website associated_acts years_active birth_place label background instrument birth_date genre article_title name occupation
http://stringbender.com/ nashville brothers , parsons green west , the byrds , the flying burrito 1966 -- present morongo valley , mojave desert , california , u.s. bakersfield , stringbender international , columbia , warner bros. , sierra solo_singer guitar steel , vocals , percussion , drums , banjo , harmonica , pedal 4 september 1944 rock , country rock , bluegrass , country gene parsons
 gene parsons musician , songwriter , engineer
gene parsons

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 .
parsons has also released solo albums and played in bands including nashville west , the flying burrito brothers , and parsons green .
parsons is credited with inventing the b-bender -lrb- also known as the stringbender -rrb- along with clarence white and the device is often referred to as the parsons/white b-bender , a trademarked name .
