Sexton grew up in the ‘80s, in a family with 12 children. Not interested in the contemporary music of the time, he mainly listened to the classic rock-'n-roll he discovered on albums left behind in the basement by one of his older brothers. Sexton eventually migrated to Boston, where he began to make a name for himself in the local scene by playing on the streets of Harvard Square. From out of his guitar case, he sold 20,000 copies of his self-produced demo-recordings from 1992, entitled In the Journey.

Since then, the American bard has released various albums, sells out clubs from New York to LA with his soulful blues-folk, and tours almost all year in the US, Canada and Europe.