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Native American Celebrities -- Part 2
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Rock and Roll Trivia Question:
What Native American musician played with John Lennon, Taj Mahal, David Cassidy, Keith Moon, Willie Nelson and The Band?
Answer:
Jesse Ed Davis
Born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1944, the versatile guitarist was Kiowa on his mother’s side, and Kiowa and Cherokee on his father’s (although he proclaimed in his autobiographical song “Washita Love Child” that he was born in a Kiowa-Comanche teepee).
Davis got his start in the music business touring with Conway Twitty’s band in the mid-1960s, and then became a studio instrumentalist in California. Although he released three solo albums, he was best known for his session work supporting other musicians.
He appeared in the Rolling Stones’ “Rock and Roll Circus” in 1968, and George Harrison’s “Concert for Bangla Desh” in 1971. He is perhaps best known for his guitar solo on Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes.”
Although Jesse Ed enjoyed the company of many of the top A-list recording stars of his day, he died a very humble death. After struggling with drug problems for years, he collapsed and died in a California laundry room after suffering from an apparent overdose in 1988. He was 43.
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