East Texas Quarterly Magazine Fall 2014 | Page 11

On the Road to It’s a long way from the stage at the Jasper Lions Club rodeo to the bright lights of the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, but 19-year-old Clayton Hart has his sights on making the trip. A headliner at the rodeo, alongside Easton Corbin and Thompson Square, when he was only 16, the Jasper native has come a long way in just three years.