Equally steeped in Texas/Louisiana blues, old-school country and punk-rock, Dayton is the music world’s best-keptsecret, hiding in plain sight as a guitarist for Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Ryan Binghamand L.A. punkpioneersX,as well astouring alongside Social Distortion,the Supersuckersand John Doe.Brought up on his older sister’s Laurel Canyon folk records, the FMalbumrock and punk he listened to as a teenagerplusthe array of country acts who used to tour through Beaumont–including Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, DavidAllen Coe, Conway Twitty, Hank Jr., and George Jones–Dayton has managed to create a genuine hybrid that takesalt-country and Americana in new, exciting directions.