb division of Curb Records.

In 2014, Curb issued a compilation titled The Best of Clay Walker, which included singles from Fall and She Won't Be Lonely Long, along with re-recordings of songs from when he was on Giant.

In November 2015, Clay Walker released a new single entitled "Right Now".

Clay Walker married model Jessica Craig on September 28,2007 and had five more children with her: a son named William Clayton, born August 5,2008; a daughter named Mary Elizabeth, born December 27,2009; and two more sons Elijah Craig and Ezra Stephen, born November 4,2017.

Clay Walker has participated in several forms of charity to help raise awareness of multiple sclerosis following his diagnosis in 1996, including his own non-profit charity, Band Against MS, which he founded in 2003.