Biography
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Born
26 September 1937
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Born In
Sunset, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Died
12 April 2016 (aged 78)
Gene Victor Parsons is an American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and innovative engineer, best known for his work with The Byrds from 1968 to 1972.
Gene Parsons (not to be confused with Gram Parsons, to whom he is not related) has also released solo albums and played in bands including Manassas, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Parsons Green.
His professional musical career began when he joined up with guitarist and fiddle player Gib Guilbeau in the duo Guilbeau & Parsons. Later the duo was joined by Clarence White, former guitarist with the Kentucky Colonels, and bassist Wayne Moore to form the short-lived country-rock band Nashville West, named after a club where the band often performed.
Floyd August "Gib" Guilbeau (born September 26, 1937) is an American country-rock musician and songwriter. As a member of Nashville West, Swampwater, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gib Guilbeau helped pioneer the fusion of rock and country music in the 1960s.
Guilbeau was born in Sunset, Louisiana and raised among fiddle players. His father and brothers played fiddle, and he himself started playing fiddle at the age of fourteen.
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