Music Style Country

Musical Influences George Jones,Willie Nelson,Lighnin' Hopkins,Hank Williams Sr

Similar Artists Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks, George Jones

Artist History Raised in Beaumont,TX, near the childhood home of George Jones,Jesse Dayton grew up on the hardcore honky tonk of Jones, listening to Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Sr., and Lefty Frizzell 8-track tapes in his mom's Impala, but also blues artists such as Lighnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscombe. As a solo artist, Dayton has played and toured with the likes of Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Junior Brown, George Strait, Lucinda Williams and Ray Price. In 1995, Dayton released Raisin' Cain, featured all original material by Dayton and special guest appearances from several Texas legends including Doug Sahm, Bob Wills' veteran fiddler Johnny Gimble, and Texas Tornado Flaco Jimenez on accordion. Dayton self-produced his solo album "Tall Texas Tales" on his own Bullet Records (now Stag Records) label. Tall Texas Tales was deeply influenced by his fellow ex-Justice Record labelmates Willie Nelson and Billy Joe Shaver and by Townes Van Zandt. Dayton's newly released third solo album is Hey Nashvegas! On it, Dayton is again joined by Gimble and Jimenez, and adding their voices are Mandy Barnett, Jim Lauderdale, and Dixie Chicks. "Me and Mandy do a kind of a Conway/Loretta-style duet," Dayton says. Harmonica player Mickey Rafael from Willie Nelson's band also is on board, and the song "Heartbreak California" was co-written with singer-songwriter Rosie Flores.

Group Members Jesse Dayton - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar & vocals ... Charlie Sanders Jr. - Upright bass, electric bass and background vocals ... Emmett Roch - Pedal steel and dobro ... Eric Tucke r- Drums and percussion

Press Reviews "What a great album! Jesse's a got a really distinct voice, and the musicians behind him created some real magic to go along with it. I want to call it Honkytonkmysticbilly." -- Jack Sparks, The Other Side of Country "Who says Elvis is dead? I've seen him and he's goin' by the name of Jesse Dayton." -- The Seattle Rocket "Dayton is a star waiting to happen." -- The Houston Chronicle "More hooks than your grandad's tackle box." -- The Chicago Tribune "It's been ten years, when Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam emerged, since country music launched a new artist this powerful." -- MOJO London, England "Like the Possum (George Jones), Dayton is the possessor of a tear-stained voice, a lost soul sensibility and probably a high degree of familiarity with the kinds of places mama warned you about." -- The Austin American Statesman Jesse Dayton might be the most promising country debut since the Mavericks' From Hell To Paradise." -- New Country

Location Austin, Texas - USA

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