Guitarist was concerned with helping the singer and friend in one of the most exciting moments of the farewell festival, Back to The Beginning
One of the great moments of the farewell festival of the recently deceased Ozzy Osbourne and from Black Sabbaththe Back to the beginningoccurred during the execution of “Mama, I’m Coming Home”. The ballad is Ozzy’s largest solo career hit at American charts, world’s main music market.
Exciting in itself – and even more for the context – the song ripped tears from various fans. And also had a beautiful gesture of the guitarist Zakk Wylde to help your old partner.
Zakk told the Guitar world That, during the performance of the song, realized that Ozzy’s vocal was failing:
“Oz’s voice was in trouble in certain notes. I thought, ‘I need to make sure I’m always there so I could double his voice.’
The guitarist then decided to approach a support microphone to help Ozzy sing. To do this, he had to stop playing guitar for a short moment and move laterally. The scene was caught in the video made by a fan, from the 20th second:
Zakk Wylde’s explanation
Subsequently, Zakk explained:
“I was a meter away from the microphone when I started playing the song. I thought, ‘I need to get close to the microphone, so I had to stop playing, lift the guitar and put it on the microphone.”
He added:
“It was like juggling with balls or chainsaw while skateboarding. It was very funny … It was supposed to be the most important show of all, but everything can happen at the time!”
“Mama, I’m Coming Home” It is one of the great successes of Ozzy’s solo career and left on the album At More Tears (1991), bringing Zakk Wylde as co -author and the late Lemmyfrom Motörheadas a lyricist.
Zakk did not meet Ozzy Osbourne after the end of the show
In an interview with Guitar world (via Igor Miranda website), Zakk Wylde revealed that he did not meet Ozzy again in person after the show. The last moment of the two together was precisely on the stage, playing “Mama, I’m Coming Home” and other songs from the vocalist’s solo career Black Sabbath.
He recalls:
“I thought we would see him later or the next day. But no. The last message I received from the Oz said, ‘Zakky, sorry, things were crazy. I didn’t see you. Thanks for everything.’ We talked and said things like, ‘I love you, brother.’
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Source: Rollingstone
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