A solo venture from Jackyl's famous chainsaw wielding frontman Jesse James Dupree offered up more of the "in your face" southern hard rock that made Jackyl a platinum success, but also gave Dupree the freedom to explore genres such as rhythm & blues.
While on tour with Jackyl, Dupree played some new tunes to his old Geffen friend Lorren Cornelius who now worked with the independant label V2. Cornelius was so impressed that the label signed Dupree and a band and album were put together while Jackyl was on hiatus. The group consisted of guitarist John Hayes (a member of Mother's Finest who had also cowritten some Jackyl songs such as "I Stand Alone"), former Brother Cane bassist Roman Glick and studio drummer Tony Belser.
Foot Fetish was released to mixed reviews while drummer John Skinner was brought in for the tour that consisted of opening gigs for such rock heavyweights as Queensrÿche and Stone Temple Pilots.

However in early 2001 Jackyl reformed (with Glick) and the Jesse James Dupree band was put on ice.

In 2023, Jesse James Dupree announced details of his new studio album, titled Breathing Fire. The lead track, “Never Gets Old,” is co-written with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson. The recording features Jesse, with his son Nigel on drums, and Jackyl bandmate Roman Glick on bass. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.