Erik Gamans - Guitarist/Sonic Librarian - Cold Sweat, Waysted, Little Ozzy

Tonight's Episode

Non-Stop Rock Talk welcomes virtuoso guitarist Erik Gamans of Cold Sweat and Waysted. Erik and Tyson touch on many things in relation to Cold Sweat and Waysted.

At 17 yrs old Erik was hired by Pete Way to play guitar in Waysted. From there he joined the band Ferrari at 19. The band would then become Cold Sweat and sign with MCA Records.

Erik talks candidly about how gracious Ronnie James Dio was to him and the band. Living with Dio guitarist Rowan Robertson and how certain licks they were working on together ended up on the Cold Sweat album 'Breakout' and Dio's 'Lock Up The Wolves' album.

Now, for those expecting the Waysted, Cold Sweat and Dio stories immediately. The first portion of this interview sees Erik talking candidly about his love of Randy Rhoads. Erik and Tyson go in depth breaking down song structing and Randy's solos. Erik also alludes to the fact that he had tickets to see Ozzy Osbourne days after Randy's death. Erik got to see one of the few shows that Bernie Torme did with Ozzy. Although, Erik was disappointed by the loss of Randy, and the reason he was going to see Ozzy, but seeing Bernie Torme is now a piece of Rock N' Roll history that adds so much mystery to Ozzy's early solo career.

Erik also discusses what he focuses his attention on these days. Besides playing with Cold Sweat and Little Ozzy, Erik also runs a great music catalog business which is called 'Sonic Librarian' that provides songs to movie and tv.

For those fans of Randy Rhoads, this is a definitive listen. As huge fans, Erik (biggest fan ever) and Tyson discuss so much Randy. Erik recalls his Mom taking him to see The Cars on March 18th, 1982 at the Boston Garden. He was off school that day, driving around in the car when he found out Randy had tragically passed.

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