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[[File:DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight.JPG|thumb|DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight ([[Innsbruck]], 2009)]]
[[File:DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight.JPG|thumb|DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight ([[Innsbruck]], 2009)]]
'''DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight''' (born 17 April 1954) is an 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]]|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/flea333/status/93550933186838528|title=Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar|work=[[Twitter]]|access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> He also played briefly with [[Miles Davis]] in 1986.
'''DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight''' (born 17 April 1954) is an 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 through 2008. 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=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/flea333/status/93550933186838528|title=Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar|work=[[Twitter]]|access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> He also played briefly with [[Miles Davis]] in 1986.


==Selected discography==
==Selected discography==

Revision as of 19:05, 15 December 2021

DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight
Vienna 2009
Vienna 2009
Background information
Birth nameDeWayne Stephen McKnight[1]
Also known asBlackbyrd
Born (1954-04-17) 17 April 1954 (age 70)[1]
Los Angeles, California[2]
GenresFunk, funk rock, jazz-funk
InstrumentGuitar
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (Innsbruck, 2009)

DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight (born 17 April 1954) is an American guitarist. He was a member of The Headhunters, a jazz-funk fusion band from 1975 through 1978 and Parliament-Funkadelic from 1978 through 2008. 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.[3][4] He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986.

Selected discography

References

  1. ^ a b California Births, 1905 – 1995, DeWayne Stephen McKnight
  2. ^ Discogs, Dewayne McKnight, Born in Los Angeles in 1954...
  3. ^ Prato, Greg. "Biography: Red Hot Chili Peppers". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar". Twitter. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  5. ^ Westergaard, Sean. "Review: 'Bout Funkin' Time". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 July 2011.