Raised in Beaumont, TX, near the childhood home of George Jones, Jesse Dayton grew up on the hardcore honky tonk of Jones, Hank Williams, Sr., and Lefty Frizzell, but also blues artists such as Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. During the late ’80s and early ’90s Dayton fronted two rockabilly bands, the Roadkings and the Alamo Jets, playing around the state in honky tonks and dives. After beginning a solo career, he played support slots at shows by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings, and even appeared as the bandleader in a Pam Tillis video. In 2004, Dayton received an interesting phone call while en route to a gig. It was Rob Zombie calling, and he wanted to know if Jesse would write some songs for a movie he was working on. The result was Rob Zombie Presents…Banjo & Sullivan: The Ultimate Collection 1972-1978, released in June 2005 to coincide with Devil’s Rejects, Zombie’s sequel to his 2003 cinematic debut House of a 1000 Corpses.

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