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Also known as David Wayne Perkins

American musician

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Last Flight of the Daisy Mae
  • Jones Street
  • Work can wait
  • The Barrow Hill paradox
  • Self-publish at the Speed of Thought

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1932-04-09
Active to
1998-01-19
americancountryrockrock & rollrock and rollrockabilly

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
359
Total plays
1,639

Tags

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Wayne Perkins (born David Wayne Perkins in 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and session musician. In the early 1970s he was part of Smith Perkins Smith. Subsequently he has been in demand as a session musician, recording with many international artists including Bob Marley and the Wailers , Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Rolling Stones. At age 15, Perkins played his first gig as a session musician, in Bob Grove's Prestige Recording Studio in

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Wayne
Family name
Perkins
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Birmingham
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1951-01-01
start of work period
1970-00-00
date of death
2026-03-16
name in native language
Wayne Perkins
birth name
David Wayne Perkins
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
stroke
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