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{{short description|American guitarist}}
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| birth_name = DeWayne Stephen McKnight<ref name=FTLegends>California Births, 1905 – 1995, [http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=DeWayne&last=McKnight DeWayne Stephen McKnight]</ref>
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|birth_place =[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]<ref>[[Discogs]], Dewayne McKnight, [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dewayne+McKnight Born in Los Angeles in 1954...]</ref>
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| associated_acts = [[Parliament-Funkadelic]]<br />[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]<br />[[The Headhunters]]
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}}'''DeWayne McKnight''' <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> is an American [[Electric guitar|guitarist]]. From 1975 to 1978, he was a member of [[the Headhunters]], a [[jazz-funk]] [[Jazz fusion|fusion]] band, and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] from 1978 through 2021, with whom he still plays on occasion. He served briefly as guitarist for the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] after the death of [[Hillel Slovak]] in 1988 before being replaced by [[John Frusciante]].<ref name="Prato">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p5241/biography |pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Red Hot Chili Peppers|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=July 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/flea333/status/93550933186838528 |title=Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar |work=[[Twitter]] |access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> He also played briefly with [[Miles Davis]] in 1986.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
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[[File:DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight.JPG|thumb|DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight ([[Innsbruck]], 2009)]]
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'''DeWayne Stephen ''' "'''Blackbyrd'''" '''McKnight''' (born 17 April 1954) is an [[United States|American]] [[Electric guitar|guitarist]]. He was a member of [[The Headhunters]], a [[jazz-funk]] [[Jazz fusion|fusion]] [[Band (music)|band]] from 1975 through 1978 and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] from 1978 though 2008. He served briefly as guitarist for the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] after the death of [[Hillel Slovak]] in 1988 though was quickly replaced by [[John Frusciante]].<ref name="Prato">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5241/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Red Hot Chili Peppers|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/flea333/status/93550933186838528|title=Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar|work=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=14 August 2011}}</ref> He also played briefly with [[Miles Davis]] in 1986.

==Selected discography==

*1973 [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] – ''[[Geeta (album)|Geeta]]''
*1975 [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[Flood (Herbie Hancock album)|Flood]]''
*1975 [[The Headhunters]] – ''Survival of the Fittest''
*1977 The Headhunters – ''Straight from the Gate''
*1979 [[Funkadelic]] – ''[[Uncle Jam Wants You]]''
*1979 [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] – ''[[Gloryhallastoopid]]''
*1979 [[The Brides of Funkenstein]] – ''[[Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy]]''
*1981 [[Funkadelic]] – ''[[The Electric Spanking of War Babies]]''
*1983 [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] – ''[[You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish]]''
*1983 [[P-Funk All-Stars]] – ''[[Urban Dancefloor Guerillas]]''
*1985 George Clinton – ''[[Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends]]''
*1985 Jimmy G and the Tackheads – ''[[Federation of Tackheads]]''
*1986 George Clinton – ''[[R&B Skeletons in the Closet]]''
*1988 INCorporated Thang Band – ''[[Lifestyles of the Roach and Famous]]''
*1989 George Clinton – ''[[The Cinderella Theory]]''
*1990 Mr. Fiddler – ''With Respect''
*1990 P-Funk All-Stars – ''[[Live at the Beverly Theater]]''
*1992 Foley – ''7 Years Ago...Directions in Smart-Alec Music''
*1993 George Clinton – ''[[Hey Man, Smell My Finger]]''
*1993 Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All-Stars – ''Dope Dogs''
*1993 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars- ''[[Go Fer Yer Funk]]''
*1994 [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]- ''[[Out in L.A.]]'' appears on the song "Blues for Meister"
*1994 P-Funk Guitar Army – ''Tributes to Jimi Hendrix''
*1995 Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All-Stars – ''[[Police Doggy]]''
*1995 Axiom Funk – ''Funkcronomicon''
*1996 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars – ''[[T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.]]''
*2005 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars – ''[[How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?]]''
*2007 Funkadelic – ''[[By Way of the Drum]]''
*2008 Fred Hamm – "Free Music Reunion" appears on the song "Wanna"
*2009 'Bout Funkin' Time—Solo Album<ref name="Westergaard">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p432947/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review: 'Bout Funkin' Time|last=Westergaard|first=Sean|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=5 July 2011}}</ref>
*2014 Funkadelic – "[[First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate]]"
*2018 Parliament – "[[Medicaid Fraud Dogg]]"


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Latest revision as of 06:03, 26 December 2024

DeWayne McKnight
McKnight in 2009
McKnight in 2009
Background information
GenresFunk, funk rock, jazz-funk
InstrumentGuitar

DeWayne McKnight is an American guitarist. From 1975 to 1978, he was a member of the Headhunters, a jazz-funk fusion band, and Parliament-Funkadelic from 1978 through 2021, with whom he still plays on occasion. He served briefly as guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers after the death of Hillel Slovak in 1988 before being replaced by John Frusciante.[1][2] He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Biography: Red Hot Chili Peppers". Allmusic. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  2. ^ "Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar". Twitter. Retrieved August 14, 2011.


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