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Offered Here: Sam Kinison 1980s-1990s Lot of 8 Guitar Picks With COA
Item Details: This auction lot features eight authentic red guitar picks from the late 1980s to early 1990s belonging to the legendary comedian, actor, and musician Sam Kinison. Well-known for his close ties to the era's biggest rock bands, Kinison frequently incorporated live rock guitar and a backing band into his iconic, high-energy stand-up routines.Kinison was known to party with 80s rockers such as Motley Crue, Guns 'N Roses, Bon Jovi and others.
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.
Sam Kinison, a former Pentecostal preacher, became one of the most distinctive voices in 1980s stand-up comedy, known for a confrontational style punctuated by his trademark primal scream. He broke through on Rodney Dangerfield's HBO young comedians special in the mid-1980s and released comedy albums including "Louder Than Hell" and "Have You Seen Me Lately?" His closeness to the hard rock world showed most clearly in his 1988 cover of "Wild Thing," whose music video featured cameos from numerous rock musicians of the era, a crossover between stand-up comedy and the hair metal scene that continued until his death in a car accident in 1992.
Condition: Very good
SKU: RZC2022