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Jesse Ed Davis

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Also known as Jesse Edwin Davis III, Jesse Edwin Davis

American guitarist (1944–1988)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1944-09-21
Active to
1988-06-22

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,936
Total plays
33,960

Tags

bluesrockguitarswamp rocknative american

Born September 21,1944 in Norman, Oklahoma, Davis began his musical career in Oklahoma City, where his dad Jesse Ed Davis II had painted all of the Native American murals on the State Capitol building hallways. He was Kiowa (on his Mother's side) and his Father was Kiowa and Cherokee, although in his autobiographical song, "Washita Love Child," he sang that he was born in a Kiowa-Comanche tepee (Jesse Davis). Ed began his musical career in the late <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jesse+Ed+Da

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jesse
Family name
Davis
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Norman
Place of death
Venice
Occupation
composer
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Atlantic Records
Image
Jesse ed davis.jpg
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date of birth
1944-09-21
date of death
1988-06-22
cause of death
drug overdose
start of work period
1950-00-00
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