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Jesse Dayton
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press release: Guitar slinger Jesse Dayton has released his new protest song “Charlottesville” via Rolling Stone Country. The track was written in the wake of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 that tragically saw counter-protestors injured and killed. The track appears on his forthcoming album The Outsider, out June 8, 2018, on Blue Élan Records.
"Charlottesville" by Jesse Dayton
Dayton says of the track: “My new protest song “Charlottesville” is about the Unite The Right Rally that was televised. It’s dedicated to mine & all of the grandaddy’s out there who fought the Nazis & successfully liberated the Jewish people in WW2. I named dropped the courageous protestor Heather Heyer in the song, who was tragically killed that day. We need protest songs now more than ever. Hearing Neil Young’s “Ohio” or Joe Strummer from the Clash sing “Know Your Rights” as a kid played a big part in my political consciousness.”
Jesse Dayton's career reads like a who’s who of American music, having recorded guitars on records and film with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, Glen Campbell and more. He has toured the world with punk legends X, filling for guitarist Billy Zoom on a 40-city U.S. tour. Rob Zombie asked him to write and record a soundtrack for his film ‘The Devils Rejects,' which then lead to co-writing songs for Rob’s follow up franchise film, ‘Halloween 2’ (which Dayton appears in playing the part of character ‘Captain Clegg’).