Dwight Pattison (died 16 June 2013) was an Indian bassist and guitarist born in

Kolkata, India Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commer ...

Career

Dwight Pattison played with

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, the rock band in Kolkata fronted by Dilip Balakrishnan and Lew Hilt, where he began song writing. Pattison toured with various bands and musicians, such as

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, Lesle Lewis,

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and

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, with whom he co-created the Bengali-language album "Poth Geche Benke". He was known for his musical timing and talent on various instruments, particularly on the bass and acoustic guitar. He died on 16 June 2013 in Sikkim, India of a heart attack.

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