Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
Another latter day hero bids farewell - only just got the farewell at Villa park in on time
I tried for tickets for the Villa gig and in retrospect glad I missed out. I'd rather remember him at the height of his powers, which to me wasn't in Sabbath it was his first tour with Blizzard Of Oz - specifically 5th October 1980 when they played The Assembly Rooms, not my best gig ever but certainly my most surprising, I honestly thought he'd be dead by then but he turned up fully focussed with a ****-hot band and a fantastic, catchy set of rock songs. I might be the only one of us here who attended that night, but most of us know at least a bit about the madness that was Ozzy around that time and in the decades since. Farewell Ozzy and we thank you