Hi Bobby and Coco - great interview!! Back in the day you are talking about, we were called "Indians". If that was what you called him "Indian Ed Davis", then it isn't derogatory. Since the 70's we went from Native American Indians to today being identified by our actual tribe or nation. You were a very good friend of his and very respectful. Good to hear the stories, so very special. Thank you for sharing!! Blue Sky :)
Back in ‘79, I was playing with a group in Oahu, Hawaii club and one night a guy comes up in between tunes asking if he could jam. I was the keyboardist and of course, set up off to the side and could hold a conversation without distraction - and immediately recognized the man as Jesse Ed Davis. I forgot what tune we jammed on but we struck a friendship ( being Yaqui myself, we could relate as Native Americans) and he brought up the idea of continuing to get together in a group form. I was heading back to LA eventually so I never pursued it. Years later, when I heard he’d passed away, it made me kind of sad. He was a very nice, humble gentleman. You would never think that someone so meek and gentle (he was a big guy physically) had been in company of some of the greatest names in music.
Moreover he did that in one take!!! He said that he played the notes that " felt good or sounded good".... I always liked his perspective. Sure miss him and his infectious 😃 smile.
Wow, I had no idea that was Jesse Ed Davis. Bobby Whitlock & Jesse Ed Davis two complete legends! I had the great pleasure to see Bobby and CoCo in Austin. I couldn’t believe it. CoCo is an incredible musician in her own right.
I was just 14 when Layla and Other Assorted Love Song and All Thing Must Pass were released. All we had were album notes so we just saw names like Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Billy Preston et al.We had no google or internet.....these stories fill in the gaps
True , no google , but we knew who the players were . besides the music since not having players worth following , the cd covers were so small , sometimes it was hard to find the players names . Worse with memory sticks ,streaming and bluetooth there are no covers at all , without punching in to find out the names of players .so i find the fans since then are not as tuned into who the players are , and therefore dont discover the great ones , like those Dominoes . But ya ,to your point it is great hearing from someone who was there . . . real cool .
@@petercozzi1772 yeah I was about 14 as well when Layla came out. I finally got it on my 15 th birthday. No Google or anything back then. Had to rely on Rolling Stone and other pubs for information as well as conversation with friends.
Loved Jesse Ed Davis and I really miss JJ Cale. Two great talents. Your videos are just fantastic and so nice to hear those small details and behind the scenes stories. Thank you once again!
Levon Helm referred to him by that moniker, too, from their encounters whilst playing with Ronnie Hawkins through the Mid-South. Davis played with Conway Twitty early on, who was another connection with Helm
I first heard of Jesse Ed Davis from playing The Concert for Bangladesh. Then I knew he played Guitar on George's "Extra Texture" album in 1975 and John Lennon's album "Walls & Bridges" from 1974. Love his work on #9 Dream..
That's pitiful. Now in 2023 in America, our brown people and people of color who were here before Europeans, call themselves American Indians. The term native American could apply to someone born here that's blue or green. People Like Jesse Edwin Davis are PROUD of their Indian heritage. Also American Indians laid the foundation for much of 'American'' culture. As a music lover, you must watch 'Rumble' the great music movie featuring what American Indian musicians like Link Wray ('Rumble' is his song; it was BANNED from radio yet it was an instrumental???? Because they didn't like the title. Maybe too much West Side Story in the American consciousness?), Jesse Ed Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy St. Marie and lots more people of American Indian descendance, touching all sorts/disciplines/catagories of medicine, did and contributed. I think Rumble is the MOST Important and BEST Music movie of the 21st century. And while we're at it, looks like, despite all the propaganda over four centuries, most brown people in America were NOT brought over from Africa as slaves. Most brown people were HERE, from HERE, as my wife's aunt informed her when she asked growing up in Georgia around Cherokee territory. That was what Martin Luther King was trying to reveal before the powers-that-be decided to snuff him out. Check other references on this to catch up with reality, such as the outrageous but extensively researching Dane Calloway about this subject. Bobby Whitlock here reveals that before Duane Allman, there was Jesse Edwin Davis, who taught him a few things on guitar. Also featured about Jesse Ed Davis was how he got into playing the iconic guitar solo you hear in your grocery stores and medical offices: 'Doctor My Eyes'written by Jackson Browne. Great story of how that occurred in Rumble, Jackson Browne explaining . . . Of course, most famously knowing who he was, he was the guitarist with Taj Mahal on his first albums. Yes, Jesse was the guitarist with all those riffs and rhythms you hear with Taj!
Made me laugh out loud about Delaney and John not seeing eye to eye. Cale is and has been my favorite guitar player and songwriter for a long, long time. I still occasionally hear a part in a Cale recording that I never heard before ... tricky, tricky slippery Okie kinda fella. Love his blend of rhythm and lead. And Jesse Ed Davis I adore ... the recordings with Taj are my favorites of his, that damn Leslie oh yeah. And again with you damn Okies! Oh my. Thank you for the recollections really appreciate!
Guillermo that was a perfect way to describe JJ"s music man! I hear something new every time too. He is just so "tricky and slippery" as you say!! Just when you find him in the song he's zigzagging some other way and before you know it you are in a trance to his playing! Amazing dude! Stay cool!
My name is Dave DiPaola and I live in Austin (for now anyway). I just found you guys' channel a couple of days ago. WOW! I LOVE IT! Bobby is a killer story teller but I love the way Coco assists him with staying on topic. She asks all the great questions and the follow ups are just as good. YOU GUYS GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY!
Being a lifelong devotee of JJ Cale music, sure appreciate your stories. Met him, Christine, Jimmy Karstein, Rocky Frisco and Bill Raffensberger few times. All so very nice. I was at 2004 Crossroads shows where Eric backed up JJ. Was spectacular and The Road to Escondido album was so good.
