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Jesse Ed Davis: A Celebration of a “Guitarist’s Guitarist”

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Jesse Ed Davis: A Celebration of a “Guitarist’s Guitarist”

While he’s scarcely a household name today, in his heyday Jesse Ed Davis was truly one of the rare breed known as a “guitarist’s guitarist.” He was one of few Indigenous Americans to achieve prominence in pop music during the late 1960s and 1970s. On session after session, Jesse epitomized the concept of “playing for the song,” drawing deeply from country, blues, rock, and R&B influences without mimicking anyone. He recorded with three of the Beatles and blues giants John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Albert King. He appeared in the films The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and Concert for Bangladesh and played sessions with Eric Clapton, Gene Clark, Neil Diamond, John Trudell, and many others. He released three solo albums on major labels. And yet despite these accomplishments, for most rock fans Jesse Ed Davis is probably best known for his work on the early Taj Mahal albums and for being “the guy who inspired Duane Allman to play slide guitar.”

To celebrate Jesse's many accomplishments, I’ve just posted a 3100-word article with many embedded musical links. You can access it here for free here:


Hope you like it!

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