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Howard

American musician

Date of Birth: 21 July 1955
Age at the time of death: 47 years old
Date death 23 February 2003
In the rating: #115 Musician

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1. Early life
2. Career
- 2.1. The Heartbreakers
- 2.2. Collaborations

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Howard Norman Epstein was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Early life

Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a musical household. His father, Sam, was a top local record producer who worked with various rock and roll and soul groups in the 1950s and 1960s. Epstein often visited the music studios, watching his father work and occasionally making recordings under his father's watchful eye at a very young age. He recalled, "I would go into the bars with my father to check out the bands he was thinking of working with, and a couple of times he let me use groups he was working with as back-up musicians for stuff I'd record." Howie attended Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin, graduating in 1973.

Career

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Howie played mostly rhythm guitar or mandolin and sang in a number of both rock and roll and country Milwaukee bands that were regionally popular, including MHB Experience, Egz, Winks, Forearm Smash, and The Craze. When he felt he had gone as far as he could go in Milwaukee, Epstein decided to move to New York City, but before he could pack his gear, he was lured to the West Coast by a drummer friend to play bass in a new band that singer-songwriter John Hiatt was forming in Los Angeles. He stuck with Hiatt for two years and two albums (Slug Line and Two Bit Monsters).

The Heartbreakers

Epstein did not start playing the bass until a couple of years before joining the Heartbreakers. He took a gig backing Del Shannon. While playing on a Shannon album that Tom Petty was producing (Drop Down And Get Me), Epstein impressed Petty with his ability. Consequently, when Ron Blair, who had been bassist with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers since their inception in 1976, announced that he was quitting due to burnout from the band's heavy touring schedule, Epstein was recruited to replace him. "We all kind of thought Howie would get the job," says original Heartbreakers' drummer Stan Lynch. "He seemed to have a real good feeling for what we were doing. He's a good bass player, a real good singer, and he fit in real well." Epstein agreed that the transition of playing in these obscure bands to becoming part of a very popular, very established band was almost seamless. "It's been easier than I thought it would be. I was already familiar with most of their music just because I'm a fan of the Heartbreakers, so it wasn't like I was coming in cold."

After joining the Heartbreakers, he started to take up bass and the band seriously. "I had a tendency to play real busy, from all the years of playing rhythm guitar". Epstein found a natural style, which he said emphasised "simplicity, playing in the pocket, getting into a steady groove. I've always considered myself a good team player and that's the way that the Heartbreakers operate. Everyone listens to what everyone else is doing musically."

On September 1, 1982, he made his live debut at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, California, on the tour to promote the album, Long After Dark. Epstein was a member of the Heartbreakers until his departure due to his failing health caused by his heroin addiction. He made his final appearance with the band when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2002.

Collaborations

Epstein played bass on recordings by Eric Andersen, Bob Dylan, Carlene Carter, Johnny Cash, John Hiatt, Stevie Nicks, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, John Prine, Linda Ronstadt, Del Shannon, The Textones, The Village People and Warren Zevon.

He earned acclaim as a songwriter and a producer. Epstein produced two albums for John Prine, 1991's The Missing Years, which won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording, and Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings. He also co-produced Eric Andersen's Memory Of The Future (1998) and Beat Avenue (2002).

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Date of Birth 21 July 1955

Age at the time of death 47 years old

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Cancer	84%
Taurus	84%
Capricorn	80%
Virgo	80%
Pisces	76%
Scorpio	76%
Libra	76%
Leo	76%
Aquarius	72%
Aries	64%
Sagittarius	60%

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Monkey	92%
Dog	88%
Dragon	84%
Pig	80%
Snake	76%
Bull	76%
Rat	76%
Horse	72%
Goat	72%
Tiger	60%
Rooster	56%

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Zodiac Compatibility	%
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Horse	96%
Lynx	92%
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Eagle	88%
Boar	84%
Aurochs	84%
Wolf	84%
Serpent	80%
Elk	80%
Swan	76%
Pike	76%
Fox	76%
Stork	76%
Raven	64%
Bear	60%

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Set	92%
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Anubis	84%
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Horus	76%
Isis	76%
Geb	64%
Amun-Ra	64%
Osiris	60%
Mut	56%
Nile	36%

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Willow	84%
Ash	84%
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Hawthorn	80%
Ivy	76%
Vine	76%
Alder	76%
Birch	60%
Rowan	56%

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Tulip	92%
Daisy	92%
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Camellia	84%
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Mimosa	84%
Mistletoe	84%
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Aster	80%
Dahlia	80%
Poppy	80%
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Freesia	76%
Lilac	76%
Lily of the valley	76%
Magnolia	76%
Lily	76%
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Virgo — 1st decan	96%
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Gemini — 1st decan	96%
Leo — 3rd decan	92%
Leo — 2nd decan	92%
Leo — 1st decan	92%
Cancer — 2nd decan	92%
Gemini — 3rd decan	92%
Gemini — 2nd decan	92%
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Sagittarius — 3rd decan	84%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	84%
Scorpio — 1st decan	84%
Libra — 3rd decan	84%
Taurus — 2nd decan	84%
Aries — 2nd decan	84%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	80%
Libra — 2nd decan	80%
Aries — 3rd decan	80%
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Capricorn — 1st decan	76%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	76%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	76%
Libra — 1st decan	76%
Virgo — 3rd decan	76%
Taurus — 3rd decan	76%
Taurus — 1st decan	76%
Aries — 1st decan	76%
Pisces — 3rd decan	64%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	64%
Aquarius — 1st decan	64%
Pisces — 2nd decan	60%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	60%
Pisces — 1st decan	56%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	56%

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