# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-parsons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:45:28.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-parsons"
name: "Gene Parsons"
slug: "gene-parsons"
description: "Gene Victor Parsons is an American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and engineer, best known for his work with the Byrds from 1968 to 1972. Parsons has also released solo albums and played in bands including Nashville West, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Parsons Green. Along with guitarist Clarence White, he is credited with inventing the B-Bender —a device which allows a guitarist to emulate the sound of a pedal steel guitar. The device is often referred to as the Parsons/White B-Bender, a trademarked name."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Byrds_(1970).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7770377418331749
  historical:           11.522328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://stringbender.com/"
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    title: "جین پارسونز"
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    title: "Gene Parsons"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump