The Guitar Gear Locker Special Ozzy Osbourne Remembrance

In this episode, we remembered and celebrated the life and career of Ozzy Osbourne, as well as Black Sabbath. We invited guests, Rik Lawhorne of Fredericksburg, Virginia's Cactus Jack Band and Jeremy Sosville of Sanhedrin to join our resident music encyclopedia, Alex Bouks to discuss all things Black Sabbath/Ozzy. 00:00 Introduction 01:55 How Alex discovered Black Sabbath and Ozzy09:19 Jeremy Sosville’s views on Ozzy11:34 Rik Lawhornes on Ozzy in his life14:10 Ozzy’s relatability 18:47 Re-building the brand of Ozzy after Black Sabbath22:30 Randy Rhodes era24:40 Guitar player associated with Ozzy30:25 Ozzy really never had to submit to the record labels34:15 Post Malone and Ozzy36:50 Favorite era of Ozzy Osbourne45:01 Feeling sick and having to perform46:42 Favorite Ozzy song53:56 Tony Iomi’s response to Blizzard of Oz56:05 What is Ozzy chose someone else as a guitar player?1:01:26 Alex meets Michael Schenker1:05:15 Ozzy and Metallica switch bassists1:08:11 Ozzy and Jack in Williamsburg Virginia1:08:59 Marty Friedman’s offer to play for big money1:13:20 Eddie Van Halen vs Randy Rhodes1:15:27 Triple-tracking of guitars1:18:00 The guitar try-out for Ozzy’s guitarist1:20:50 First Ozzy/Black Sabbath song everyone played on guitar1:25:25 Haught Guitars1:27:00 Jeremy Sosville and TikTok1:33:53 Rik and Jeremy playing requests1:37:38 Ozzy’s farewell1:39:08 Jeremy’s highlight of the final Ozzy concert1:43:46 Golden Earring Moontan1:45:13 Nuno Bettencourt1:47:17 Tom Morello1:50:51 What band that wasn’t there that should have beenThanks for joining us!