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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.
Dec 12, 2023 · The guitar player changed his name to Elliot Easton, joined a band called the Cars, and the rest is history.
Aug 25, 2020 · Vulture spoke with former Cars lead guitarist Elliot Easton about the best and worst of the band, plus his time working with Ric Ocasek.
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Dec 7, 2020 · The guitar solo Elliot Easton recorded for the Cars’ Touch and Go is considered one of his all-time greatest performances, but producer Roy Thomas Baker and Easton’s bandmates weren’t completely convinced when the guitarist first recorded it in the studio.
Dec 18, 2023 · Elliot Easton, impossibly tasty guitarist of The Cars and the first real guitar hero of New Wave music, turns 70 today. The Cars’ debut record exploded onto the radio in the summer of 1978, with its perfect single “Just What I Needed.”
Aug 30, 2021 · The song was recorded for the band’s experimental 1980 studio album, Panorama, and features one of Easton’s most acclaimed electric guitar solos. “It’s one of the solos I get the most compliments about but it was rejected at first,” says Easton.
Sep 16, 2019 · It’s been almost 40 years since the Cars - singer, guitarist and songwriter Ric Ocasek, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson - released their self-titled debut album, and roughly 30 since they had their last true hit.
Aug 12, 2022 · We sat down with Elliot Easton, founding member and lead guitarist of The Cars to chat all about his discovery of guitar and why he's been waiting 40 years for the St. James 6L6.
Jul 9, 2019 · Elliot Easton: Glenn Mayeda. The Cars transcended the new-wave movement of the late ’70s by creating a never-duplicated sound. The band’s self-titled debut album is a masterpiece; almost 40 years after its release, nearly every song still receives radio airplay.
