Jesse Davis
Guitarist Jesse Ed Davis was one of several Los Angeles-based musicians drawn to a collective led by Junior Markham and known as the Tulsa All-Stars. The workshop was later dubbed the Flying Burrito Brothers, before the new name was assumed by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman for their post- Byrds country-rock venture. Davis had meanwhile joined Taj Mahal, accompanying the bluesman on his first three albums and on live appearances. The artist subsequently became an in-demand session musician and his early credits included George Harrison's ALL THINGS MUST PASS (1970). That same year Davis completed his solo debut, in which cameos by Eric Clapton and Leon Russell enhanced a confident collection, notable for its rendition of Van Morrison's Crazy Love. Two further competent albums ensued, but Davis then suspended his own career in favour of guest appearances. The guitarist's skills enhanced Gene Clark's WHITE LIGHT (1971) and NO OTHER (1974), Jackson Browne's FOR EVERYMAN (1973), John Lennon's WALLS AND BRIDGES (1974) and Rod Stewart's ATLANTIC CROSSING (1975), and he also contributed to releases by Steve Miller, B.B. King, Albert King and Ringo Starr.