Jesse Dayton

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Jesse Dayton’s Beaumonster, the companion album to his memoir of the same name, is filled with song interpretations that are part-greaser, a whole lotta twang, and quintessentially outlaw country badass. Beaumonster encapsulates a life filled with adventure and lore featuring some of the greatest musicians this world has ever known. Equally steeped in Texas/Louisiana blues, old-school country and punk-rock, Dayton has been the music world’s best-kept secret, hiding in plain sight. Dayton’s life story reads like a “who's who” of American music. In his debut memoir Beaumonster, Dayton reveals the stranger-than-fiction encounters and outlandish experiences that have ensued across his wide-ranging career. After sneaking into nightclubs to play gigs in his youth, 18-year-old Dayton and his 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 Radio Charts, and then he was off to the races, touring the world as an opener for punk legends Social Distortion, The Supersuckers, and X. Dayton worked with Rob Zombie on Soundtracks to The Devil's Rejects and Halloween II and has more than 50 songs licensed to film and television. He filled in as the guitar player for X while Billy Zoom was recovering from cancer, and played guitar on Duff McKagan's most recent solo album.