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The band signed with Fantasy Records in 1973. Their 1975 hit "Walking in Rhythm" received a Grammy nomination and sold over one million copies by May 1975. It was later awarded a gold disc. [4] Founding member Allan Barnes died on July 25, 2016, at the age of 66. [5] Pianist Kevin Toney died from cancer on March 18, 2024, at the age of 70. [6]
The band formed after Tarryn Lamb posted an advert on Gumtree in 2012, looking for other musicians to start an all-girl group. Within a couple of months, they were signed by EMI and released their debut album, Strong. Blackbyrd disbanded after member Tamsyn passed in 2022
DeWayne 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.
Blackbird was an electronic post-punk band, formed by brothers Chip and Tony Kinman after they dissolved their cowpunk band Rank and File.. Blackbird marked the third distinct musical style embraced and perpetrated by the Kinmans, first with punk rock (), followed by country punk (or cowpunk) with Rank and File, and finally the abrasive, metallic techno-pop of Blackbird.
Religion was important in the McKnight family, with many generations being Seventh-day Adventists. His grandfather was a pastor of a church, and his mother played the piano and sang in a gospel choir in Buffalo's Emanuel Temple. Being the youngest of four boys, McKnight became a member of an a cappella gospel quartet with his brothers
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II [1] (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. [2] A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist.
Cliff Robert Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart. [1]
Barnes led the band Giant Steps, which consists of six band leaders: Cliff Monear, Marion Hayden, Rayse Biggs, Sunny Wilkinson, and Gayelynn McKinney. His sound was described as "calling out to the audience and inviting them in with his masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and his significant contributions to the preservation of the ...