Musician

Jesse Ed Davis

Direct OHS article says born in Norman and attended Northeast High School in Oklahoma City; a separate OHS blues article says Carnegie, so location remains unresolved

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Musical work

guitarist and session musician. Instruments recorded in the collection: guitar. Genres: rock; blues; country; R&B; folk; jazz.

Evidence and identity

Strong musician and Oklahoma evidence; birthplace conflict must be resolved before publication

Davis, Jesse Edwin III

OHS direct biography says Norman birth, Oklahoma City schooling, and career as guitarist/session musician.

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Jesse Edwin Davis III

Identifies Jesse Edwin Davis III; Norman birth; Oklahoma City education and early music; death date

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Blues

Provides Carnegie birthplace variant for Jesse Davis

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A Very OK Podcast episode

Describes Davis as born Norman in 1944 and raised in Oklahoma City

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Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  2. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  3. server.okhistory.org/learn/avokp-episode

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.