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Eddie Hazel is tagged as: funk, p-funk, soul, psychedelic rock, psychedelic

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. After Nelson returned from the tour, he tried to recruit Eddie. His mother at first vetoed the idea (since Eddie was only seventeen), but Clinton and Nelson worked together to change her mind.
In the fall of 1967, The Parliaments went on tour with both Nelson and Hazel. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hazel met and befriended Tiki Fulwood, who quickly replaced The Parliaments’ drummer. Nelson, Hazel and Fulwood became the backbone of Funkadelic, which was originally the backup band for The Parliaments, only to later become an independent touring group when legal difficulties forced the group to (temporarily) abandon the name “Parliaments”.
The doo wop of The Parliaments quickly began morphing into the soul-inflected hard rock of Funkadelic, i...
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California Dreamin'
Frantic Moment
Physical Love
So Goes the Story
What About It?
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
California Dreamin' (Reprise)
I Want You
Smedley Smorganoff
Lampoc Boogie
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Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs
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Jams From the Heart
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