I was sitting in a Boulder Colorado jail cell for being seen buying a bag of weed lol the week JJ's first album (Naturally) was released and the local station played the record . I heard the first song they played "call Me a Doctor and fell off my chair. I had just heard what I'd been missing all my 21 years on earth at the time. I knew immediately this was gonna be an artist with no equal and I couldnt wait to get my ass to the music store. Within 4or5 days I was playing his record OVER AND OVER.AND OVER. Other than his fellow Okie musician friends I might have been his 1st( or damn close to it) fanatical paying fan lol. I mean this guy strummed and picked my soul and wrote and sang my inner being. Its been about 50 yrs now and no one else has even came close. Anyway I just love to hear when someone else was blessed with the ears and taste to know what a real music talent sounds like. Think of all the major artists that consider him a major influence and hes not even in the Hall of Fame . You think he gave a rats ass? nah!!!!!
Remember the first time I became aware of Ed Davis was when the Stones finally released Rock n Roll Circus, and I couldn’t take my eyes off Taj Mahal’s giant guitarist. What a player
I don't know about Russia listening, but Alabama is! Thank you Bobby and CoCo for sharing these wonderful stories and musings. This is my music and time, and I love hearing these insights. JJ, Jesse Ed, the Allmans, Eric, Delaney/Bonnie, Harrison.....And, thank you for your wonderful music Bobby and CoCo! I just listened/watched that "Road to Austin" with that most interesting arrangement of "Layla"! Great stuff! All the best to y'all.......
Here is one from England, I have been listening to Bobby's music since way back and loved about everything. I was a big Clapton fan from his Yarbirds days right through his career to the present day. I have enjoyed these little discussions for a while now and you talk of a lot of people I heard and went to see play. Thanks a lot Bobby and Co Co, oh yes, the dog too!
Whoah , I was scrolling through and I noticed an Austin show and listened to Steve Fromholz play after that moved down the page and saw this .. I have been a Bobby Whitlock fan since I was turned on to Delaney and Bonnie and Bobby in 1969 while in the service. Bought your first two records .. Great tunes and great stories.. Thanks for it all Bobby and keep up the good work my friend..
Love JJ & Jesse Ed. Personally, I don't think "'Layla"' would've sounded as authentic without the perfect vocals of Bobby Whitlock. It's the main reason I still listen to it. Bobby still looks really great.
First of all, thanks for allowing this fly on your wall. The beautiful connection between the two of you is evident with the natural flow, hearing Coco's laugh, how she instinctively knows when to talk & listen. Your Steve Cropper bit really caught my ear, especially knowing of his incredible artistry & hearing about his great advice, suggesting you connect with Eric Clapton. Personally, I still believe Layla was the best thing he's ever done...your work on that album. The vocal harmonies are so soulful beyond belief & your lead vocal on Thorn Tree brings tears to these eyes, everytime. Thank you for sharing your gift(s) & time.
Great stories (as usual) about Cale and Jesse Ed Davis. I don't know if you agree but Don Nix has said that Tulsa and Memphis are like sister cities as far as the music and players being similar. Another quick question, I'm curious if you ever heard of The Cate Brothers Band. I ask because Steve Cropper produced one of their albums in the 70's (In One Eye & Out The Other) I think was it. They also toured as The Band with Levon Helm in the early 80's. Levon's nephew (Terry Cagle) is The Cate Brothers drummer. Anyway, y'all keep talking and we'll keep listening! Y'all be well.
I just came upon these videos with Bobby and I've watched all morning. You and Bobby have a great way of bring these stories to us about artists I've enjoyed for decades. I can't wait to share with friends. Thank you both!
Ed Davis keeps coming up today. First a guy that writes for Vintage Guitar Magazine does a video here on TH-cam about his playing style, then Tom Britt, a session guy from Nashville says on Facebook that he's been listening to him all day and now your remembrances. I saw him play twice, first with George, Eric & Ringo and then in '75 when he was with Rod Stewart/Faces. I've seen some of the greats and I'm lucky to count Jesse Ed Davis among them.
@@tompaul2591 Late '75, the last tour. He was supposed to replace Ron Wood but Stewart wasn't interested in keeping the Faces together. There is a You Tube vid or 2. Jesse mostly played rhythm guitar and swapped slide solo's with Woody on Stay With Me.
I really enjoy listening to yalls podcast..I was playing on a documentary as it was being flimed in Tulsa & Clairemore OK in 1990 & we set up in a bar & playing for tips out of boredom..So were in Tulsa & this dude was coming on after us & i had no idea what JJ Cale looked like..So this dude walks up to us after our little show & asked if we would be interested in setting in with him & we said sure if we can keep up we'd be glad to..We still had no idea who he was but we listened to a couple of songs & jumped right on stage & ( winged it) starde playing as best we could..After the show he introduced himself as JJ Cale & we about fell over LOL..He was the nicest cat i ever met & we ended up playing about six weeks with him..Stayed in touch for several years with him but life gets in the way & we lost touch with him..But what an honor it was to play with one of the greatest songwriters of all time..A true gentleman he was RIP JJ.
LOVE these stories! The players/producers/engineers surrounding the big names of the 'golden era' were so incredibly influential on these iconic artists. You can hear it in the recordings and live performances. And it's awesome to hear THEIR perspectives on the whole shebang! Thanks for sharing, Bobby!
I was listening to the new reissue of Gene Clark’s No Other album, which Jesse Ed is on. He also produced his White Light album. I know his slide playing on Taj Mahal’s first album was a huge influence/inspiration on Duane Allman’s slide playing
We saw the original band with Taj, Jesse Ed, Brother Blackwell, and Gary Gilmore at a little 3,000 seat venue out in L.A., probably in '68. I wish I could go back and see it all again because at the time, we just took all this great stuff for granted. Love Bobby's stories! Maybe it's already in the works, but these stories would make a great book!
