I am ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres
Author:Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres [Ozzy Osbourne & Chris Ayres]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographie
ISBN: 9780446569903
Published: 2011-09-15T09:01:44+00:00
Randy loved Britain.
Every weekend, heâd get in the van and drive somewhere, just to have a look around. He went to Wales, Scotland, the Lake District, you name it. He also collected toy trains, so wherever he went, heâd buy one. He was a quiet bloke, very dedicated, didnât like showing off, but he could be a laugh, too. One time we were in this bar and there was a guy in the corner playing classical music on the piano, so Randy goes up to him and says, âDâyou mind if I join you?â The guy looks at Randy, looks around the bar, sees me, and goes, âEr, sure.â So then Randy gets out his Gibson, hooks up his little practice amp, and starts playing along to this Beethoven piece or whatever it was. But as he goes along, he starts throwing in all these rock ânâ roll moves, and by the end of it heâs on his knees, doing this wild solo with his tongue hanging out. It was fucking hilarious. The whole bar was in stitches.
The funny thing is, I donât think Randy really ever liked Black Sabbath much. He was a proper musician. I mean, a lot of rock ânâ roll guitarists are good, but they have just one trick, one gimmick, so even if you donât know the song, you go, âOh, thatâs so-and-so.â But Randy could play anything. His influences ranged from Leslie West to jazz greats like Charlie Christian and classical guys like John Williams. He didnât understand why people were into âIron Manâ, âcos he thought it was so simple a kid could play it.
We had arguments about that, actually. Iâd say, âLook, if it works, who cares if itâs simple? I mean, you canât get much easier than the riff to âYou Really Got Meâ â but itâs awesome. When I first bought that single, I played it until the needle on my dadâs radiogram broke.â
Randy would just shrug and say, âI guess.â
One thing Sharonâs brother managed to get done when we were in England was find us a bass player â Bob Daisley, an Aussie bloke whoâd been signed to Jet with a band called Widowmaker, which was how David knew him. I liked Bob immediately. He was a proper rock ânâ roller â he wore denim jackets with cut-out sleeves and had his hair all blown out â and weâd go down the pub and do a bit of coke once in a while.
Another good thing about Bob was that he wasnât just a bass player. He could chip in with songwriting, too.
And we had a laugh together â at first, anyway.
Getting a drummer wasnât so easy.
We seemed to audition half of Britain before we finally came across Lee Kerslake, whoâd played with Uriah Heep. He was all right, Lee â one of those big old pub blokes. Solid drummer, too. But the guy Iâd really wanted â Tommy Aldridge, from the Pat Travers Band â wasnât available.
Another early member of our line-up was a keyboard player from Ipswich called Lindsay Bridgewater.
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