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| birth_name = DeWayne Stephen McKnight<ref name=FTLegends>California Births, 1905 – 1995, </ref> | birth_name = DeWayne Stephen McKnight<ref name=FTLegends>California Births, 1905 – 1995, </ref>
| alias = Blackbyrd | alias = Blackbyrd
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], 2009)]] ], 2009)]]
'''DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight''' (born 17 April 1954) is an American ]. He was a member of ], a ] ] ] from 1975 through 1978 and ] from 1978 through 2008. He served briefly as guitarist for the ] after the death of ] in 1988 before being replaced by ].<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=]|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/flea333/status/93550933186838528|title=Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar|work=]|access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> He also played briefly with ] in 1986. '''DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight''' (born April 17, 1954) is an American ]. He was a member of ], a ] ] ] from 1975 through 1978 and ] from 1978 through 2008. He served briefly as guitarist for the ] after the death of ] in 1988 before being replaced by ].<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=]|access-date=July 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/flea333/status/93550933186838528 |title=Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar |work=] |access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> He also played briefly with ] in 1986.


==Selected discography== ==Selected discography==
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*2007 Funkadelic – '']'' *2007 Funkadelic – '']''
*2008 Fred Hamm – "Free Music Reunion" appears on the song "Wanna" *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=]|access-date=5 July 2011}}</ref> *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=]|access-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
*2014 Funkadelic – "]" *2014 Funkadelic – "]"
*2018 Parliament – "]" *2018 Parliament – "]"

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DeWayne McKnight
Vienna 2009Vienna 2009
Background information
Birth nameDeWayne Stephen McKnight
Also known asBlackbyrd
Born (1954-04-17) April 17, 1954 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresFunk, funk rock, jazz-funk
InstrumentGuitar
Musical artist
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (Innsbruck, 2009)

DeWayne Stephen "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 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. He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986.

Selected discography

References

  1. ^ 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 July 11, 2010.
  4. "Twitter / Flea: blackbyrd McKnight on guitar". Twitter. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  5. Westergaard, Sean. "Review: 'Bout Funkin' Time". Allmusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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