5539. Eddie Hazel - Until It Rains

From: Rest in P; Year: 1994 (1975/6); Genre: Jazz Fusion/Psychedelic Rock

Was thinking about master guitarist Eddie Hazel today and thought I'd choose something from him. From wot I understand, this posthumous release was assembled from unfinished songs Eddie Hazel recorded in the mid 1970s and then finished by P-Funk members in the years after his passing. This beautiful, ethereal piece opens this disc and is definitely something to behold; he immediately blows you away with his amazing virtuosity, not with maximum notes per second, but he makes each and every note cry out and sing in the most purposeful manner. It still confounds me to this day how this master of his instrument is not spoken about in the same breath as those who are considered "guitar gods" and such; it's downright criminal.

 

Hear Until It Rains on YouTube.

 

 

 

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