Raise a glass of beer today! – Jeffrey Dean “Izzy Stradlin” Isbell – Guns N’ Roses

Jeffrey Dean “Izzy Stradlin” Isbell – American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds for one album and tour. During the late 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s, Stradlin released ten solo albums, the last six independently. In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N’ Roses.

He was born 8 April 1962.