Sailing For The Sun, by Greg Dayton

Sailing For The Sun

by Greg Dayton

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$10 USD
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Sailing For The Sun Vinyl LP

Includes unlimited streaming of Sailing For The Sun via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$19 USD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
4 panel Digipak CD

Includes unlimited streaming of Sailing For The Sun via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more

1.	Change Your Ways 04:05	buy track
2.	Falling Fast 03:47	buy track
3.	Cold Wind Blows 04:43	buy track
4.	Together Again 04:48	buy track
5.	Out of Your Element 02:29	buy track
6.	Backseat 03:37	buy track
7.	Wish I Could Tell You 04:45	buy track
8.	Slay Me 04:19	buy track
9.	High on the Rain 03:09	buy track
10.	Catch Me Cryin' 04:24	buy track
11.	Get on By 03:32	buy track
12.	Sailing for the Sun 05:48	buy track

about

Sailing for the Sun, is the second solo album by singer/songwriter Greg Dayton, produced and mixed by Adrian Harpham, and mastered by Greg Calbi in New York City. This versatile singer/songwriter/guitarist was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame shortly after the self-release of his debut solo album, Lonesome Road in 2016. He began work on the new album in January of 2018, taking his time to create an album in the old school sense of the word, conceived with vinyl in mind where each song counts and the song order has meaning.

While Dayton’s guitar playing has strong blues influences, his songs draw upon a wide range of styles in the spirit of the great songwriters of classic rock, folk, and soul. The 12 songs on Sailing for the Sun are full of contagious grooves with intricately detailed arrangements with elite horns and soulful backing vocals. From the hard hitting and funky to acoustic and intimate, all the songs are united by Dayton’s honest voice, hook-filled lyricism, soulful guitar layering and a powerful rhythm section led by producer Adrian Harpham’s creative drumming. Covering a broad musical landscape, the songs dive into themes of confronting and accepting change through loves lost and found and the quest for a way forward.

The new album features Dayton’s present band which has been his regular lineup in New York City since 2016. It features producer Adrian Harpham on the drums (known for his work with New Orleans greats such as Henry Butler, and Leo Nocentelli of the Meters), Anthony Robustelli on the keys (Bo Diddley, Gloria Gaynor, and more), Dave Inniss on bass (Jazzhole), backing vocalists Clayton Bryant (Luther Vandross, Valerie Simpson, Elton John, Roger Daltrey...), Towera Smith (Silverchair), and Nia Drummond, with special guests young vocalist Anson Jones (5-time Downbeat Student Music Award winner) on two tracks, and the elite horn section from the Levon Helm Band and Little Feat’s 50th anniversary tour led by Steve Bernstein (trumpet) with Erik Lawrence (bari/ tenor sax), and Doug Weiselman (tenor sax).

credits

released February 7, 2020

Vocals, guitars, harmonica, mandolin: Greg Dayton
Drums, percussion, synths, mellotron: Adrian Harpham
Bass: David Inniss
Piano, Organ, RMI, CP80: Anthony Robustelli
2nd acoustic guitar on "Out of your Element": Max Rifkin

Background vocals: Clayton Bryant, Towera Smith, Nia Drummond.
Background vocals tracks 6 and 10: Anson Jones

Horns:
Steven Bernstein: Trumpet
Eric Lawrence: Baritone sax
Doug Wieselman: Tenor sax

Horn arrangements by Steven Bernstein tracks 3, 7, 8
All other arrangements Greg Dayton and Adrian Harpham

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Adrian Harpham at Terminator A, NYC, and Cambridge St. Studios, Philadelphia, PA.
All drums, Mellotron and some guitars recorded by Matt Muir at Kawari Sound Wyncote, PA.
B3 Organ, RMI recorded by Anthony Robustelli at Shady Bear Productions, Brooklyn, NY.
Tape vari speed treatment by Craig Dreyer at Mighty Toad, Bklyn NY.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NJ.

All songs written by Greg Dayton (ASCAP) copyright 2019.
“Change Your Ways” written by Greg Dayton, Chris LaCour and Dejuan Lewis.
“High On the Rain” written by Greg Dayton, Josh Solomon and Chris LaCour.
“Out of Your Element” written by Greg Dayton and Max Rifkin.

This album is dedicated with love to my parents Bruce and Gracia Dayton.

www.gregdaytonmusic.com

license

about

Greg Dayton New York, New York

Greg Dayton is a singer/songwriter/guitarist based out of the Bay Area of California & New York City. He has released two critically acclaimed solo albums & was inducted as a “Great Blues Artist” into the New York Blues Hall of Fame in 2016. He has a wide range of expression from finger-style acoustic to electric blues, funk & soul. He has been a mentor to hundreds of students in the US & Europe. ... more

Facebook

contact / help

Contact Greg Dayton

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Greg Dayton, you may also like:

another town
by n'sawa-saraca

supported by 25 fans who also own “Sailing For The Sun”
go to album
Suspiro
by Alexia Bomtempo

supported by 25 fans who also own “Sailing For The Sun”
go to album
Freelance Subversives
by Will Bernard

supported by 25 fans who also own “Sailing For The Sun”

Très bon jazz. Tout les album de Will Bernard sont assez différent, celui ci est plus jazz-rock. Avec le premier, c'est mon favori. Christophe
go to album
The King's Blues Box
by B.B. King

Cleopatra Blues recently unleashed a barrage of reissued essentials from Bo Diddley, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, etc. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 7, 2016
go to album
Parliament
by Mike Nagoda

Cerebral palsy curbed his ability to play guitar the conventional way, so Nagoda learned double slide, this is his debut LP. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2014
go to album
Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz
by Russell Morris & Rick Springfield

Russell Morris and Rick Springfield pair grave tales with smoldering blues on this Día de los Muertos-inspired collaborative LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 3, 2021
go to album
Black Magic
by Jason Miles

supported by 25 fans who also own “Sailing For The Sun”
go to album