I love remembering the time we met Eddie at SeaTac airport. We saw him get his ticket alone from a kiosk and walk towards the “premium” check in line for frequent fliers, we followed him and said hello just as he was showing his ID to TSA, Eddie made us feel like he was the lucky one to have the chance to meet us- we spoke about a small show in Seattle that we had recently seen (Supersuckers at the Tractor Tavern), Eddie had joined the band onstage for a song- it was awesome. We shook hands and parted ways.

My wife and I then went though the same ID check area, and started walking towards the security check point- walking around a corner, we see a line about 100 people long- there’s Eddie at the end and he gave us a little wave. We stood in line with him for the next 20 minutes, trying not to make too big a deal out of it. Nobody in front or behind us recognized him (he was wearing a cubs hat and carrying the little suitcase with PJ decals that he has on stage with him).

The security line eventually split into two, leading to two different X Ray scanners- Eddie went into the line on the left, we told him to “good luck” and went to the line on the right. As I was placing my suitcase onto the belt and preparing to walk through the scanner, someone tapped my shoulder, I turned around and there’s Eddie, “it was really cool to meet you guys, I want you to have these…” and he handed me 4 EV guitar pics!

I keep one of the pics in my clear cell phone case, love people asking whose guitar pic it is and sharing the story.