These conversations are just so wonderful to hear/see. I can’t even begin to imagine Eric Singing without Bobby in the mix on the Layla LP .I remember listening to the album when it first came out thinking well Eric is singing so much stronger Without realizing that the voice I was hearing was actually Bobby Whitlock .
Love hearing all about your experiences. Thank you for sharing them! Born and raised in OK but discovered JJ Cale only a few months ago and I'm retired now. I've bought a number of his albums recently. Again, thank you for sharing stories with us.
J.J. is the gold standard to me for so many things, but just as a guitarist alone he represents the peak of what I’ve always wanted to achieve as a guitar player myself. I’m 48 and my parents brought me up listening to great music, including of course Cream, Hendrix, ‘All Things Must Pass’, ‘Layla’ etc, and J.J.’s ‘Naturally’ and ‘5’ really hit me like a ton of bricks. For me, J.J.’s economy and emotional impact are the high watermark, dare I say over and above B.B. King who I think might be second to J.J. in that regard. I just want to be reaching somewhere near that level of brevity and emotional content, completely devoid of bullshit...just direct from his heart to the listener’s heart in the context of his GREAT songs. The playing was PERFECT in those songs. God, I just love and admire J.J. with all my heart.
I love hearing these stories. I helped Roger Tillison (RIP) with designing his record albums, and he used to tell me great stories. I got to sit in one time when he and Walt Richmond did some recording at his house for the Mamble Jamble album.
Love hearing about the real music of that wonderful time. I see David Farley mentioned Walt Richmond, really enjoy his piano style, speaking of under the radar types.
I have a question that I hope you guys can answer. The Asylum Choir II with Leon and Jesse Ed is fun. Do you know who might have been playing fiddle on Salty Candy? It isn't credited that I can find. Thanks.
Thank you! Speaking of many people watching your videos, I’m a Brazilian living in Tyler. Music is such an universal thing that we all get to enjoy your stories. Matter of fact you guys had such a groundbreaking idea using TH-cam to talk about Rock and Roll history today where music is just unbelievably awful. We need music and arts in general to feed our souls. And Bobby is such a master storyteller. Thank you.
Hi Bobby, I just want to say thanks for sharing, I'm pushing 60 and I listen to a lot of music, but what I've learnt about all these wonderful artists in the last few days listening to your chats is just mind blowing... in a way it makes me chuckle, how do kids bullshit each other these days, everything's out there somewhere on tape now ha! I can remember being a teenager and listening to Taj Mahal and we all assumed that was him on guitar playing slide and now I know better, but man in those days all you'd have was an album sleeve, a few pictures of the band maybe a few words, and from that alone we would sit around and extrapolate and BS each other for days ha... how do kids do that now! Cheers to you both and keep the stories coming, what treasure!
Even if it takes or took me a year to find this at least I found it. Jessie Ed Davis got me here today . Thanks Bobby + Coco been awhile since I checked out a upload. $5 bucks a night 😁.
just found these videos, absolutely love watching and learning more about Derek and The dominos days and your life, Eric and JJ have been a huge influence on me as a Guitar Player.
At 5min32 sec Bobby says: „ it was after the Bangla Desh concert that I heard Jesse passed away .“. ???????? Bangla Desh was 1971, Jesse died 1988 ??????? Can you help me? Did I get something wrong ???? Thanks Andi , Germany
very good!...I grew up in OKC and I knew Jesse Ed's mom and Dad. I met him a couple of times and he was like a magical dude. He came out and sat in at my gig shortly before his passing, I think he was doing the Palomino gig at the time ...what a great player. I wish he was still around ...
I remember you Bobby, Joe English and on occasion Joe Cocker at Capricorn Studio. You guys sure had a thing for the goldfish on my desk, remember? Although I'll never let you forget that, i must say also that you are a great songwriter!
I love listening to you reminisce, Bobby! Delaney, Bonnie and Friends was the band I saw more then any other right out of my high school daze! And, there was a time when I actually lived in that apartment complex right across the street from Snoopy's Opera House in North Hollywood . . . Regrettably, I was too young to get in there. A' the best!
This is amazing Bobby and CoCo! I love hearing these great stories of such cool people! Huge fan of both JJ and Jesse Ed Davis! Two of my favorite guitarist ever! Bobby love all your work and it's just so cool that you are giving us some insight and background into our favorite music! Stay cool!!
Loved to hear you talk about Jesse Ed Davis !. i am only 63, but as a young teenager, I could clearly hear his playing all over "Giant Steps"....he also played with Gene Clark, I know that, Gene's son Kai was the singer in our band, from 1993 to 2000. Learned a lot more about this stuff, through Him. Did you know anything about the time when Ed Davis worked with Gene Clark ? Regards, JT
@@BW-CC Thanks for the quick reply, I am here in Reno, Nv. with my 6 yr. old boy, and wife, and have enjoyed hearing you talk about the old days Take care... JT
Bobby, you are so correct about Jessie Ed Davis & Duane Allman, If it was not for Jessie, Duane May Have Never played the slide Guitar, many people do not know and also, , i have read that JJ did not really like his pictute taken, his picture is on very Few of his albums, he just wanted to write songs and Get Paid for them, No Limelight, Cousin Figel
Became so intrigued with these videos that I plum forgot to "like" them I was in such a hurry to get to the next one. Now I gotta go back and watch them all again so I hit that "like" button.
a question Bobby may be able to answer - it seems I read once the the house that Taj is sitting in front of on his debut album was 'the plantation' (that Leon sang about)? would this be correct or incorrect? ~ thank you and stay safe.
Nice to hear such appreciation for Jesse Ed Davis - he would be worthy of an anthology album like the one that came out after Duane died, but I guess I’ll have to make my own on iTunes 😢
It IS important (your stories) to people all over the world to hear them. Bobby's music, and that of the great players he worked with, have had an enormous impact on my life for more than 50 years, and I know countless other people too. Thank you both so much!
