Eddie Hazel may be the most underrated sonic craftsman in the history of rock and roll music. This is off the Jams from the Heart EP. A must have for any guitar fiend.
The back of the album reads this quote from Jim Callon:
"Eddie Hazel came out to my beach house one evening with his girlfriend and his guitar. This was the mid-seventies and Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison had all left the planet. But Eddie was still around and this was a rare treat; just him playing to an audience of three: Me, my wife, and Eddie's girlfriend."
In Eddie's own words about his 1954 Fender Stratocaster:
"Overnight something happened. I started stretching out, grabbing new ideas. Suddenly I was capable of soloing in ways I'd only dreamed before. It was unbelievable what that guitar did to me. It gave me such a vision. It talked back to me. I could feel it, just like I hear my heart pulse."
A true Superbeast indeed.
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