The members of the Clay Pigeons are united by two forces that fuel their friendships and their music; their origin from neighboring small towns in Stanly County, North Carolina, and their mutual passion for the power of songwriting. Seamlessly blending folk, country, rock, and bluegrass music into one unique sound, the Clay Pigeons bring a foot stomping, soul shaking performance to the stage and any friendly inviting back porches. The band's members Austin Rudisill, Clay Misenheimer, David Xiong and Dillon Myrick dive wholeheartedly into their roles as musicians and artists. They believe in the integrity of the word and the music and thus draw their inspirations from the great storytellers and musicians like Bob Dylan and The Band, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Patti Griffin, Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and Johnny Cash.

The group began as a singer-songwriter collective but has grown since into a multi-faceted band of multi-instrumentalists. Each song is a different perspective on music and lyricism as each member contributes their own material to the band library and takes a turn leading a song. The result is a unique convergence of genres and passions as the band pays homage to their wide spectrum of musical inspirations while seeking to discover their own identity as musicians and artists. For this reason, the band chose the late Blaze Foley's song "Clay Pigeons," a song about the journey of self-discovery, as their band name.