Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Denmark
- Active from
- 1972
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funkp-funkPsychedelic Rocksoulrock
Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was a pioneering and influential guitarist in early funk music in the United States, most famous for his lead guitar work with George Clinton and Funkadelic. In 1967, The Parliaments (a Plainfield-based doo wop band headed by George Clinton) hit the charts with "I Wanna Testify". Clinton recruited a backing band for a tour, hiring Billy "Bass" Nelson. Eddie was in Newark, New Jersey working with George Blackwell and couldn't be reached. <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Plainfield
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
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- date of birth
- 1950-04-10
- date of death
- 1992-12-23
- cause of death
- liver failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- end of work period
- 1992-00-00
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