caption associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
jesse tobias morrissey alanis morissette , mother tongue -lrb- band -rrb- , red hot chili peppers , splendid , 1990 -- present guitar austin , texas non_vocal_instrumentalist 1 april 1972 guitar alternative rock jessetobias.jpg jesse tobias
 jesse tobias musician , songwriter , record producer , musical arranger
jesse tobias

jesse tobias -lrb- born april 1 , 1972 -rrb- is an american guitarist who has been the guitarist/co-writer for morrissey since 2005 .
tobias first gained notoriety during a brief tenure with the red hot chili peppers in 1993 , although he was replaced by dave navarro within a month after joining the band .
before he joined the chili peppers , he briefly played with l.a.-based band mother tongue .
in 1996 , tobias joined the touring band for alanis morissette and from 1999-2005 was a member of the musical duo , splendid .