Greetings from Tulsa. FYI of the old Tulsa guard, only Jimmy Karstein and Gary Gilmore are still with us. In the last five years, we've lost Leon, Cale, Blackwell, Markham and others. Enjoy hearing your stories of those days in LA.
Bobby, maybe some time when you get a chance talk about your playing experiences with Steve Dupuis, Bill Randolph, later Eddie Marshall, Jonny Daughty, and Eddie Milsap.
@Bobby Whitlock --- my former boss and I interviewed you for an online radio show back in 2013. We were lucky to get you and it was a wonderful show thanks to you. I KNOW you didn't mean anything derogatory in the slightest because I've learned a lot about how you live, and about your values, which are indeed aspirational for everyone. You and your lovely wife are models for folks to follow. Anyone who is digging up past names, labels and customs to run through a politically correct wringer would do well to take a deeper look into the history of the people being wrung out...for a change, before they commence with the public whippings. I really wish folks would stop using such a blunt, clumsy tool for social change. It wrecks things and often times it wrecks people, places and things that don't deserve it. PS: I'd like to send you a Leon Russell DVD, just tell me where...P.O. Box is okay.
TEAM- 1st off, I love listening to these awesome stories. Bobby and CoCo! You two are incredible. Jesse Ed Davis, he passed in the 80s. It seemed like Bobby implied his death was after the BANGLADESH concert, like not too long after. I have yet to read all the comments either. Anyway, no big deal. Just wanted to throw this in. Thank you Bobby and CoCo. I hope to meet you both someday. Regards, Jimmy
Of all these great stories, getting a sneak peak into JJ Cale was so interesting. It’s good to know that your hero’s are how you imagine. Meeting John Hartford was one of my musical highlights. Never got to hear you live but spent an hour or two (a lifetime) of hearing you. Thank you for all your memories. I grew up on your music as the soundtrack of my life.
i find it interesting that there is ALWAYS one "thumbs down "on these,and thus it proves to me thats its just some kind of insect troll...keep em coming Bobby and Coco..for us normal people ,your ch. has been enlightning.
Somebody, somewhere would give Mother Theresa a thumbs down. There's no figuring people, but if you have more thumbs up than down, then you're doing just fine.
Just discovered Jesse due to this interview, Thank you guys! Makes this Oklahoma native proud,
I'm a registered Delaware Indian and I call myself Injun Jim pretty often. Whoever is offended, find your safe space and cry yourself to sleep.
Ha!😂
Hi Bobby and Coco - great interview!! Back in the day you are talking about, we were called "Indians". If that was what you called him "Indian Ed Davis", then it isn't derogatory. Since the 70's we went from Native American Indians to today being identified by our actual tribe or nation. You were a very good friend of his and very respectful. Good to hear the stories, so very special. Thank you for sharing!! Blue Sky :)
Back in ‘79, I was playing with a group in Oahu, Hawaii club and one night a guy comes up in between tunes asking if he could jam. I was the keyboardist and of course, set up off to the side and could hold a conversation without distraction - and immediately recognized the man as Jesse Ed Davis. I forgot what tune we jammed on but we struck a friendship ( being Yaqui myself, we could relate as Native Americans) and he brought up the idea of continuing to get together in a group form. I was heading back to LA eventually so I never pursued it.
Years later, when I heard he’d passed away, it made me kind of sad. He was a very nice, humble gentleman. You would never think that someone so meek and gentle (he was a big guy physically) had been in company of some of the greatest names in music.
Love Jesse Ed Davis’s playing on Doctor My Eyes. He definitely had an original and distinct way of playing.
One of my favorite guitar solos.
Moreover he did that in one take!!! He said that he played the notes that " felt good or sounded good"....
I always liked his perspective. Sure miss him and his infectious 😃 smile.
Wow, I had no idea that was Jesse Ed Davis. Bobby Whitlock & Jesse Ed Davis two complete legends! I had the great pleasure to see Bobby and CoCo in Austin. I couldn’t believe it. CoCo is an incredible musician in her own right.
One of the two best guitar solos on a studio recording of all time!
Is "Dr My Eyes" the least played classic song ? Wonderful tune.
I was just 14 when Layla and Other Assorted Love Song and All Thing Must Pass were released. All we had were album notes so we just saw names like Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Billy Preston et al.We had no google or internet.....these stories fill in the gaps
True , no google , but we knew who the players were . besides the music since not having players worth following , the cd covers were so small , sometimes it was hard to find the players names . Worse with memory sticks ,streaming and bluetooth there are no covers at all , without punching in to find out the names of players .so i find the fans since then are not as tuned into who the players are , and therefore dont discover the great ones , like those Dominoes . But ya ,to your point it is great hearing from someone who was there . . . real cool .
@@peterbetts858 Well said
@@petercozzi1772 yeah I was about 14 as well when Layla came out. I finally got it on my 15 th birthday. No Google or anything back then. Had to rely on Rolling Stone and other pubs for information as well as conversation with friends.
@@michaelward9880 Ha ha..I would spend hours reading the sleeve notes over an over
@@petercozzi1772 me too. That was half the fun when buying a new album. That and cleaning your weed on the gate fold!
Loved Jesse Ed Davis and I really miss JJ Cale. Two great talents. Your videos are just fantastic and so nice to hear those small details and behind the scenes stories. Thank you once again!
I miss jj too!
Bobby you have lived an awesome life for a musician. Glad you can tells us about it.
Indian Ed Davis? (Tongue in cheek) Jesse Ed Davis was a great musician that deserves to be praised.
Oh, he was...
Levon Helm referred to him by that moniker, too, from their encounters whilst playing with Ronnie Hawkins through the Mid-South. Davis played with Conway Twitty early on, who was another connection with Helm
I have always , always been huge believer in your music . Thorn tree in the garden is such a beautiful gorgeous song . Man I love this channel
Thank you so much
@@BW-CC thank you both for making these videos.
