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Taj Mahal : Statesboro Blues
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im pretty sure gary moore and lots other artist got influence of this guy
I know if you can’t make it your sister wanna go…..WooHoo, sing it Taj!
What a superb song…
Well,…. er, ….. Jesse Ed Davis , ok ?
@flamencoprof i believe statesboro blues is on his self titled album, taj mahal… i bought this record for my mom for xmas, but i dont know if she will be getting it after listening to it
p.s. Was from the album “Giant Step”, a rarity when imported to my country way back, remains a favourite to this day.
@ you & Annie: – I don’t know nothin’ except that “Bacon Fat” features JED and rates in my all-time top 10 lay back and groove at the end of a phonograph needle.
Very nice, heard this is what Duane Allman picked up on and started slide with. ABB really electrified this song, but still like TM’s version. Even Taj Mahal couldn’t save that “Rock and Roll Circus,” it’s awful. Only video I’ve ever seen where every act came off poorly, and most were top-notch artists.
“Adequately Monumental” rendition of this blues standard.
I’d probably put it toward the bottom end of my top 5 ever, right behind LVB’s 7th but ahead of EROICA.
I want to quit my job and hang out with that bassist fulltime.
Awesome track! Greetings to one and all, from Jarrahnut in wonderful Western Australia!
The composer, William Samuel McTier – better known as Blind Willie McTell, named the song after Statesboro, GA… He was born in Thomson, GA around 1899 and first recorded Statesboro Blues around 1928.
This song is funny cause my University is in a city called Statesboro,GA
Cooder and Taj DID do a version of this in the Rising Sons though eh?
my favourite version of this song, thanks a lot for posting.
Thanks kevcl747 – I’m more than happy to agree it was JED. BTW can you tell me who is listed for bass and drums – AMG in Credits lists Chuck Blackwell (drums) and Gary Gilmore (bass) who certainly played on Natch’l Blues but also credits Bill Boatman with rhythm guitar & Sandy Konikoff (drums) – mentions RC on review but not in credits! Have just got myself a copy of the Palomino Club gig with Taj, JED, Dylan, Harrison and Fogarty from 1987 – boy am I happy. RIP JED…. forever missed
I saw JED play in the early 70´s. Santa Monica, near the beach in some warehouse. Unreal! Virtuoso guitar player in every sense. No need to imitate GH. He had total mastery of the guitar. Also, the original liner notes on ¨Taj Mahal¨lists JED on lead, Ry Cooder on Rythm and Taj on harp, plus the drummer and bass player, thats it! JED played electric slide on Statesboro Blues ,guaranteed!
Ya I’m just goiing by the liner notes on the cd!!
kevcl747, when did you see JED? Am trying to track down the Silver Wilburys boot which was the Palomino Club performance with Taj, JED, Dylan, Harrison and John Fogarty in 1987…. Motard, agree re his style being very similar to George’s. The VG article I refers to says JED often practised Harrison solos – he later played on GH’s album Extra Texture (as well as HEAPS for other great artists who knew great guitar playing when they heard it)
Ok, we’ve got to solve this problem…. BTW Rock and Roll Circus is worth the money alone just for Taj and the band. But back to Statesboro blues and the slide… Motard, presume you have the CD/album and that is where you are quoting from? Coz in the All Music Guide, they cite JED as playing lead guitar in the Review section but then don’t even include JED as playing guitar in the the Credits section. The review and Credits both cite Taj as playing slide…. I’ve written to AMG re this
It was Jesse Edwin Davis!!!!! Nobody played electric like him, not Ry Cooder, not Taj, not even Duane Allman. Saw Jesse with his own band in Santa Monica, CA and he blew me away!!!!
Ya I would consider myself a fan but I don’t yet have alot of his stuff. The concert for Bangladesh was when I first heard of Jesse then I saw him playing with Taj on the Rolling Stones Rock N’ Roll Circus. IMO he has a style thats kinda similar to Harrison very smooth and full of feeling.
Thanks for that…There was an excellent article in Vintage Guitar mag a couple of years back that credited him with the slide which was why I asked. Also had read the fact that he played slide on Eric Clapton’s Hello Old Friend on No Reason to Cry (EC asked him to). Also don’t know if you are a fan of JED but on the Concert for Bagladesh he does a beautifully subtle slide intro – very short – to Billy Preston’s great performance of That’s The Way God Planned It… Anyway thanks for the info
On the album notes for all songs it says Jesse played guitar and piano and Taj played slide and harp
thanks for this post. Can anyone confirm that it WAS Jesse Ed Davis who played the slide on Statesboro blues – I’ve read elsewhere that it was Taj and/or Ry Cooder?
Thanks
good stuff man.
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