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'''DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight''' (born April 17, 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.
'''DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight''' (born April 17, 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==
==Discography==

{{Expand list|date=August 2015}}
*1973 [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] - ''[[Geeta (album)|Geeta]]''
*1973 [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] - ''[[Geeta (album)|Geeta]]''
*1975 [[Herbie Hancock]] - ''[[Flood (Herbie Hancock album)|Flood]]''
*1975 [[Herbie Hancock]] - ''[[Flood (Herbie Hancock album)|Flood]]''

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

DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (born April 17, 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 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.[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.

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