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Who did the album Maggot Brain?

guitarist Eddie Hazel
The album charted in the R&B Top 20. Today, it is perhaps best known for its 10-minute title track, performed by guitarist Eddie Hazel. Pitchfork named it the 17th best album of the 1970s….Track listing.

No. 1.
Title “Maggot Brain”
Writer(s) Edward Hazel George Clinton
Length 10:21

Who did the Maggot Brain solo?

Eddie Hazel
His ten-minute guitar solo in the Funkadelic song “Maggot Brain” is hailed as “one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument”. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no….

Eddie Hazel
Years active 1967–1992
Labels Warner Bros., JDC, P-Vine, Casablanca, Westbound, Capitol, CBS, Island

Is Maggot Brain the best guitar solo?

In March 2005, Father Nature Magazine placed Hazel’s performance on “Maggot Brain” at number 1 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos; the solo came in at #71 in “100 Greatest Guitar Solos” by Guitar World magazine. The solo has had great influence on some guitar players, Vernon Reid and Dean Ween among them.

What was Funkadelic first album?

Free Your Mind… and Your Ass Will Follow
Funkadelic/First album

When did Maggot Brain come out?

July 12, 1971
Maggot Brain/Release date

Who replaced Eddie Hazel?

As if pouring salt in the wound, Hazel’s replacement had been discovered by Clinton at a party when he heard Hampton play a note for note cover of Hazel’s masterpiece “Maggot Brain”. Hampton, who at 17 was the same age as Hazel when he first joined Clinton, would go on to be known as “Kidd Funkadelic”.

What was the back cover of Funkadelic Maggot Brain?

In fact, in a 2006 interview with Wax Poetics, Funkadelic bassist Billy Nelson said that he held no truck with the religion’s allegedly Satanic doctrines—nor, for that matter, with the grotesque cover art featuring a screaming Black woman buried in a mound of maggot-laden dirt, with the back cover revealing simply a skull.

Who was the first artist to cover Funkadelic?

Sleigh Bells’ sample was not the only example of Funkadelic’s early material resonating with white artists from the ’80s to the ’00s; musicians as diverse as the Balancing Act, Mike Watt and J. Mascis, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, among others, have covered Funkadelic songs.

What kind of music was Funkadelic in the 70’s?

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a monument of psychedelic funk, a defining document of Black rock music in the early ’70s.