Eric:

Eric Ambel / Del-Lords, Tavastia 3.11.1989

The great "pop" tunes, likes of "Crawl in Bed" and "Burning in the Flame of Love" were on our minds when we headed to Tavastia to see this very tight rock'n'roll band. The gig was hard: not frendly and familiar, but rough with very heavy songs, none of our knowledge. Obviously they were seeking something new.

This swap was unique. During the first encore "Roscoe" grabbed the pick from my raised hand, but didn't stop playing. Hey, what's this, that was my only one, and I didn't get anything. I picked a coin from my pocket and continued waving my hand. He didn't even look to my direction. And they played another tune just to finish and retain to back room. Shit!

But they came back, and just before they started playing, Eric walked straight to me, placed his pick to the palm of my raised hand, turned round and hammered his Telecaster to start the song. Was I knocked out!