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Offered Here: Massive Lot of Miscellaneous Country Music Passes & Laminates With COA
Item Details: An incredible opportunity for music historians and genre enthusiasts alike, this massive archive features over 100 authentic passes and laminates spanning the rich history of the country music genre. This extensive collection serves as a literal roadmap of backstage access, housing an impressive mix of heavy-duty laminated credentials and classic stick-on passes used throughout various concert eras. Representing a vast array of highly collectible and legendary country music artists, this expansive lot offers an unparalleled variety of rare tour variants all bundled into one ultimate collection.
Provenance/Authenticity: Randall "Zeke" Clark is a renowned luthier and legendary guitar/amp technician who got his start in the San Francisco music scene in the 70s, working with various A-list artists until moving to LA in the 80s, where he worked for Eddie Van Halen.
From 1985 to 1993, he served as Edward Van Halen’s lead guitar and amp tech, transitioning to the crew with Sammy Hagar to maintain the band's gear through the monumental 5150, OU812, and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge eras.
Beyond his historic tenure as the custodian of Eddie's tone, Clark's elite five-decade career includes building, repairing, and maintaining specialized gear for iconic artists such as Prince, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Heart, Poison, and others. This curated selection of items offers collectors a unique and direct connection to rock history through the hands of a master craftsman who shaped the sound of guitar royalty.
This item was personally handled, vetted, and released by Zeke Clark, ensuring its authenticity and rock-history provenance. Zeke Clark utilizes an Official Personal Signature Stamp to validate and inventory documents and artifacts released directly from his private estate. This item comes with his personal ink-imprinted signature stamp on the certificate of authenticity, which serves as his legally binding, authorized mark of verification and carries the full weight of a hand-signed signature.
Country music grew from Appalachian folk, gospel and the radio barn dances of the 1920s, led by programs such as the Grand Ole Opry, into one of the most commercially successful genres in American popular music. During the late 1980s and 1990s, artists including Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Clint Black and Reba McEntire brought the genre into arenas and stadiums, adopting the large-scale production, lighting and staging previously associated with rock tours. That shift made touring a central part of the country music industry and helped carry the genre to audiences well beyond its traditional base in the American South.
Condition: Very good to good
SKU: RZC2090