A behind-the-scenes look at the celebrity-filled adventures of first-rate storyteller, guitarist, and relentless road dog, Jesse Dayton
Jesse Dayton's 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 night clubs 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 Jiminez, 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, and helping with arrangements and guitar on The Supersuckers' biggest selling record, "Must've Been High." While doing press in Nashville, he caught the attention of Waylon Jennings and was whisked off to Woodland Studios, where he was greeted by no other than Johnny Cash, who tells Dayton: "We've been waiting for you."
Since then, Dayton's ride across the entertainment industry, traversing genre and format, has only gotten wilder. Whether it's playing guitar on records and film with the likes of Cash, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, and Glen Campbell; writing and recording soundtracks for horror director/rockstar Rob Zombie; directing Malcolm McDowell and Sid Haig in his own horror movie; or filling in for the iconic punk band X's guitarist on a massive 40-city US tour, Dayton is down to make his mark--making Beaumonster a uniquely entertaining tale that will impress new and old fans alike.