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Dickey Betts: Duane picked up slide seriously
after he heard Jesse Ed Davis playing
“Statesboro Blues” with Taj Mahal. He was
screwing around with it but when he heard that
he says, “Yeah, that’s what I’m gonna do. I’m
gonna play harmonica on this thing.” And Jesse
Ed was honored because Duane went way past
what Jesse was doing and Jesse was fantastic.
So your “Statesboro Blues” found its birth
in the version by Taj Mahal.
Dickey: Yeah. See Taj is so much older than us
we feel we have the right to…
Carry it on?
Dickey: And still stick close to what he did.
I’d like to get an historical overview of the
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