Singer/Guitarist Cheyenne Dalton Let Go From Zach Top’s Band
Zach Top’s rhythm guitarist and harmony singer Cheyenne Dalton Meyer has been let go from his backing band. It also appears that Zach Top’s bass player and Cheyenne’s husband Jimmy Meyer is also no longer with the band, though this has yet to be publicly confirmed. Cheyenne let her followers know of the departure on social media Wednesday night (4-22) as Zach Top gets ready to commence his 2026 tour in Lubbock, TX on April 24th.
“A little over a month ago, I was let go from my position with ZT,” Dalton said in a statement. “While this was unexpected, I want to thank all of you for following along with me on all of my adventures. I’ll miss all of the fun, playing great music, and meeting every one of you. I couldn’t have done this without all of your kindness and encouragement. You all built up my confidence, and I have transformed into who I am today because of you!”
Cheyenne Dalton met Zach Top when they were growing up, and they played on the bluegrass circuit together. Dalton actually started in Zach’s entourage as the merch girl, and then replaced her sister-in-law in the band when the sister-in-law stepped away.
When Dalton joined Zach Top’s band, she didn’t know how to play guitar. She was a fiddle/mandolin player. In a month’s time, she had to learn guitar and a 90-minute set to join the band. Early on, Cheyenne would also play fiddle and mandolin, and was the band’s utility player. But more recently, she’s focused mostly on acoustic guitar and harmony vocals.
Cheyenne’s role was important in Zach Top’s band because Zach Top plays his own lead Telecaster guitar, leaving a need for a rhythm guitar. Dalton would also regularly sing a song during a Zach Top headliner set such as “Suds In The Bucket” by Sara Evans.
Similar to Cheyenne Dalton, bass player Jimmy Meyer also grew up playing with Zach Top on the bluegrass circuit, and helped comprise the nucleus of Zach Top’s band that saw Top rise to become one of the most popular artists in country music, and now a Grammy winner for his most recent album, Ain’t In It For My Health. Zach Top’s more recent fiddle/keys player David Meyer is also part of the Meyer family.
“I’m back home in Missouri now, and although I’m not sure what comes next, I’ll still be here posting my daily life,” Cheyenne says. “If you choose to stay around, I thank you! Who knows, maybe someday I’ll put out some of my own music for the world to hear.”
No word on who might replace Cheyenne Dalton and Jimmy Meyer in Zach Top’s band, or why they were let go.
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