
Beaumonster
A Memoir
$59.78
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
8 March 2022
Summary
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, eighteen-year-old Dayton and his trio began packing clubs and theaters across Houston, Dallas, and Austin. His first solo record, which featured great luminaries like Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, and Johnny G…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306846748 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0306846748 |
| Author: | Jesse Dayton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 8 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 158mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
“Beaumonster is a rib-spreader. It opens up and lays bare the unique talent, the absurd luck, and breathtaking heartbreak that’s been Jesse Dayton’s life. But more than that, it’s a testimonial to the beauty one can create with persistence, stubbornness, and a little bit of audacity.”–Danny Bland, Tour manager, haikuist and author of In Case We Die
“Jesse has found an amazing and clear-cut writing voice to take us all on his epic journey. The talent this man has makes things like guitar playing (ripping, actually!), singing, and writing scripts and books seem effortless. You’ll find in these pages the preparation and hard work that has gone into the ‘making’ of a badass. Jesse Dayton is that … A true American bad motherf*cker.”–Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, author of It’s So Easy and How to Be a Man
“Jesse Dayton is the heart and soul of hillbilly rock ‘n’ roll. The Beaumont badass is makin’ George Jones and the Big Bopper proud! Rave on you crazy and free hellraiser.”–Mojo Nixon, musician, actor, and radio personality
“Jesse’s Beaumonster is the friend you wanna hang out with: fun, smart, entertaining and definitively cool. If you like good writing and good stories, right here’s your next book.”–Kathy Valentine, author of All I Ever Wanted: A Rock n’ Roll Memoir and member of the Go-Go’s
“So many artists strive to be original–Jesse Dayton just is. He wowed Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash with his guitar playing, toured with punk greats Social Distortion and X, and cultivated a wildly diverse fanbase of country hell-raisers, intellectual anarchists, and rockabilly dreamers along the way. Beaumonster documents Dayton’s winding two-lane blacktop as a singer, songwriter, studio musician, and solo artist, all in an East Texas drawl that is both confident and charmingly cocky. To paraphrase the title of one of his signature songs, ‘Jesse is a badass.’”–Joseph Hudak, Senior Editor at Rolling Stone
About The Author
Jesse Dayton
Jesse Dayton is a multi-genre guitarist and songwriter who has played with everyone from Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings to Social Distortion, X, Rob Zombie, and Tommy Ramone. He has released nine award-winning Americana solo records, and has scored and written original music for three soundtracks. He has appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, CNN Weekend, Justified, and Sons of Anarchy, among others.
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