Cheap Trick Guitar Picks

One of the greatest rock bands for me has to be Cheap Trick. Their album Live at Budokan is undoubtedly one of the best live concert albums ever produced. I attended my first Cheap Trick concert 35 years ago and I got hit in the face by a guitar pick by their guitarist Rick Nielsen. I still have that pick. I met him seven years ago at their concert in Boston and told him this story. He then asked me, only one pick? And I said, yeah, just one.

That night at their concert it was extremely hot. I was lucky enough to have a front row seat right in front of Rick. At the end of the show, he walked to the front of the stage, pointed at me, and then pelted me with a fist full of guitar picks. Since I was sweating, they stuck to me like glue.

After the show I went backstage and he asked me, so, how many picks do you have now? I’ll never forget it.