He is a guitarist born in Brooklyn, New York, who
first became known as a member of the group Mack Truck with Jimmy and Jack
Mack.During the 1970s he
toured and recorded with David Bowie after he was a replacement guitarist
on the Diamond Dogs tour and then remained to appear on David
Live, Young Americans,Station to Station and Changes and
later in the 1980s for his Serious Moonlight tour and the album Let's
Dance.He would also work
as one half of the duo Slick Diamond with Jim Diamond and recorded
extensively with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.He became a session guitarist who has worked with many other
artists such as Joe Elliott, Ian Hunter, Mick Jagger, Michael Kamen, David
Sanborn, Leo Sayer, Meat Loaf, Robert Smith of the Cure and Belouis Some
before forming his own band.After another stint at touring he formed yet another band, Phantom,
Rocker & Slick with ex members of the Stray Cats and in 1990
collaborated with the band Dirty White Boy.In the 2000s he returned to working with David Bowie on
the Heathen and Reality tours and after they had finished he became a
member of the bands Slinky Vagabond and The Eons. Hit singles he has performed on
"Fame", "Golden Years" and "Let's Dance" by David Bowie and "When I Need
You" and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer. Albums he has appeared on during he
course of his career include his own Razor Sharp, Zig Zag, Lost and
Found and The Earl Slick Band and his other guitar performances
appear on Some People by Belouis Some, Double Fantasy and Wonsaponatime
by John Lennon, Endless Flight by Leo Sayer, Overnight Angels
and Once Bitten Twice Shy by Ian Hunter, Season of Glass, It's
Alright (I See Rainbows), Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox by Yoko
Ono, Cover Girl by Phantom Rocker and Slick, Simplicity by
Tim Curry, Milk and Honey by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Joe
Cocker Live and The Very Best of Mick Jagger. In 2000 he went into business by
establishing his own record label Slick Music Inc.
