We all know about the Statesboro licks, but I am wondering -- was there any personal connection between the two.
I ask because I was listening to the first Taj Mahal record tonight and I was totally struck by how similar Jesse's tone and style on that record were to a lot of Duane's session work.
For example I heard Jesse's solo in the middle of "Checkin' Up On My Baby" and immediately thought tone and style sounding just like Duane's solo in King Curtis' "Foot Pattin'".
Then, of course "Somebody's Got To Chamge Sometime." The guitar has a lot in common with Duane in Hammond's "Shake For Me."
Not sure of the timeline of it all, but the likeness seemed too similar to be coincidence. Was Jesse a big influence beyond the Statesboro slide?
The only connection that I know of was that, when I saw Derek and the Dominoes in LA, Jesse Ed was second guitar.
The only connection that I know of was that, when I saw Derek and the Dominoes in LA, Jesse Ed was second guitar.
Wow, really?? How was that?
The whole band was heavily smacked out, and it was a pretty soggy, viscous affair. Disappointing to say the least, as I was (as I am today) convinced that "Layla" was a transcendent masterpiece. But, hey, at least I got to see that band in some incarnation. And I was then and am now a fan of Jesse Ed's playing.
[Edited on 3/27/2015 by rmack]
