Eddy Ottenstein

Guitarist, vocals and composer. Played with Jesse Colin Young, Van Morrison and the Steve Miller and led his own groups including a duo with Richard Earthquake Anderson (Fast Eddy and the Quake), II Big and Gone Johnson. He died aged 55 after suffering a heart attack while driving and crashing his car into a roadside gate. At age eight Edward Carl Ostrow lost his father and was later adopted by his mother's second husband, Victor Ottenstein. In his youth, he was a member of the Junior Olympic Ski Team. b.: Dec. 25, 1948 in Washington, DC d.: Jan. 11, 2004 in Willits, CA