I first heard of Jesse Ed Davis from playing The Concert for Bangladesh. Then I knew he played Guitar on George's "Extra Texture" album in 1975
and John Lennon's album "Walls & Bridges" from 1974. Love his work on #9 Dream..
Love hearing giving Jesse Ed his due. he's gotta be in my top 5 all time favorite guitar players. That man was funky!.
Awesome
count me in, too.
His production/playing on Gene Clark's White Light is phenomenal. Listen to For a Spanish Guitar it's transcendental!
That's pitiful. Now in 2023 in America, our brown people and people of color who were here before Europeans, call themselves American Indians. The term native American could apply to someone born here that's blue or green. People Like Jesse Edwin Davis are PROUD of their Indian heritage. Also American Indians laid the foundation for much of 'American'' culture. As a music lover, you must watch 'Rumble' the great music movie featuring what American Indian musicians like Link Wray ('Rumble' is his song; it was BANNED from radio yet it was an instrumental???? Because they didn't like the title. Maybe too much West Side Story in the American consciousness?), Jesse Ed Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy St. Marie and lots more people of American Indian descendance, touching all sorts/disciplines/catagories of medicine, did and contributed. I think Rumble is the MOST Important and BEST Music movie of the 21st century. And while we're at it, looks like, despite all the propaganda over four centuries, most brown people in America were NOT brought over from Africa as slaves. Most brown people were HERE, from HERE, as my wife's aunt informed her when she asked growing up in Georgia around Cherokee territory. That was what Martin Luther King was trying to reveal before the powers-that-be decided to snuff him out. Check other references on this to catch up with reality, such as the outrageous but extensively researching Dane Calloway about this subject. Bobby Whitlock here reveals that before Duane Allman, there was Jesse Edwin Davis, who taught him a few things on guitar. Also featured about Jesse Ed Davis was how he got into playing the iconic guitar solo you hear in your grocery stores and medical offices: 'Doctor My Eyes'written by Jackson Browne. Great story of how that occurred in Rumble, Jackson Browne explaining . . . Of course, most famously knowing who he was, he was the guitarist with Taj Mahal on his first albums. Yes, Jesse was the guitarist with all those riffs and rhythms you hear with Taj!
Made me laugh out loud about Delaney and John not seeing eye to eye. Cale is and has been my favorite guitar player and songwriter for a long, long time. I still occasionally hear a part in a Cale recording that I never heard before ... tricky, tricky slippery Okie kinda fella. Love his blend of rhythm and lead. And Jesse Ed Davis I adore ... the recordings with Taj are my favorites of his, that damn Leslie oh yeah. And again with you damn Okies! Oh my. Thank you for the recollections really appreciate!
Guillermo that was a perfect way to describe JJ"s music man! I hear something new every time too. He is just so "tricky and slippery" as you say!! Just when you find him in the song he's zigzagging some other way and before you know it you are in a trance to his playing! Amazing dude! Stay cool!
My name is Dave DiPaola and I live in Austin (for now anyway). I just found you guys' channel a couple of days ago. WOW! I LOVE IT! Bobby is a killer story teller but I love the way Coco assists him with staying on topic. She asks all the great questions and the follow ups are just as good. YOU GUYS GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY!
Love that
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PB&J
Jesse passed on June 22, 1988 in the laundromat in Venice on the Boardwalk..Broke my heat when he died...
Being a lifelong devotee of JJ Cale music, sure appreciate your stories. Met him, Christine, Jimmy Karstein, Rocky Frisco and Bill Raffensberger few times. All so very nice. I was at 2004 Crossroads shows where Eric backed up JJ. Was spectacular and The Road to Escondido album was so good.
Yes, The Road to Escondido in my opinion is a masterpiece.
I was sitting in a Boulder Colorado jail cell for being seen buying a bag of weed lol the week JJ's first album (Naturally) was released and the local station played the record . I heard the first song they played "call Me a Doctor and fell off my chair. I had just heard what I'd been missing all my 21 years on earth at the time. I knew immediately this was gonna be an artist with no equal and I couldnt wait to get my ass to the music store. Within 4or5 days I was playing his record OVER AND OVER.AND OVER. Other than his fellow Okie musician friends I might have been his 1st( or damn close to it) fanatical paying fan lol. I mean this guy strummed and picked my soul and wrote and sang my inner being. Its been about 50 yrs now and no one else has even came close. Anyway I just love to hear when someone else was blessed with the ears and taste to know what a real music talent sounds like. Think of all the major artists that consider him a major influence and hes not even in the Hall of Fame . You think he gave a rats ass? nah!!!!!
I agree. His music flows through me. Named my son Cale.
love your vocals on songs like "Little Wing" and "Got to Get Better in a Little While!" All of the live D&D shows are great!
Wow Coco. You were on the verge of asking Bobby about the Concert for Bangladesh. That would be interesting to hear his response.
Billy Preston played organ.
Remember the first time I became aware of Ed Davis was when the Stones finally released Rock n Roll Circus, and I couldn’t take my eyes off Taj Mahal’s giant guitarist. What a player
Indeed
Yes he was seriously on that performance. It's too bad he couldn't hold on longer.
I don't know about Russia listening, but Alabama is! Thank you Bobby and CoCo for sharing these wonderful stories and musings. This is my music and time, and I love hearing these insights. JJ, Jesse Ed, the Allmans, Eric, Delaney/Bonnie, Harrison.....And, thank you for your wonderful music Bobby and CoCo! I just listened/watched that "Road to Austin" with that most interesting arrangement of "Layla"! Great stuff! All the best to y'all.......
Here is one from England, I have been listening to Bobby's music since way back and loved about everything. I was a big Clapton fan from his Yarbirds days right through his career to the present day. I have enjoyed these little discussions for a while now and you talk of a lot of people I heard and went to see play. Thanks a lot Bobby and Co Co, oh yes, the dog too!
