MUSIC

Discovery Green and Capital One Bank present Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. At the Anheuser-Busch Stage and Fondren Performance Space.

Rock out on Thursdays at the park's free, family-friendly concerts showcasing the best music of Texas and the Gulf Coast. Blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics welcome, and food, beer, and wine are available at the Lake House. No glass containers or alcoholic beverages, please. Co-sponsored by Houston Press & Saint Arnold Brewing Company.

Thursday, September 24:  Jesse Dayton & Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers

Turbo country and scorching Texas rhythms.

Jesse Dayton's (pictured) brand of country music has been labeled "turbo country", a nod to his rockabilly roots with the Road Kings and the Alamo Jets. Dayton was raised on a diet of blues, cajun and punk, but graduated into full-flown rockabilly with the Road Kings, the outfit he formed in the late 80s. His 2004 album, Country Soul Brother, was an effective distillation of honky-tonk, rockabilly, soul and folk and even included an unlikely cover version of the Cars' "Just What I Needed". The following year Dayton was contacted by Rob Zombie to write songs for his new horror movie, The Devil's Rejects. The songs from the soundtrack, released on the faux greatest hits album Banjo & Sullivan: The Ultimate Collection 1972-1978, included honky-tonk delights such as "I'm Home Getting Hammered While She's Out Getting Nailed". Dayton’s 2006 release, “South Austin Sessions” draws a nod to some of his influences including Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings, Jim Lauderdale and ZZ Top. In 2007 he released his duets recording with fellow Austinite, Brennen Leigh. It's titled "Holdin' Our Own" and is was hailed as the "real deal" by USA today. New for 09 is Jesse's full length album as Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures for Rob Zombie's new Halloween movie, "H2." Jesse composed, produced and recorded an entire record of tunes, some of which appear in the movie. Jesse also appears in the movie as Capt. Clegg. The movie and soundtrack will be released simultaneously in August 2009.

Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers play honky tonk country music with a 50s and 60s flair. Miss Leslie sings a gutsy, belting lead that has been compared to the likes of Patsy Cline, Leona Williams and Connie Smith. This group is creating buzz with their music they describe as Country music with a hardwood floor sound. Combining some original material along with obscure country tunes that they have unearthed from the 50s and 60s, the band opens up new sounds in a retro honky-tonk setting.

While Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers are a relatively new group on the scene, the band has played professionally with nationally touring acts. Ricky played for many years with Gary P Nunn and Dale Watson and is the steel player on most of Dale Watson's recordings. Ricky has also played with many Texas artists such as: Tommy Alverson; Davin James; Larry Joe Taylor; The Derailers and Asleep at the Wheel and TV and radio commercials and movies such as www.monster.com, Bud Light, Kodak, Lonestar, Texas Lotto, "A Scanner Darkly" and many more. Ric Ramirez played for many years with Two Tons of Steel and Wayne "the Train" Hancock.