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He is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger and
composer, best known for the saxophone, born in Louisville,
Kentucky.
He began performing in the 1950s and for the next ten
years or so was active in the jazz and blues circuit.
In 1967 he joined up with Paul Butterfield’s
Blues Band just prior to their performance at the Monterey Pop Festival and
made his debut recording with them.
He went on to record several more albums with them and was a soloist
on “Double Trouble” and the hit song “Love March”
which appeared on the live Woodstock
album.
He left the band in the mid-1970s and went to work in
the offshoot group Full Moon.
He also worked in the studio with several other musicians before
returning to the Paul Butterfield’s Blues Band.
The artists he has worked with during the course of
his career include Gregg Allman, the James Cotton
Blues Band, Etta James, Lightnin’ Rod, Jackie
Lomax, Melissa Manchester and Geoff & Maria Muldaur.
His album output as a
writer or musician has been substantial and a few of them include Playin’ Up a Storm by the Gregg Allman Band, In
My Own Dream, Keep on Moving and The
Resurrestion of Pigboy Crabshaw by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Full Moon by Full Moon, Guess Who by
B.B. King and Something/Anything
by Todd Rundgren.
Todd Rundgren recordings
Cold Morning
Light (Todd Rundgren)
Hello It's Me (Todd Rundgren)
Sources:
- http://www.answers.com/topic/brother-gene-dinwiddie
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3bfixql5ldhe
- http://www.showmehowtoplay.com/artist/Lenny-Castro/?key=P000063207
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3bfixql5ldhe~T4
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