Jesse Dayton

Elevated in Beaumont, TX, close to the childhood house of George Jones, Jesse Dayton was raised within the hardcore honky tonk of Jones, Hank Williams, Sr., and Lefty Frizzell, but additionally blues artists such as for example Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. Through the past due ’80s and early ’90s Dayton fronted two rockabilly rings, the Roadkings as well as the Alamo Jets, experimenting their state in honky tonks and dives. After starting a solo profession, he performed support slot machines at displays by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings, and also appeared because the bandleader inside a Pam Tillis video. Authorized to Justice Information in 1995, he released Raisin’ Cain that same yr and also made an appearance within the Willie Nelson tribute record, Twisted Willie. Dayton’s tracks also appeared within the FOX-TV series Melrose Place and in the film Curse from the Starving Course. In fall 2000, Dayton released Tall Texas Stories. Hey Nashvegas adopted in 2001, and Nation Soul Sibling in 2004. That same yr Dayton received a fascinating telephone call while on the way to some gig. It had been Rob Zombie phoning, and he wished to understand if Jesse would create some tracks for a film he was focusing on. The effect was Rob Zombie Presents…Banjo & Sullivan: THE BEST Collection 1972-1978, released in June 2005 to coincide with Devil’s Rejects, Zombie’s sequel to his 2003 cinematic debut Home of the 1000 Corpses. Within the film’s intricate, imaginative backstory, Roy Sullivan and Adam “Fingertips” Banjo had been honky-tonk music artists who fulfilled their gory end as a result of the homicidal gang referred to as the Devil’s Rejects. Zombie commissioned Dayton to create and perform series of tracks as Banjo & Sullivan, and the effect had been tongue-in-cheek, but well-done honky-tonk amounts like “Dick Soup”, “Lord DON’T ALLOW Me Die in an inexpensive Motel,” and “I’m in the home Obtaining Hammered [While She’s Out Obtaining Nailed].” The recording actually included a cover of “Freebird”.