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Eddie Hazel
Eddie Hazel | |
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 Eddie Hazel performing with the P-Funk All Stars at the Palladium in New York City on June 25, 1991. Photo by Aldo Mauro | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edward Earl Hazel |
| Born | April 10, 1950 Brooklyn, New York City |
| Died | December 23, 1992 (aged 42) Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1967–1992 |
| Labels | Warner Bros., JDC, P-Vine, Casablanca, Westbound, Capitol, CBS, Island |
Edward Earl Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic.[1][2] Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.[3] His ten-minute guitar solo in the Funkadelic song "Maggot Brain" is regarded as "one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument".[4] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. 29 in its list of 250 of the greatest guitarists of all time.[5]
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Eddie Hazel". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Houghtaling, Adam B. "One-Track Mind: The Passion of Eddie Hazel and Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain'". Fender. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ DeArcangelis, Christopher (January 6, 2017). "The Essential Gear of Parliament-Funkadelic". Reverb.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
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