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Elliot Easton (born Elliot Steinberg, December 18, 1953) is an American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the American new wave band the Cars. His melodic guitar solos are an integral part of the band's music.
Nov 10, 2008 · Where Greg Hawkes put together a distinctive and classy solo outing with Niagra Falls, his former bandmate forces it on songs like "Wide Awake," sounding like Brian Wilson propped up in front of the mic when he should have been in a hospital.
Aug 11, 2014 · Rockabilly, Empty Hearts & Psycho Sisters: Chats with Brian Setzer, Elliot Easton, Vicki Peterson & Susan Cowsill... Plus! Brian Setzer: "I'm kind of an anomaly there, I never really fit into anybody's box.
Originally published in 1978 as The Beach Boys and the California Myth, this groundbreaking study was both the first full-length book on the band and the first to recognize Brian Wilson as one of the most significant and influential artists of the 20th century.
Elliot Easton. The guitarist responsible for some of the most recognizable hooks and licks of the 70s and 80s, Elliot Easton, lead guitarist of The Cars, has sold more than 30 million records worldwide. Elliot has performed and recorded with Hall and Oates, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Brian Wilson, among many others; created and supervised music for ...
Mar 11, 2019 · Elliot Easton is one of those musicians’ musicians, the kind of guy who can somehow still be underrated even as a founding member of a band that sold many millions of records, significantly helped define the sound of an era, and get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
May 30, 2024 · Elliot Easton’s guitar solo in The Cars’ Touch and Go is widely regarded as one of his finest ever lead efforts, but – as is the case with some examples of electric guitar brilliance – its conception wasn’t exactly straightforward.
