Artist: Jesse Dayton
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #73 Jan-Feb 2008
Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh – “Holdin’ Our Own” And Other Country Gold Duets
Jesse Dayton and Brennen Leigh apparently bonded over a shared love of George Jones & Tammy Wynette duets while waylaid from their flights to a European music festival, and parlayed that into a twelve-song album, which includes their take on George & Tammy’s “Somethin’ To Brag About”. Holdin’ Our Own expands on Dayton’s devotion to [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #63 May-June 2006
Jesse Dayton’s Honky Tonk & Hot Rods Music Festival – Continental Club (Houston, TX)
Except for Redd Volkaert, “honky tonk” was a misnomer for this furious, wound-up-like-a-nine-day-clock rock ‘n’ roll package show. As each act wiped the sweat away, the question came to mind: “How will the headliner ever top this?” Early on, thunderstorms that played havoc with the outdoor hot rod show coupled with a plethora of high-profile [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005
Jesse Dayton – Banjo & Sullivan: The Ultimate Collection, 1972-1978
The project: a greatest-hits package for a band that never existed except in the script of a Rob Zombie horror movie. The parameters: Make it funny, make it sound like ’70s country, make it commercial. After a Jim Beam-inspired songwriting session with actor/compadre Lew Temple, who plays Adam Banjo in Zombie’s pyschobilly gore-fest The Devil’s [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #54 Nov-Dec 2004
Jesse Dayton – Country Soul Brother
Based on the title of this fourth release from Jesse Dayton and a brief soul-review-styled tour he embarked on a few months back, expectations were set for 45 minutes of music with Muscle Shoals and Memphis coursing through its veins. There are such moments (most notably “It Won’t Always Be Like This” and “Just to [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #37 Jan-Feb 2002
Jesse Dayton – Hey Nashvegas!
Was a time, it didn’t look like Jesse Dayton could miss. Tall, handsome, personable and talented, he seemed a certain star. But little is ever certain. Hey Nashvegas! ended up being the record Justice never released, though two separate versions circulated (one retitled Letter To Home) several years back as producer/label honcho Randall Jamail sought [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #31 Jan-Feb 2001
Jesse Dayton – Changing horses
There has historically been much talk, in Texas anyway, about what it means to be a Texan, what defines Texan-ness, what tie could possibly bind the scattered peoples within those far-flung borders. The answer is this: That which defines Texanity is a common want, a shared desire, a unanimous longing for one simple thing. And [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #11 Sept-Oct 1997
Jesse Dayton – Are you sure Waylon done it this way?
“I didn’t know what country was until I got my heart broken.” Jesse Dayton is explaining the unambiguously traditional country, but decidedly not retro, nature of his new CD on Justice. Track after track of Hey Nashvegas, due out August 5, laments the loss of his wife and the life that led to their divorce. [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #1 Fall 1995
Jesse Dayton – Raisin’ Cain
There’s a lot to be said for unabashed enthusiasm when making a record. In Jesse Dayton’s case, it makes the difference between just a solid country record and one that’s rather exceptional. So what if his voice isn’t in the same league as the crooners right off the Nashville farm? Who cares if Doug Sahm, [...]
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