Overview
Edward John Gagliardi was an American bass guitarist, best known as the original bass player for the 1970s rock band Foreigner. He was a member of Foreigner from the beginning in 1976. Gagliardi notably played a Fireglo (sunburst) Rickenbacker bass guitar, left-handed despite being naturally right-handed. It is widely known that he played left-handed out of admiration, and devotion to Paul McCartney. Gagliardi was on the albums Foreigner and Double Vision.