“I RARELY DO FULL SWEEPS WITH THE WAH, OR PUMP IT IN REGULAR RHYTHMS. IT’S MORE ABOUT GIVING MY PLAYING THAT ‘TALKING’ QUALITY”
“BLACKSABBATH MEETS Chicago!” Ozzy Osbourne exclaims, clapping his hands with great enthusiasm after Austin band Brown Sabbath slays the Sabbath chestnut “Fairies Wear Boots” for him in person — complete with conga drums and a wicked Latin brass section — at a small bar in East Austin. “There are a lot of [Black Sabbath] cover bands,” Ozzy notes a minute later, on an episode of A&E’s Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour, “but this, by far, is such a unique way of doing it. I’m really impressed. Your playing is fuckin’ great.”
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