Dennis Clifton

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Dennis Clifton (1953--January 1, 2008) was an American musician and studio engineer.

Clifton began playing guitar while young and began playing on the road when he was a teenager, at jazz clubs in New Orleans. He was the guitarist and principal songwriter for the band FCC (Funky Communications Commission) whose greatest hit was "Baby I Want You".

After FCC disbanded, Clifton became a studio musician, playing guitar and adding background vocals for musicians in Nashville, Tennessee. Clifton also was amember of the bluegrass band, Cornbread Red, which produced bluegrass tribute albums to popular rock and alternative artists, such as Def Leppard, Linkin Park and Green Day.

He died on New Year's Day, 2008, after a long battle with cancer.