Clint Black Information Continued
Growing up in Katy, Texas as the youngest of four brothers,
Clint Black took a passionate interest in music at age 13
teaching himself to play the harmonica and then guitar and bass. He
dropped out of high school to play in his brother's band and played
the local club circuit around Houston, Texas as he also ventured into
songwriting. Soon, he and Hayden Nicholas began playing and writing
songs together, soon signing with Bill Hamm at RCA Records.
Clint Black swept the Country Music Association's awards in
1989, winning in six different categories from his album Killin'
Time. The album spawned three hits besides "A Better Man":
"Killin' Time", "Nobody's Home" and "Walkin' Away". Clint
Black's second album, Put Yourself in My Shoes, did not
meet with as much critical aclaim as his debut album, but nonetheless
still included several hit singles, most notably "Loving Blind" and
"Where Are You Now". He began touring with Alabama and soon married actress Lisa Hartman. Clint
Black's third album, The Hard Way, received mixed reviews
but became almost as successful as the previous two. The first two
singles, "We Tell Ourselves" and "Burn One Down", were Top 10 hits
though "When My Ship Comes In" did hit #1. His next albums, No
Time to Kill, One Emotion and Nothin' But the
Taillights were popular within the country music scene. He was
one of the best-selling country singers of the 1990s.
