Earl Slick’s "Guitar: Playing with David Bowie, John Lennon, and Rock-and-Roll’s Greatest Heroes" affords readers with a ringside seat for many of popular music’s most iconic moments. But it’s more ...
Throughout the ’70s and into the ’80s, Earl Slick was living most rock ’n’ roll guitarists’ dreams. He’d logged several worldwide tours with David Bowie and played a vital musical role on albums such ...
Earl Slick was 22 in 1974 when he became the guitarist in David Bowie’s band and 61 when he performed on Bowie’s second-to-last album, 2013’s “The Next Day.” During that nearly 40-year span, Slick ...
The audition wasn’t for the album, you see. It was for that tour. Ronson had already left the band, so Bowie needed someone to take his place on the road, and pronto. That worried Slick. “We were ...
Longtime David Bowie guitarist Earl Slick admitted that he wasn’t a fan of the British icon when he joined his band in 1974. Their on-and-off collaboration would last until 2013. But in a recent ...
Earl Slick remembers exactly what he was doing when he received the news of John Lennon's death on December 8, 1980. "I was wrapping up Christmas presents," the 64-year-old guitarist said in a phone ...
On May 12 1983, Earl Slick flew to Belgium to begin his second stint as a guitarist in David Bowie’s live band. The gig had been arranged in a hurry, following the last-minute departure of Stevie Ray ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Looking for some fresh tunes to play during your holiday weekend festivities? A light week of new releases has some choice offerings, including a solo set from a rock guitar legend ...
Earl Slick’s "Guitar: Playing with David Bowie, John Lennon, and Rock-and-Roll’s Greatest Heroes" affords readers with a ringside seat for many of popular music’s most iconic moments. But it’s more ...