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Eddie Hazel

1950 - 1992

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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. 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 regarded as "one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Hazel is the 1,986th most popular musician (down from 1,894th in 2024), the 10,580th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,632nd in 2019) and the 779th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Eddie Hazel ranks 1,986 out of 3,175. Before him are Eddie Kramer, Sammy Cahn, Dave Rodgers, Eddie Condon, Brad Wilk, and Sebastian Ingrosso. After him are Brian Littrell, Allen Toussaint, Sami Vänskä, Clarence White, Jonas Berggren, and Stanley Sadie.

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Among people born in 1950, Eddie Hazel ranks 573. Before him are Michael Swanwick, Christiane Krause, Micky Moody, Sheila Young, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and Chen Chu. After him are Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, Rolf Rüssmann, Harriet Harman, Blagoja Georgievski, Ion Dumitru, and Miguel Arias Cañete. Among people deceased in 1992, Eddie Hazel ranks 255. Before him are Sabiha Bengütaş, Fedor Samokhin, Josephine McKim, Robert Marshak, Arthur Wint, and Red Mitchell. After him are Kanan Devi, Dionizije Dvornić, George Adams, Al Parker, Mae Clarke, and Norvel Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Hazel ranks 10,582 out of 20,380. Before him are Carré Otis (1968), Patricia Belcher (1954), Roderick Thorp (1936), Amy Klobuchar (1960), Robinson Jeffers (1887), and Dave DeBusschere (1940). After him are Charles Thias (1879), Brian Littrell (1975), Allen Toussaint (1938), Ivan Fuqua (1909), Lou Jones (1932), and Jim Inhofe (1934).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Eddie Hazel ranks 779. Before him are Spencer Dryden (1938), Roy Estrada (1943), Mathew Knowles (1952), Sammy Cahn (1913), Eddie Condon (1905), and Brad Wilk (1968). After him are Brian Littrell (1975), Allen Toussaint (1938), Clarence White (1944), Sam Jones (1924), Adam Jones (1965), and Herbert Stothart (1885).

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