Category:DeWayne McKnight

**DeWayne McKnight**
	American guitarist
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Date of birth	17 April 1954; Los Angeles
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Morningside High School;
Occupation	guitarist; jazz guitarist;
Member of	The Parliaments;
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English: DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight 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. He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986.