Eddie Hazel

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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 hailed as "one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument".[4] In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. 83 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists.[5]

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Eddie Hazel
Eddie Hazel performing with the P-Funk All Stars at the Palladium in New York City on June 25, 1991. Photo by Aldo Mauro
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 nameEdward Earl Hazel
Born(1950-04-10)April 10, 1950
Brooklyn, New York City
DiedDecember 23, 1992(1992-12-23) (aged 42)
Plainfield, New Jersey
GenresFunk, soul, psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul
Years active19671992
LabelsWarner Bros., JDC, P-Vine, Casablanca, Westbound, Capitol, CBS, Island
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