Jesse Dayton – 8pm $7/10

Jesse Dayton https://jessedayton.com  (OUTLAW COUNTRY)

Equally steeped in Texas/Louisiana blues, old-school country and punk-rock, Dayton has been

the music world’s best-kept secret, a road warrior touring alongside acts as diverse as George

Strait, Rob Zombie, Social Distortion, the Supersuckers, and John Doe and a sought-after session

player boasting an extraordinary background that includes recording with the likes of Johnny

Cash and Waylon Jennings, working with Rob Zombie on the soundtracks for his iconic horror

films, and releasing a series of acclaimed solo albums.

It’s perhaps fitting that the first ever #1 Americana album was Jesse’s debut, Raisin’ Cain. The

hard-to-define Americana genre is itself a melting pot of other, perhaps purer, styles of music.

Yet Jesse’s music casts an even wider net. His 13 solo records have common threads of outlaw

country, punk rock energy, and East Texas blues. His guitar skills are imposing, his songwriting

reverent and opinionated, and his voice as big and welcoming as a Texan saying “Hey ya’ll!”.

Inducted in 2022 into the Austin Music Hall of Fame, Dayton’s life story reads like a “who’s

who” of American music. In his debut memoir Beaumonster, Dayton reveals the stranger-thanfiction

encounters and outlandish experiences that have ensued across his wide-ranging career.

After being discovered at a Beaumont dive bar by Clifford Antone, owner of iconic Austin’s

Home of the Blues, Dayton’s trio began packing clubs and theaters across Houston, Dallas, and

Austin. His first solo record—featuring great luminaries like Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, and

Johnny Gimble—hit #1 on the Americana charts, and then he was off to the races, touring the

world with punk legends Social Distortion, The Supersuckers, and X, and helping with

arrangements and guitar on The Supersuckers’ biggest selling record, “Must’ve Been High.”

While doing press in Nashville, he caught the attention of Waylon Jennings and was whisked off

to Woodland Studios, where he was greeted by none other than Johnny Cash, who tells Dayton:

“We’ve been waiting for you.”

After that meeting with “The Man in Black,” Dayton’s ride across the entertainment industry,

traversing genre and format, has only gotten wilder. Whether it’s playing guitar on records and

film with the likes of Cash, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, and Glen Campbell; writing

and recording soundtracks for horror director/rockstar Rob Zombie; directing Malcolm

McDowell and Sid Haig in his own horror movie; or filling in for the iconic punk band X’s

guitarist on a massive 40-city US tour, Dayton is down to make his mark.

In late 2022, Jesse teamed up with emergent superstar Samantha Fish, another bandleader

guitar hero. Together they released an EP, Stardust Sessions, and completed a limited preview

tour in January 2023. The duo is set to release an album of original songs penned by

themselves and #1 songwriter Jim McCormick entitled Death Wish Blues. Produced by the

legendary Jon Spencer (of Blues Explosion fame), the album will be released in May 2023 on

Rounder Records and accompanied by a world tour that will be electrifying, teaming these two

wild talents together on one stage.