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Jesse Ed Davis

real name Jesse Edwin Davis III

Jesse Ed Davis is credited on 1,333 releases across 188 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,333

Credits

188

Albums

7

Decades active

490

In collections

Biography

Native American session guitarist originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
A Kiowa/Comanche/Cheyenne/Seminole/Muscogee American Indian, Davis played in country star Conway Twitty’s band in his native Oklahoma before moving to Los Angeles and quickly picking up session work backing Junior Markham, Leon Russell, Delaney & Bonnie, and more.
After playing on Taj Mahal’s first three albums, Davis amassed a resume of sessions that included Albert King and B.B. King, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Gene Clark, and Rod Stewart, as well as standout solos on Bob Dylan’s “Watching The River Flow” and Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes.”
In the late ’80s, Davis wrote and played the music for the poetry of Indian activist John Trudell, their band was called Grafitti Man. After battling addiction most of his career, Davis died of an apparent overdose at age 43.
Born 21 September 1944, died 22 June 1988

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Credited work

1,333 releases · 188 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Performance · 2,499
  • Other credits · 128
  • Production · 97
  • Engineering · 37

Studios: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · The Village Recorder · Sunset Sound · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

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