Hey hey England
Whoah , I was scrolling through and I noticed an Austin show and listened to Steve Fromholz play after that moved down the page and saw this .. I have been a Bobby Whitlock fan since I was turned on to Delaney and Bonnie and Bobby in 1969 while in the service. Bought your first two records .. Great tunes and great stories.. Thanks for it all Bobby and keep up the good work my friend..
Thank you Donald
It has been a while hasn't it.
Love JJ & Jesse Ed. Personally, I don't think "'Layla"' would've sounded as authentic without the perfect vocals of Bobby Whitlock. It's the main reason I still listen to it. Bobby still looks really great.
Thank you so much
First of all, thanks for allowing this fly on your wall. The beautiful connection between the two of you is evident with the natural flow, hearing Coco's laugh, how she instinctively knows when to talk & listen.
Your Steve Cropper bit really caught my ear, especially knowing of his incredible artistry & hearing about his great advice, suggesting you connect with Eric Clapton. Personally, I still believe Layla was the best thing he's ever done...your work on that album. The vocal harmonies are so soulful beyond belief & your lead vocal on Thorn Tree brings tears to these eyes, everytime. Thank you for sharing your gift(s) & time.
Great stories (as usual) about Cale and Jesse Ed Davis. I don't know if you agree but Don Nix has said that Tulsa and Memphis are like sister cities as far as the music and players being similar. Another quick question, I'm curious if you ever heard of The Cate Brothers Band. I ask because Steve Cropper produced one of their albums in the 70's (In One Eye & Out The Other) I think was it. They also toured as The Band with Levon Helm in the early 80's. Levon's nephew (Terry Cagle) is The Cate Brothers drummer. Anyway, y'all keep talking and we'll keep listening! Y'all be well.
I just came upon these videos with Bobby and I've watched all morning. You and Bobby have a great way of bring these stories to us about artists I've enjoyed for decades. I can't wait to share with friends. Thank you both!
Hi Di Di.. CoCo
Thank you so much for doing the stories of Jesse Ed! I appreciate that! Loved his music! Onion
Thank you Bobby & CoCo for these wonderful stories❤️
JED is so damn under rated it’s lovely to hear Bobby talk so affectionately about him and give him some props.
Ed Davis keeps coming up today. First a guy that writes for Vintage Guitar Magazine does a video here on TH-cam about his playing style, then Tom Britt, a session guy from Nashville says on Facebook that he's been listening to him all day and now your remembrances. I saw him play twice, first with George, Eric & Ringo and then in '75 when he was with Rod Stewart/Faces. I've seen some of the greats and I'm lucky to count Jesse Ed Davis among them.
Whoa! When did he play with Rod and the Faces? I need to check that out.
@@tompaul2591 Late '75, the last tour. He was supposed to replace Ron Wood but Stewart wasn't interested in keeping the Faces together. There is a You Tube vid or 2. Jesse mostly played rhythm guitar and swapped slide solo's with Woody on Stay With Me.
@@bobcabo4509 cool thanks. I'll check it out
Thanks Bobby, I always thought you were the clearest headed Domino in the bunch! I appreciate your stories.
I really enjoy listening to yalls podcast..I was playing on a documentary as it was being flimed in Tulsa & Clairemore OK in 1990 & we set up in a bar & playing for tips out of boredom..So were in Tulsa & this dude was coming on after us & i had no idea what JJ Cale looked like..So this dude walks up to us after our little show & asked if we would be interested in setting in with him & we said sure if we can keep up we'd be glad to..We still had no idea who he was but we listened to a couple of songs & jumped right on stage & ( winged it) starde playing as best we could..After the show he introduced himself as JJ Cale & we about fell over LOL..He was the nicest cat i ever met & we ended up playing about six weeks with him..Stayed in touch for several years with him but life gets in the way & we lost touch with him..But what an honor it was to play with one of the greatest songwriters of all time..A true gentleman he was RIP JJ.
These convos are a good dose for my health. I appreciate it you all.
LOVE these stories! The players/producers/engineers surrounding the big names of the 'golden era' were so incredibly influential on these iconic artists. You can hear it in the recordings and live performances. And it's awesome to hear THEIR perspectives on the whole shebang! Thanks for sharing, Bobby!
I was listening to the new reissue of Gene Clark’s No Other album, which Jesse Ed is on. He also produced his White Light album. I know his slide playing on Taj Mahal’s first album was a huge influence/inspiration on Duane Allman’s slide playing
We saw the original band with Taj, Jesse Ed, Brother Blackwell, and Gary Gilmore at a little 3,000 seat venue out in L.A., probably in '68.
I wish I could go back and see it all again because at the time, we just took all this great stuff for granted.
Love Bobby's stories!
Maybe it's already in the works, but these stories would make a great book!
Thank you both from Canada. Love learning and gaining insights into the music I grew up with.
These conversations are just so wonderful to hear/see.
I can’t even begin to imagine
Eric Singing without Bobby in the mix on the Layla LP .I remember listening to the album when it first came out thinking well Eric is singing so much stronger Without realizing that the voice I was hearing was actually Bobby Whitlock .
"It doesn't take too long to do a short tour"...so great. Jon Voight was such a great actor in the day...shame what happened.
Yes he was, and sitting next to him was a pleasure, he was actually very kind.
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What happened to him!?
@@axandio He turned into a right-wing nut.
Thank you Bobby and CoCo! I greatly appreciate and respect your honesty, and hearing you tell your story in your way. Keep on keepin’ on! 👍😎❤️
Great stories! J.J. Cale is one of my favourite song writers ever. You seem like a great guy Bobby, love your giggles. Love from Switzerland.
Love hearing all about your experiences. Thank you for sharing them! Born and raised in OK but discovered JJ Cale only a few months ago and I'm retired now. I've bought a number of his albums recently. Again, thank you for sharing stories with us.
