Known for his collaboration with David Bowie, American guitarist Earl Slick has
also accompanied John Lennon and many other artists on studio sessions and
concerts. Real name Frank Madeloni, born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1,
1952, he got his start with local band Mack Truck, before being hired at the age
of twenty-two by David Bowie to replace Mick Ronson after the dissolution of his
band The Spiders from Mars. In addition to touring, Slick took part in the
albums Diamond Dogs (1974), Young Americans (1975) and Station to Station
(1976), then accompanied Mott the Hoople a...