Jesse Dayton

Jesse Dayton is an Austin, Texas-based honky tonk and rockabilly artist best known for his guitar contributions to albums by country legends including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson.^[1] 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.

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.^[2] 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]

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^[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.^[5]

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. The resulting album was a collection of tongue-in-cheek honkey-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 is slated to release an album entitled Rob Zombie presents Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures (music from Halloween II) on August 28, same day as the film Halloween II is set to premiere.^[6][7]

References

1. ^ http://www.indie911.com/directory/country-and-western/jesse-dayton
2. ^ http://www.indie911.com/directory/country-and-western/jesse-dayton
3. ^ http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/AMDB/Profile?oid=oid:93829
4. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Right-Time-Waylon-Jennings/dp/B000000NRU
5. ^ http://www.indie911.com/directory/country-and-western/jesse-dayton
6. ^ http://www.fangoriaonline.com/features/halloween/2731-halloween-ii-captain-clegg-a-the-night-creatures-cd-on-the-way.html
7. ^ http://www.fangoria.com/musick/lists-of-doom/2893-exclusive-lists-of-doom-xvi-capt-cleggs-top-10-horror-films.html

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