J.J. is the gold standard to me for so many things, but just as a guitarist alone he represents the peak of what I’ve always wanted to achieve as a guitar player myself. I’m 48 and my parents brought me up listening to great music, including of course Cream, Hendrix, ‘All Things Must Pass’, ‘Layla’ etc, and J.J.’s ‘Naturally’ and ‘5’ really hit me like a ton of bricks. For me, J.J.’s economy and emotional impact are the high watermark, dare I say over and above B.B. King who I think might be second to J.J. in that regard. I just want to be reaching somewhere near that level of brevity and emotional content, completely devoid of bullshit...just direct from his heart to the listener’s heart in the context of his GREAT songs. The playing was PERFECT in those songs. God, I just love and admire J.J. with all my heart.
Beautiful, I'm sure he would have appreciated your feelings.
JJ Cale is great. Love me some Bill Boatman too though. Great talent.
Jesse Ed Davis died in 1988. That is quite some time after the Concert for Bangladesh.
I love hearing these stories. I helped Roger Tillison (RIP) with designing his record albums, and he used to tell me great stories. I got to sit in one time when he and Walt Richmond did some recording at his house for the Mamble Jamble album.
Love hearing about the real music of that wonderful time. I see David Farley mentioned Walt Richmond, really enjoy his piano style, speaking of under the radar types.
I have a question that I hope you guys can answer. The Asylum Choir II with Leon and Jesse Ed is fun. Do you know who might have been playing fiddle on Salty Candy? It isn't credited that I can find. Thanks.
Bobby, just want to say your energy is infectious, it's beautiful, inspiring & inspirational. Thanks so much for shariing with us. PLH-ELB
Thank you! Speaking of many people watching your videos, I’m a Brazilian living in Tyler. Music is such an universal thing that we all get to enjoy your stories. Matter of fact you guys had such a groundbreaking idea using TH-cam to talk about Rock and Roll history today where music is just unbelievably awful. We need music and arts in general to feed our souls. And Bobby is such a master storyteller. Thank you.
Good vibes and music making leads to magical times indeed.👍😎
Would love to jam with ya.
Great stories 👍😎
Thank you both for sharin👍😎
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Love folks
Hi Bobby, I just want to say thanks for sharing, I'm pushing 60 and I listen to a lot of music, but what I've learnt about all these wonderful artists in the last few days listening to your chats is just mind blowing... in a way it makes me chuckle, how do kids bullshit each other these days, everything's out there somewhere on tape now ha! I can remember being a teenager and listening to Taj Mahal and we all assumed that was him on guitar playing slide and now I know better, but man in those days all you'd have was an album sleeve, a few pictures of the band maybe a few words, and from that alone we would sit around and extrapolate and BS each other for days ha... how do kids do that now! Cheers to you both and keep the stories coming, what treasure!
Thank you Steve, weren't we so lucky. Thank you.
Cool ,,,, I tune in the mornings and you guys pop up,,,,, get a good BOOST from your conversations,,,, THANKS
Bobby, you have such great stories to tell and you paint a vivid picture when you tell the stories. Happy to see you are doing so well!
Retired American living in the Philippines 🇵🇭 now and really enjoy your videos.
watched a couple of these....they are GOLD, love'em ! And I'm loving this house...extremely cool.
Even if it takes or took me a year to find this at least I found it. Jessie Ed Davis got me here today . Thanks Bobby + Coco been awhile since I checked out a upload. $5 bucks a night 😁.
just found these videos, absolutely love watching and learning more about Derek and The dominos days and your life, Eric and JJ have been a huge influence on me as a Guitar Player.
Thank you Jonathan, so glad you're here.
At 5min32 sec Bobby says: „ it was after the Bangla Desh concert that I heard Jesse passed away .“. ???????? Bangla Desh was 1971, Jesse died 1988 ??????? Can you help me? Did I get something wrong ???? Thanks Andi , Germany
Voight’s brother is Chip Taylor that wrote Wild Thing and Angel of the Morning among many other great songs
That's awesome
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Chip Taylor.
More to look up.
Where did Blues from Laurel Cyn. Live?
very good!...I grew up in OKC and I knew Jesse Ed's mom and Dad. I met him a couple of times and he was like a magical dude. He came out and sat in at my gig shortly before his passing, I think he was doing the Palomino gig at the time ...what a great player. I wish he was still around ...
Jesse Ed Davis and Gene Clark were fantastic!
I remember you Bobby, Joe English and on occasion Joe Cocker at Capricorn Studio. You guys sure had a thing for the goldfish on my desk, remember? Although I'll never let you forget that, i must say also that you are a great songwriter!
No, but he remembers the rat coming out of the toilet...
I love listening to you reminisce, Bobby! Delaney, Bonnie and Friends was the band I saw more then any other right out of my high school daze! And, there was a time when I actually lived in that apartment complex right across the street from Snoopy's Opera House in North Hollywood . . . Regrettably, I was too young to get in there. A' the best!
This is amazing Bobby and CoCo! I love hearing these great stories of such cool people! Huge fan of both JJ and Jesse Ed Davis! Two of my favorite guitarist ever! Bobby love all your work and it's just so cool that you are giving us some insight and background into our favorite music! Stay cool!!
