Edward James Milton Dwane (born 15 August 1984) is a British musician and photographer, best known for being the bassist of the

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-winning British folk rock band

Mumford & Sons Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, double bass, bass guitar), and Ben Lovett (British musician), B ...

. Before this he was the bassist in experimental folk band

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Music career

Dwane is a founding member of the British folk band

. He plays the double bass, bass guitar, drums, guitar and provides backing vocals. Dwane performed with two of his current band members,

Marcus Mumford Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is an American-born British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the folk band Mumford & Sons. He also plays a number of instruments with ...

and

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, with

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before Mumford & Sons.

Photography

Dwane is a keen photographer and has a photography blog on the Mumford & Sons website. Dwane held his first solo photography exhibition, A Show of Faces, from 16 to 24 November 2013 in

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, London.

Health

On 31 May 2013, whilst performing at the Greek Theatre Berkeley, Dwane had an acute

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which went undiagnosed for over a week. Dwane went on to perform six gigs before finally being correctly diagnosed and treated in Austin on 11 June. He was discharged on 13 June after a successful operation. Mumford & Sons had to cancel three performances in America including the

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so Dwane could fully recover. Touring for the band resumed three weeks later for their headline slot at

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References

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