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)