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Offered Here: Zeke Clark 1980s-1990s Lot of 25 Business Cards & Ephemera With COA
Item Details: This authentic Zeke Clark 1980s-1990s lot of 25 business cards and ephemera offers an incredible insider look at rock history. The comprehensive 25-piece collection features a variety of personal music industry memorabilia belonging to the legendary technician, including business cards, key cards, small tickets, and other miscellaneous items. Every piece in this historic lot displays honest, common signs of age, storage, and practical use, preserving its genuine rock and roll heritage.
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.
Eddie Van Halen reshaped rock guitar playing from the late 1970s onward, popularizing two-handed tapping and an aggressive, highly modified approach to guitars and amplification that influenced a generation of players and gear makers. After Sammy Hagar replaced David Lee Roth as lead singer in 1985, Van Halen entered a new commercial peak: 5150 became the band's first album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and both OU812 and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge also topped the chart. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, confirming the Hagar-era lineup as one of the most successful hard rock acts of its time.
Condition: Common signs of age and storage
SKU: RZC2060