Torr writes:

I believe Jesse got the job with Moz cause he's friends with keyboardist Mike Farrell. As evidenced by this diary entry at www.splendidtheband.com:

the betterment of my plinkling and other new tales
Tuesday, August 3, 2004

You would think that living with such an incredibly skilled guitarist would hold many grand little perks such as free lessons in it's gift basket, but more fool you, I have found my guru in the wife of his bandmate, mike. He and his other half, mandy, had a baby recently, then he landed the amazing job of being morrissey's keyboard player (he now plays almost everything, including percussion and trumpet) and promptly went on tour.