We've got some exciting news to announce --- Blake Bowen from Tullahoma, TN has joined County Clare as bassist.

Penni McDaniel of Hope River Entertainment is now on board with County Clare assisting with Media Relations.  We are so proud to be affiliated with such a great person in the bluegrass industry!!!

The second single from Shannon and Heather Slaughter & County Clare has been released.  If I Were a Carpenter has been released to radio and is available for download by radio stations.   

If you like the single, please contact your local dj and request it!!  Thanks so much for your support!!

We are proud to announce that Shannon has teamed with expert luthier Gary Cotten to endorse his guitars.  Shannon will be playing a Cotten Distressed Mahogany Guitar on the road in addition to his 1938 D-18.  Please feel free to check out Gary's site at www.garycotten.com 

"Gary builds an outstanding guitar... very balanced between volume and tone!  I absolutely LOVE playing this guitar!  ~~  Shannon Slaughter

Award winning songwriter Shannon Slaughter and his band, County Clare, features powerful singing and ultra-tight harmony; a band that focuses on innovative instrumentation and arrangements. yet possesses the ability and desire to pay homage to tradition.  Winner of the prestigious 2012 Chris Austin songwriting contest, (I've Hit Everything in My Life (But My Knees), Slaughter writes a dearth of the band's material.  He has penned numerous songs that have received industry recognition and have been recorded by The Lonesome River Band, Lou Reid and Carolina, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out, and Ernie Thacker.  One of Slaughter's original gospel compositions, It's So Hard to Stumble (When You're Down on Your Knees) was nominated for a DOVE Award in 2010.

County Clare mixes fresh, original material that is written primarily by Slaughter (winner of the prestigious 2012 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest) with time-honored traditional bluegrass and country favorites.  County Clare is comprised by an immensely talented core group of musicians and singers who believe in keeping a foot in the past and an eye on the future.  Members are --- Shannon Slaughter on guitar and vocals; his wife Heather Slaughter on mandolin and vocals; John Boulware on fiddle and vocals; Blake Bowen on bass and vocals; and Casey Murray on banjo.  They have recorded and performed with some of the best in the bluegrass business, calling as former employers the likes of the Lonesome River Band, The Country Gentlemen, Lou Reid and Carolina,  Larry Stephenson, and Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper.

County Clare promises a fresh, invigorating sound and playful banter between the husband and wife duo of Heather and Shannon.  This band loves to entertain and brings a complete show to the stage!!