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Jesse Ed Davis (1945-1988)

Bill Bentley, L.A. Weekly, 21 July 1988

JESSE ED Davis was the only person I ever saw who smiled while he sang. Some shut their eyes. Others grimace or maybe grin. But this big Oklahoma Indian truly beamed, perhaps just happy to be alive and onstage.

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