Ozzy Osbourne’s emotional ultimate texts to longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde

Zakk Wylde, longtime pal and guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne, has revealed the ultimate texts between them earlier than the music legend died on the age of 76.

Wylde toured as Osbourne’s lead guitarist for years after listening to in 1987 that he was in search of somebody new to fill the function and the 2 carried out collectively for a very long time, with the 58-year-old American taking part in on the albums No Relaxation For The Depraved, No Extra Tears and Ozzmosis.

Ozzy was additionally godfather to considered one of his youngsters.

He carried out for Osbourne’s induction into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame final yr, and he was current on the Again to the Starting live performance which was the final time Ozzy carried out earlier than his dying.

Speaking to Guitar World, he mentioned recollections of that final present have been ‘ingrained in my head’ and spoke of the second they performed collectively for one ultimate time.

“With ‘Mama, I’m Coming Dwelling’, once we acquired the acoustic out, I needed to be like, ‘Maintain the guitar away from the microphone so I can sing,’ as a result of Oz’s voice was having bother at sure notes,” he defined.

“I used to be like, ‘I want to ensure I’m at all times there so I can double him.’ I used to be like three ft away from the microphone once I began taking part in the tune.

“I used to be like, ‘I gotta get close to the microphone,’ so I needed to nearly cease taking part in, raise the guitar up and put it over the mic.”

As soon as the present was over he gave Ozzy some area as ‘everyone and their mom have been within the backstage dressing room’ and he thought he’d get an opportunity to see him later.

Sadly, he by no means acquired that chance to have one final private assembly, however they did textual content one another afterwards as Wylde mentioned Ozzy messaged him to say: “Zakky, sorry, it was like a madhouse again there. I didn’t see you.”

The guitarist mentioned Ozzy messaged him ‘thanks for every thing’ and mentioned they messaged backwards and forwards a bit to say ‘I really like you, buddy’.

Ozzy was right now (31 July) laid to relaxation within the grounds of his Buckinghamshire mansion after he expressed a want to be buried in a backyard, ideally with a tree planted above his head which may develop crabapples his youngsters may make into wine.

That personal ceremony attended by family and friends follows a procession by means of the streets of Birmingham by which hundreds of individuals turned as much as pay their respects to the Black Sabbath star.

Proceeds from Ozzy’s ultimate live performance, some £140 million, will probably be donated to Remedy Parkinson’s, Birmingham Youngsters’s Hospital and Acorn Youngsters’s Hospice.