Gene Dinwiddie (third from left) as part of the Gregg Allman Band in 1977
Gene Dinwiddie (born Charles Eugene Dinwiddie ;[ 1] September 19, 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky , United States – January 11, 2002 in La Puente, Los Angeles, California, aged 65[ 2] ), was an American blues saxophonist , who is best known as a member of the Butterfield Blues Band .
Dinwiddie had played since the 1950s in both jazz and blues until, in 1967, the Butterfield Blues Band added a horn section . In this he remained until the band broke up in 1971, and afterwards he was still a member of the Butterfield Band spinoff group, Full Moon .
It also was during the 1960s that he was a member of the James Cotton Blues Band and worked in the 1970s as a session musician , amongst other musicians for, B. B. King , Paul Butterfield , Gregg Allman , Melissa Manchester and Jackie Lomax . In the 1990s, his work as a session musician continued. He can be heard, for example, on Etta James' Stickin' to My Guns (1990).
References
^ A power stronger than itself: the AACM and American experimental music , George Lewis, University of Chicago Press, 2008, page 70
^ Social Security Death Index for Charles E. Dinwiddie, born 19 September 1936, died 11 January 2002[not specific enough to verify ]
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