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Award-winning singer-songwriter with guitar and banjo playing original songs that are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sometimes political, and often memorable.

After writing and singing songs most of his life, Clyde finally decided to do it professionally when he retired from teaching law and started singing for his granddaughter's preschool class 10 years ago. When other teachers asked him to sing for their classes too, Clyde joined the Children's Music Network as Grampa Clyde and took his act to preschools, daycare centers, and kids' libraries in the Bay Area. But he has kept writing and singing for grown-ups too (not x-rated, just not kids' songs). He has played throughout Northern California, including at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, where he both held a Saturday-morning toddlers' song circle called Freighter Tots and headlined a tribute concert to John Prine, whose wit and poignancy have been the strongest influence on Clyde's songwriting. Clyde is on the Chapter Council of Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area and is a member of the longest-running men's group in the Bay Area.