Elliot Easton

About

Left-handed lead guitarist for The Cars who has played with other bands like The New Cars and Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

Before Fame

He was born Elliot Shapiro and studied music at Berklee College of Music.

Trivia

By the time The Cars were moving into their twilight time, Easton recorded his own LP called Change No Change.

Family Life

He and Jill Easton are married and have one daughter named Sydney.

Associated With

In 1998 he worked on a project with Lee Rocker, a musician formerly with Stray Cats.