I had a chance to see him several times when I was a teenager and he was on a tour after Sabbath.....each time I managed to get myself into trouble and get grounded and missed him.
I was fortunate enough to see him on these last incarnation of Black Sabbath a couple of times.
Ozzy was living proof that being unique and talented and working hard can take you further just natural gifts.
Make no mistake, he was not what one would think of as a great singer or front man.....but, he managed to be both and much more.
You don't have his career over decades and decades, thousands of shows, millions of tickets and albums sold and classic song galore without talent. He was massively talented, just not in the traditional way.
He was not a great singer in terms of just being a singer.
Not a good looking guy really.
None of the boxes one would normally check for a "star".
But.....man......the list of songs to his credit.
It is seemingly never ending.
Dude could play a 4 hour set and not run out of classics.
Not very often can it be said that someone (and in this case his great bandmates) can change the direction of an entire industry, world wide.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy changed music forever.
Beyond a legend.
Thanks for all the music Ozzy.
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