About Sonny Clay's Plantation Orchestra
Sonny Clay (William Rogers Campbell Clay, Chapel Hill, Texas, May 15, 1899 - April 13, 1973) was an American jazz pianist, drummer, and bandleader. Clay was born in Texas in 1899 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1908. As a teenager he played in bands around Phoenix, before hitting the road in 1918. Clay traveled around the Southwest, playing drums or piano with various small groups in California, Arizona and Tijuana, Mexico. In Tijuana he played drums in Jelly Roll Morton's band.
