Biography

Eddie Hazel was born April 10, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York. He died December 23, 1992 in Plainfield, New Jersey. When he was eight years old, his older brother, Sonny, gave him a guitar for Christmas. Self-taught, by age twelve, he was winning guitar contests in Plainfield. Most of the guitarists played R&B music. Eddie won one by playing "Wipe Out", a popular surfing song at the time. He was doing session work when he was recruited to play with Parliament at age 17. He is rated #43 on Billboard's top 100 guitarist of all time. His signature song, Maggot Brain, is rated #60 on Billboard's top 100 guitar solos of all time. (as of this writing)
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Guitarist for Parliament Funkadelic.