So, it's a pretty cool tourl because we get to be Mick and Keith the Rolling Stones are my favorite all-time band, I've seen them 23 times." Some of those songs are duets and some feature Samantha with me on lead guitar and some feature me singing with Samantha on lead guitar. "This is a whole duet tour so we actually play all the songs off the new record this is the first band I've ever been in where we've literally gone out and played every song off a new record. So, with these influences and playing lead guitar for country greats such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell and Waylon Jennings to name a few how will his and Samantha's styles play out on stage? He had the whole thing, he looked great, he was a showman, he was an entertainer he was Bob Dylan's favorite songwriter John Lennon's favorite too." I'm still a huge Chuck Berry fan, nobody writes more witty lyrics than Chuck.
"It happened when I was a little kid, I saw Chuck Berry on the Johnny Carson show and he did the duck walk and I knew right then that was what I wanted to do. I write so many different songs and I try to write everything from Philly Soul to Chicago Blues to Outlaw Country to ballads."Ĭontinuing, Dayton says his journey down this path started when he was up late one evening watching television as a youngster. I grew up listening to Jerry Reed and Roger Miller and those are all super witty kinds of songs and I love that stuff. "I mean, it's kind of a weird thing," he went on, "Because when you write a novelty song like, "I'm at Home Getting Hammered While She's Out Getting Nailed" then that's what people think you do but I also write a lot of serious songs. I grew up on the Texas and Louisiana border right by Cajun Country in Beaumont, Texas.The high school I went to was 90 percent black and then I also grew up out in the country around a lot of old country people and then there is also that Texas singer-songwriter tradition that I love like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark I've put as much time into my writing as I have my guitar playing the 10,000 hours as they say." "A lot of it just has to do with growing up around a lot of Texas storyteller people people out in the country.
He has penned songs with titles such as, "I'm at Home Getting Hammered While She's Out Getting Nailed," "(Hotter Than A) Three-Peckered Goat"and "Daddy was a Badass" to which he attributes to his childhood environment as well as some popular influences but he also says, he's not just a satirical songwriter. So, it's kind of like a whole new thing ya' know? It's pretty cool because a lot of my fans don't know who Samantha is and a lot of her fans don't know who I am."ĭayton, who is a staple on Sirius XM's "Outlaw Country" is known for writing some colorful lyrics. It's pretty exciting because I have this whole other following and Samantha has this whole other following than I do. I was like, oh wow! We met after the show and we just kind of kept in touch with each other and then her and her manager Rueben Williams who now manages me, came out to see me in New Orleans at my show and asked if I wanted to cut some songs together that's kind of how it all started. "I heard her before I saw her, I heard her backstage and I was like who is playing that killer guitar? This guy said, "You've got to go down and see" and I went down there and there was this young girl down there shreddin' on guitar. "Well, I met Samantha 12 years ago when she was opening up for me at Knuckleheads in her hometown of Kansas City," he started. Recently, Jesse Dayton discussed the upcoming show, his friendship and new album with Samantha Fish called "Death Wish Blues," his love of the Rolling Stones and more.Īdvertise with New Jersey Stage for $50-$100 per month, click here for info Sunday has four bands including closers Samantha Fish with Jesse Dayton and Blackberry Smoke. Saturday features five bands including a The Band tribute with The Weight Band, Devon Allman Project and classic rockers 38 Special. on Friday and features two bands Dead On Live and former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle and the Artimus Pyle Band. This popular and ever growing three day event opens at 6 p.m.
One of the biggest events in Northern New Jersey is taking place this weekend beginning Friday June 23 and wrapping up Sunday June 25 is the "13th Annual Rock, Ribs and Ridges Festival" at the Sussex County Fairgrounds.
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