Jesse Dayton

Jesse Dayton is an American, Austin, Texas-based Americana artist, best known for his guitar contributions to albums by country musicians including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson.[1][2] He is also notable for his collaborations with horror film director Rob Zombie, who has commissioned Dayton on multiple occasions to record music to accompany his films.[2]

For the 19th-century New York politician, see Jesse C. Dayton.
Jesse Dayton
Dayton in 2014
Background information
BornBeaumont, Texas
GenresAmericana, Country, Rock
Occupation(s)Musician, actor, record producer
InstrumentsGuitar, singer
Associated actsJohnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
Websitewww.jessedayton.com

Career

Dayton was born in Beaumont, Texas, where he was raised on the music of George Jones, Hank Williams, and Lefty Frizzell, all the while harboring an affinity for the spirit of punk with bands like the Clash.[1] After touring with two rockabilly bands, the Road Kings and the Alamo Jets, Dayton ventured off into solo territory, recording his Americana-chart-topping record Raisin' Cain.[3]

With Lucinda Williams Dayton performed at Bill Clinton's second inaugural ball.[2]

Since then Dayton has released several different solo albums and worked with a variety of country rock artists, most notably Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash on Right for the Time (1996)[4] after Jennings injured his picking thumb and required a guitar stand-in. Dayton also contributed guitarwork on albums by the Supersuckers and Kris Kristofferson.[1]

In 2004, horror film director Rob Zombie commissioned Jesse Dayton to record an album for the fictional characters Banjo & Sullivan from his sophomore feature The Devil's Rejects.[2] The resulting album was a collection of tongue-in-cheek honky-tonk country entitled Banjo & Sullivan: The Ultimate Collection. In Zombie's Halloween II, Dayton performs as the lead singer and guitarist of the fictional psychobilly band Captain Clegg & the Night Creatures. He released an album entitled Rob Zombie presents Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures on August 28, same day as the film Halloween II premiered.[5][6]

In 2014 he toured with John Doe both as the opening act and a member of Doe's backing band.[2] In 2015 Dayton played guitar in the band X on their US tour, filling in for Billy Zoom who had been diagnosed with cancer.[2] In 2016 he again toured with John Doe as well being the opener on the Supersuckers European and US tours.

On September 16, 2016, he released his ninth album titled The Revealer on his Hardcharger Records imprint through Blue Élan Records.[2]

Discography

Albums
  • Raisin' Cain (1995)
  • Tall Texas Tales (2000)
  • Hey Nashvegas (2001)
  • Country Soul Brother (2004)
  • South Austin Sessions (2006)
  • Holdin' Our Own (2007)
  • Captain Clegg and the Nightcreatures (2009; as Captain Clegg and the Nightcreatures)
  • One for the Dance Halls (2010)
  • Jesse Sings Kinky (2012)
  • The Revealer (2016)
  • The Outsider (2018)
  • On Fire in Nashville (2019)
  • Mixtape Vol. 1 (2019)
  • Gulf Coast Sessions (2020)[7]

References
  1. "De beste bron van informatie over indie911. Deze website is te koop!" (in Dutch). Indie911.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  2. Solomon, Jon (November 5, 2018). "Jesse Dayton Wonders Where the Protest Songs Have Gone". Westword. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. Gray, Christopher. "Austin Music Database". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  4. "Right for the Time: Waylon Jennings: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  5. Archived June 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Archived June 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Gulf Coast Sessions, retrieved January 26, 2021
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