Thank you very much
Really enjoyed listening to this. Jesse Ed Davis intrigues me. Such a beautiful soul, great player with a tragic end
Bobby what kind of music are you listening to these days
These stories are awesome; ive been following for hours since I discovered last night. Bobby a musical hero of mine
Bobby, another Great story here, R.I.P. TO ALL THE GREAT ONES THAT HAVE PASSED, COUSIN FIGEL
Thanks you guys.. I really look forward to to these conversations. Stay safe✨👍
Loved to hear you talk about Jesse Ed Davis !. i am only 63, but as a young teenager, I could clearly hear his playing all over "Giant Steps"....he also played with Gene Clark, I know that, Gene's son Kai was the singer in our band, from 1993 to 2000. Learned a lot more about this stuff, through Him. Did you know anything about the time when Ed Davis worked with Gene Clark ? Regards, JT
No sorry
@@BW-CC Thanks for the quick reply, I am here in Reno, Nv. with my 6 yr. old boy, and wife, and have enjoyed hearing you talk about the old days Take care... JT
Bobby, you are so correct about Jessie Ed Davis & Duane Allman, If it was not for Jessie, Duane May Have Never played the slide Guitar, many people do not know and also, , i have read that JJ did not really like his pictute taken, his picture is on very Few of his albums, he just wanted to write songs and Get Paid for them, No Limelight, Cousin Figel
Became so intrigued with these videos that I plum forgot to "like" them I was in such a hurry to get to the next one. Now I gotta go back and watch them all again so I hit that "like" button.
Hey ya'll, nice hangin' out with ya. Lovin' all your videos! Does Bobby have any Dr. John stories?
Did Jesse Ed Davis participate on the “Take The Last Train To Clarksville”? Some conflicting info out there.
You two never fail at putting a smile on my face each and every day!
Thank you
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I loved seeing Jesse Ed on the Bangladesh Concert ....I just did not get to delve that hard into his music !!
a question Bobby may be able to answer - it seems I read once the the house that Taj is sitting in front of on his debut album was 'the plantation' (that Leon sang about)? would this be correct or incorrect? ~ thank you and stay safe.
Nice to hear such appreciation for Jesse Ed Davis - he would be worthy of an anthology album like the one that came out after Duane died, but I guess I’ll have to make my own on iTunes 😢
Awww... you're so right.
But honor him in your heart, that's enough, it doesn't need wordly honor. In the quiet of your soul is enough.
CoCo
It IS important (your stories) to people all over the world to hear them. Bobby's music, and that of the great players he worked with, have had an enormous impact on my life for more than 50 years, and I know countless other people too. Thank you both so much!
Greetings from Tulsa. FYI of the old Tulsa guard, only Jimmy Karstein and Gary Gilmore are still with us. In the last five years, we've lost Leon, Cale, Blackwell, Markham and others. Enjoy hearing your stories of those days in LA.
JJ Cale was one of my favorites! Thank you for all the videos!
Great stories Bobby. What a rich life you’ve lived. Any snippets on Gram Parsons? Would love to hear.
Thank you for taking the time to share this. So much insight would be lost without Bobby's perspective. I love your videos.
Thank you Ron
Bobby, maybe some time when you get a chance talk about your playing experiences with Steve Dupuis, Bill Randolph, later Eddie Marshall, Jonny Daughty, and Eddie Milsap.
Great video. What year did Bobby first play with D&B?
I saw DB&F Aug. '69 St. Louis Keil Auditorim with Taste and Blind Faith.
Don Preston is still around. I used to play bass for him. Great guy...
But he's from TX isn't he? I think Bobby said Tulsa.
@@chlynn13b92 No, Don’s from Colorado, I believe..
He was one of the Shindogs, from the Shindig show. That’s where he knew Leon Russell from.
@@paulnicolosi4792 Yeah, you're right. His family moved when he was 8 to CA
These stories are awesome! I had always wondered about the Eric's house trashing story. How did it happen?
Extremely interesting ! Love it I have probably played Key to the Highway a thousand times
@Bobby Whitlock --- my former boss and I interviewed you for an online radio show back in 2013. We were lucky to get you and it was a wonderful show thanks to you.
I KNOW you didn't mean anything derogatory in the slightest because I've learned a lot about how you live, and about your values, which are indeed aspirational for everyone. You and your lovely wife are models for folks to follow.
Anyone who is digging up past names, labels and customs to run through a politically correct wringer would do well to take a deeper look into the history of the people being wrung out...for a change, before they commence with the public whippings.
I really wish folks would stop using such a blunt, clumsy tool for social change. It wrecks things and often times it wrecks people, places and things that don't deserve it.
PS: I'd like to send you a Leon Russell DVD, just tell me where...P.O. Box is okay.
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1st off, I love listening to these awesome stories. Bobby and CoCo! You two are incredible.
Jesse Ed Davis, he passed in the 80s. It seemed like Bobby implied his death was after the BANGLADESH concert, like not too long after.
I have yet to read all the comments either. Anyway, no big deal. Just wanted to throw this in.
Thank you Bobby and CoCo. I hope to meet you both someday.
Regards,
Jimmy
Thank you for sharing. Love listening. ❤️ from Stillwater Minnesota
Aloha from Hawaii. Thank you for the wonderful stories.
Aloha... one day Hawaii
Gotta say I just love your cozy fireplace! Bobby, I wanna see your closet. You got some cool shirts there brother! Love from Venice (CA).
love this so much amazing stories thank u so much !!
Of all these great stories, getting a sneak peak into JJ Cale was so interesting. It’s good to know that your hero’s are how you imagine. Meeting John Hartford was one of my musical highlights. Never got to hear you live but spent an hour or two (a lifetime) of hearing you. Thank you for all your memories. I grew up on your music as the soundtrack of my life.
After Midnight!!!! There you go!
So many questions get answered listening to Bobby!
Thanks Coco!
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This is such a great interview. Love it. I would like to hear more.
great great.....ahhhhhh 12:32 Bobby almost went into a Gram mention....dang. fab JJ/Ed stories.
A lifetime of brilliant music. These videos make my day.
Thank you
i find it interesting that there is ALWAYS one "thumbs down "on these,and thus it proves to me thats its just some kind of insect troll...keep em coming Bobby and Coco..for us normal people ,your ch. has been enlightning.
Somebody, somewhere would give Mother Theresa a thumbs down. There's no figuring people, but if you have more thumbs up than down, then you're doing just fine.