Eddie Hazel

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. Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. 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". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. 29 in its list of 250 of the greatest guitarists of all time.

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
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
Genres
  • Funk
  • soul
  • psychedelic rock
  • psychedelic soul
Years active1967–1992
LabelsWarner Bros., JDC, P-Vine, Casablanca, Westbound, Capitol, CBS, Island
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