Wednesday, January 22, 5 PM: Douglas K. Miller, Author of “Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis:” Book Talk, Reading, Signing

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Book description:

Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis is the new biography from author Douglas K. Miller which examines the life of the Oklahoma-born musician who left his home state to become a dominant force within rock music in the 1970s. Davis played with Conway Twitty, amassed credits with three of the four Beatles, and became a favorite player of Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, and others. It’s his unmistakable lead playing you hear on Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes” and on some of the most foundational records in Taj Mahal’s broad discography.

Washita Love Child arrives as there is renewed interest in Davis—an exhibit at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa titled “Natural Anthem” (with which Miller was also involved) opened in November and will remain at the center until April. In February, Browne and Taj Mahal will perform in Tulsa, celebrating Davis’ work.

Author:

A professor of history at Oklahoma State University and a former working musician, Douglas Miller specializes in twentieth-century Native American history. He is the author of Indians on the Move: Native American Mobility and Urbanization in the Twentieth Century. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma.