Coming soon.
This morning, Jesse Daniel announced his new album Son of the San Lorenzo, less than a year after releasing his album Countin’ The Miles.
Due out June 6th, Daniel’s fifth studio album will feature 11 songs, one of which is a collaboration with Charles Wesley Godwin, and also includes instrumentation from Charlie McCoy, Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Peter Keys and SteelDrivers banjo player Richard Bailey.
The California native is known for keeping the Bakersfield sound of country music alive and well, and this next release is shaping up to be another solid addition to his impressive catalog, though it will also include flavors of some of his influences like the Eagles and the Flying Burrito Brothers to classic rock like Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers.
Recorded live to tape at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, Daniel wrote and recorded it over the last year on the road, and he will bring to life the stories of his early years hitchhiking in the shadow of the Santa Cruz Mountains, his troubled adolescence and battles with addiction, as well sing about how some of the people, and music, ultimately saved his life.
He says he wrote, arranged, and recorded the entire album by himself, and he says he’s going deeper than he ever has in terms of how personal it is:
“I wrote, arranged and produced this record myself. I also took on much of the sonic direction, including percussion, rhythm and lead guitar, harmonies and more, which I think is a really important piece of the puzzle given how personal these songs are.
I felt like I was finally ready to stop running and face things head on with this record. I felt like I’d matured enough to go deeper than I ever had before, to try and understand how I get here and where I’m headed. I’m the ‘Son of the San Lorenzo,’ and that story needed to be told, but once it’s been told, it’s time to move on and tell the next story. Then, do it again. Repeat. Until the end.”
Today, he also put out the lead single “My Time Is Gonna Come,” which finds him beautifully blending that Bakersfield sound with the cosmic country and Southern rock he grew up on. He says it’s about the realization that life and music are more about the journey than the destination:
“When I was writing this song, I thought a lot about my life. It has been a pretty incredible journey and as I sat there, I thought back on all the work it’s taken to get to the point I’m at. All the road behind me and the road ahead. In the past, I’d anguish over the outcome or success of what I was doing, and it often took the love out of it for me.
This song is essentially a realization that music, art and life are more about the journey than they are the destination. It is a confident letter to myself that with this newfound mindset, the best of life has just begun.”
Daniel is one of the premiere traditional country artists in the genres, and always delivers high-quality, authentic music that’s true to both himself and the most cherished parts of the genre. It sounds like he might be switching it up just a bit when it comes to the production on this record, and I’m really looking forward to hearing it.
Son of the San Lorenzo is one to mark on your calendar, and you can listen to “My Time Is Gonna Come” below.
“My Time Is Gonna Come”
Jesse Daniel Son of the San Lorenzo Tracklist:
1) Child Is Born
2) Son of the San Lorenzo
3) He
4) The Ballad of Love Creek
5) One’s Too Many (And A Thousand Ain’t Enough)
6) Jodi
7) Mountain Home
8) Time Well Spent For A Man (feat. Charles Wesley Godwin)
9) Crankster
10) My Time Is Gonna Come
11) The End
Jesse Daniel 2025 Confirmed Tour Dates:
3/28 – Nashville, TN @ Skinny Dennis
5/31 – Felton, CA @ Redwood Mountain Faire 2025
6/21 – Itajaí, Brazil @ The Ranch Truck
7/8 – Hamburg, Germany @ Nochtspeicher
7/9 – Groningen, Netherlands @ De Oosterpoort
7/10 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
7/11 – Lille, Belgium @ Sjock Festival 2025
7/12 – Breim, Norway @ Stiftinga Norsk Country Treff
7/16 – Köln, Germany @ Die Kantine
7/17 – Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands @ Zwarte Cross 2025
7/18 – Eging Am See, Germany @ Pullman City Western Town
7/20 – Balzers, Liechtenstein @ Burg Gutenberg
10/10 – Rockhampton, Australia @ Great Western Hotel
10/11 – Mareeba, Australia @ Mareeba Rodeo
10/12 – Mareeba, Australia @ Mareeba Rodeo
10/15 – Petrie Terrace, Australia @ Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall
10/16 – Cronulla, Australia @ Brass Monkey
10/17 – Paddington, Australia @ Paddo RSL
10/18 – Archies Creek, Australia @ The Archies Creek Hotel
10/19 – Brunswick, Australia @ Brunswick Ballroom
10/24 – Fremantle, Australia @ Honky Tonk Blues
10/25 – Harvey, Australia @ Harvey Dickson’s Country Music Centre
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