Kurt Cobain Signed and Played Teisco Del Ray EV-2T Electric Guitar W/Letter of Provenance and COA - This Teisco Del Ray EV-2T electric guitar in Lake Placid blue is signed "Kurt" on the back and carved with the work "SICK" on the front. There is also a "C" carved beneath the letter "K" in "SICK", creating the initials "KC" for Kurt Cobain. The guitar comes with a letter of provenance from a man by the name of Johnny Cooper, which states, "I Johnny Cooper did alot of jamming with Kurt Cobain of the band Nirvana. We spent a big part of the younger years on the road up and down the West Coast doing what we loved playing music. This Teisco Del Ray EV-2T in Lake Placid blue was used and played and signed by Kurt Cobain. In 1985 while Kurt stayed at my apartment here in Olympia WA. Kurt took the guitar and carved the word 'SICK' at the bottom of it and then after that I had Kurt sign it on the back. There are some nicks on the guitar and one string missing." The lot also includes a second letter of provenance from Cooper's cousin, who was given this guitar from Cooper in 1993, and a certificate of authenticity. Kurt Cobain was the guitarist, lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. He was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is considered one of the most influential musicians in the history of alternative rock. Kurt Cobain was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, in their first year of eligibility in 2014. Rolling Stone included Cobain in its lists of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, 100 Greatest Guitarists, and 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.