# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dewayne-mcknight
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:10:29.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dewayne-mcknight"
name: "DeWayne McKnight"
slug: "dewayne-mcknight"
description: "DeWayne \"Blackbyrd\" 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. He also played briefly with Miles Davis in 1986."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeWayne_'Blackbyrd'_McKnight_-_SociaLibrium%2C_Vienna2009_b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             0.7819905213270141
  historical:           13.06966533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/blackbyrd.mcknight"
    handle:    "blackbyrd.mcknight"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديواين مكنيجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дуейн Макнайт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_%22Blackbyrd%22_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne \"Blackbyrd\" McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbyrd_McKnight"
    title: "Blackbyrd McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_%C2%ABBlackbyrd%C2%BB_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne «Blackbyrd» McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWayne_McKnight"
    title: "DeWayne McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f48e4420-d2bd-47c6-a322-e2577d06453a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump