“Forget the guitar playing; the way I made ham sandwiches was amazing!”: Zakk Wylde on the ‘real’ reason he was hired as Ozzy’s guitarist
Zakk Wylde has been reminiscing on his bond with Ozzy Osbourne, and has shared what their friendship was like outside of music.
Osbourne passed away back in July, just a matter of weeks after his giant final show with Black Sabbath in their home city of Birmingham, England. The monumental metal celebration brought in a total of £33.8 million in ticket sales, according to Dr. Matt Lyons of the University of Birmingham, and proceeds from the event were pledged to Cure Parkinson’s, the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorns Children’s Hospice.
READ MORE: “They say never meet your idols, but that’s just not true. Sometimes you get lucky”: M. Shadows reflects on interviewing Ozzy Osbourne in 2017
Since his passing, friends, fans, and music figures alike have been sharing their stories of meeting or working with the Prince of Darkness. As one of his solo band guitarists, Wylde has spoken of the advice Osbourne used to give him, and why his excellent sandwich making skills kept him in Osbourne’s good books in a new interview with Guitar World.
“You’re always gonna learn along the way. You trust somebody, and then you get screwed on a business deal or whatever. When anything would happen, Oz would be like, ‘Zakk, I remember with Sabbath this or that…’ Stories about thinking someone was a good guy, and they end up screwing you over,” he says.
“Obviously, all of us live and learn on our own, too. But Oz would always be there for advice. He’d poke me in the eye, and I’d be like, ‘What was that for?’ He’d say, ‘Life’s tough. That’s why.’ [Laughs] I’d go, ‘Yeah, but I really didn’t need that.’ He’d go [in a British accent], ‘Oh, go make me a sandwich, light on the Colman’s [Mustard].”
Wylde followed in the footsteps of Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee within Osbourne’s band. Asked why he felt Osbourne chose him to take on the gig with such big shoes to fill, he jokes, “Because I went light on the Colman’s! Forget the guitar playing; the way I made ham sandwiches with the Colman’s was amazing.
“I was the Randy and the Jake of ham sandwiches and Colman’s,” he laughs. “With anything, if it works and it’s easy, that’s how it should be with bands and relationships. I mean, with your wife, your friends, anyone – if they don’t bring you peace, why are you with these people?”
The post “Forget the guitar playing; the way I made ham sandwiches was amazing!”: Zakk Wylde on the ‘real’ reason he was hired as Ozzy’s guitarist appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
Source: www.guitar-bass.net
