13 Facts About Earl Slick

Earl Slick played lead guitar on Bowie's Young Americans and Station to Station albums, released in 1975 and 1976 respectively.

Earl Slick provided guitar to Carmen Maki's 1979 album Night Stalker.

Earl Slick joined Ono in the studio for her solo album, Season of Glass.

In 1983, Earl Slick rejoined David Bowie's touring band for the Serious Moonlight Tour, which supported the Let's Dance album.

Earl Slick was asked to step in as a last-minute replacement due to his prior working relationship with Bowie.

In 1990, Earl Slick collaborated with David Glen Eisley in the band Dirty White Boy, which released only one album, Bad Reputation, and industry showcases in London and Los Angeles.

Earl Slick released another solo record, In Your Face, in 1991.

Earl Slick toured with Bowie in support of those albums as well, and performed on the Bowie DVD and double CD, A Reality Tour.

Earl Slick then contributed guitar tracks to a Mark Plati remix of The Cure's A Forest, which appeared on Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities in 2004.

In May 2015, Earl Slick joined the Yardbirds, replacing guitarist Top Topham.

In 2010, Earl Slick announced that he had begun marketing his own line of customized guitar straps, called Earl Slick Straps, in an exclusive distribution deal with Guitar Fetish, an online guitar customizing shop.

In 2014, Earl Slick announced the exclusive distribution deal with Guitar Fetish of his own brand of guitars, featuring his own custom-wound pickups, and aged hardware and finishes.

Earl Slick has a daughter, Marita Madeloni, and two sons, Lee John Madeloni and Cooper Madeloni.