Eddie hazel

George Clinton might take the spotlight but just about everyone in the Parliament-Funkadelic collective had their own moments to shine. Here are 10 of the best solo albums and rarities to get beamed down from the Mothership over the years. Words: Nate Patrin Few acts cover all walks of record-collector life quite like the musicians […]

In MEMORY of EDDIE HAZEL on his BIRTHDAY - Born Edward Earl Hazel, 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. Apr 10, 1950 - Dec 23, 1992 (internal bleeding and liver failure)

Dec 23, 1992 – Eddie Hazel was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 10, 1950 but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey because his mother, Grace Cook, wanted her son to grow up in an environment without the pressures of drugs and crime that she felt pervaded New York City. Hazel occupied himself from a young age by […]

Eddie hazel so good on Funkadelic's Maggot Brain

Eddie Hazel

SOUL TRAIN

David Fricke picks the best and most influential guitarists in rock – from Jerry Garcia and Joan Jett to B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix.

UPDATE: This post was re-uploaded 02/09/2014. Enjoy, NØ. While I was pondering all things Parliamentally Funkadelified, thinking 'Good night, Star Child!', I thought of the Maggots that crawled in the Brain of the greatest of all Mothershippers, Maggot Brain hisself, 'The Haze'. The song "Good Nite Eddie" popped unbid into my mind. I dragged out this ole double cassette I hadn't listened to in quite some time & luxuriated in the heavenly FUNK! of Bootsy's NEW Rubber Band. The lyrical plaint…