I saw Black Sabbath a few time back in the day. Once at California Jam in 1974 and then 2x at Winterland (Mahogany Rush opened in 1975!) I seem to remember seeing him solo on the Blizzard of Oz tour but I cannot remember where. The haze of time...
He was one of the great rock showmen. He will be missed.
(I was way too far back in the crowd to see it this well)
One time in the ‘90s on Haight Street, Ozzy was walking on the other side of the street but walking towards me. I guess I must've been overtly not staring because he crossed the street and stood in front of me, wiggled his hat, and said in mock dumbfoundedness, “Yes! It's him!”
Black Sabbath were a big favourite of mine as a young teenager. The first album I got was Vol. 4 in 1972, aged 12, and worked backwards from that and got the first three albums, then purchasing subsequent releases, basically stopping at Technical Ecstasy. The first 7 albums are all good imo, but the first 5 were exceptional...Sabbath certainly were heavy metal pioneers.
Ozzy was one of those characters you couldn't help liking, always great to listen to his stories and I just loved his sense oh humour, always funny and entertaining. Lots of happy memories overall.
Technical Ecstasy is one of my favourite album covers.
Here's a nice little chat with Ozzy, on Jonesy's Jukebox, with the always watchable Steve Jones.
If you are a fan of either, it's well worth a watch...Luckily, I like 'em both.
Ozzy Osbourne on Jonesy's Jukebox
I saw Black Sabbath a few time back in the day. Once at California Jam in 1974 and then 2x at Winterland (Mahogany Rush opened in 1975!) I seem to remember seeing him solo on the Blizzard of Oz tour but I cannot remember where. The haze of time...
He was one of the great rock showmen. He will be missed.
(I was way too far back in the crowd to see it this well)
One time in the ‘90s on Haight Street, Ozzy was walking on the other side of the street but walking towards me. I guess I must've been overtly not staring because he crossed the street and stood in front of me, wiggled his hat, and said in mock dumbfoundedness, “Yes! It's him!”
Black Sabbath were a big favourite of mine as a young teenager. The first album I got was Vol. 4 in 1972, aged 12, and worked backwards from that and got the first three albums, then purchasing subsequent releases, basically stopping at Technical Ecstasy. The first 7 albums are all good imo, but the first 5 were exceptional...Sabbath certainly were heavy metal pioneers.
Ozzy was one of those characters you couldn't help liking, always great to listen to his stories and I just loved his sense oh humour, always funny and entertaining. Lots of happy memories overall.
Technical Ecstasy is one of my favourite album covers.