Guitarist Behind 80’s Smash Hit “Addicted To Love”

Eddie Martinez was behind some of the biggest Pop, Rock, and Hip-Hop hits of the 1980's from Robert Palmer, to Steve Winwood, to Mick Jagger, to David Lee Roth, to Meatloaf, to Tina Tuner, to Joe Cocker and Run-DMC.

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[davidsparks]

That guitar and tone is so iconic... awesome.

[Brettsforehead]

The story these "unkown" studio guys is sooo cool.

[The_Mimewar]

I LOVE Robert Palmer, and this was really amazing to see!

[John-pjo]

Such a great riff and album. RIP Robert.

[Ira]

“Pressure Drop”….Thee best (and most underrated) Robert Palmer album. RIP

[zylascope]

Always loved the guitar on this song and that solo! Wow. Awesome.

[DavidScott-hifz]

Hey man thanks for getting this guy on! Some of the best solos of the 80s and had never even heard of him.

[ChuckWortman]

That guitar riff gets me going every time!!!

[diverdave]

Robert had some great songs and a few wonderful videos with his dancing sweeties

[petersdavos]

"Then we put our thing on it.".. sure did!💥 "It" couldn't walk for a week once you were finished.🔥

[danmang]

He also worked with The Sisters Of Mercy on the album which rarely gets said in these

[robk]

That last vibrato is beauty indeed. Geez. Dissonance

[phillipanderson]

extract, Eddie Martinez is an American guitarist, born and raised in New York City and of Puerto Rican ancestry, who mainly performs as a session musician.

[russellmartin]

Beautiful little Hamer,
Played expertly!!

[martian]

a song for the ages. Nice video, too.

[Filmation]

this guitarist is also famous for doing RUN-DMC's Rock Box also(Hell, he's IN the Video)

[golfcoursemanager]

cool that he still has the Hamer guitar. I think I remember seeing it in ads back in the day.

[rcjr.]

Always loved the guitar and that song my Puerto Rican amigo badass

[chris_]

I remember when Eddie had a sick afro back in the day😂 RIP Robert Palmer