#ozzy era

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“Tommy [Aldridge], Randy and I went to a club out in the sticks near Beaumont, Texas and sat in the corner listening to a very bad country band.” Randy’s boyish looks and blond mane obviously drew attention from the local good ol’ boys as Don elaborates, “A lot of the red-necks were coming up and asking Randy to dance. Randy took it all very well and his put-downs to these guys had Tommy and me in stitches. We eventually made a hasty exit when one of them finally caught on to his wisecracks.” - Don Airey (p.73 Story of the Ozzy Osbourne Band, Garry Sharpe-Young, 2002. Rockdetector.)

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August 2, 1975 Baltimore Civic Center

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Black Sabbath, 1970

Article in Melody Maker

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A few words from Don about Randy Rhoads (1 of ?)

“It was very much in the air and we often talked about it. He wasn’t particularly enamoured of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and had some pretty serious musical goals. Mind you, this is not to say he couldn’t create havoc with the best of them! If you ever saw soft furnishings and the like floating past your hotel window, that would be Randy just tidying his room up!” (p. 72  Ozzy Osbourne: The Story of the Ozzy Osbourne Band, Garry Sharpe-Young, 2002)

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A live account of the story from (thank you for the submission) @killedbydeth from this interview.   

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So here in the last gif, you see the full length of the cape which Don....wears (whew didn’t write Don dons) in my icon....there’s gotta be more pictures of this somewhere... credits @killedbydeth

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What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you on tour?

Don Airey: Playing with Ozzy at Madison Square Gardens in 1984 to 17,000 people. The keyboards were on a hydraulic lift complete with fake organ pipes. I used to appear for the second song playing the intro to “Mr Crowley”. That night as the riser started its ascent, the power cable got caught in the mechanism and was yanked out, bringing the whole contraption to a sudden halt. The keyboards went off and there was total silence in the packed hall. My roadie, Bobby Thompson, froze. Looking over the rail I shouted to him, “Bobby, put the plug back in!” No effect, so rather louder, “Put the f****** plug back in.” Large sections of the audience picked up on this and in true New York style all took up the cry, “Yeah Bobby, put the f****** plug back in!” In went the plug, the riser lurched back to life, and I completed the intro, the keyboards now horrendously out of tune.

— Interview with BBC Wear in 2003