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Liberal fruitcakes. We did a meet-greet with them at Pine-Knob.[yeah, I'm old] When they entered the meet area, there was incense everywhere and hired-help ringing chimes and gongs to announce their arrival. There was all kinds of weird tokens on the table they sat at. They acted like they were some kinda royalty. LOL. My wife had to keep me in line and not laughing.

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My wife would not be able to succeed in that.....and probably wouldn't try, she'd be laughing at them as well.

Sorry guys, that metal shit is too mindless for me. No offense. And that's not real guitar playing. This is what that looks like.

 
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There's been very little "metal" posted on here. Good blues are cool, but they put me to sleep. I listen to all genres of rock.....except that death-metal/lung-barfing crap.

Check out these siblings 12-21 years-old. Incredible talent and can play anything...their original stuff is very good, too.







Check out the dates of these videos, and do the math on their ages.
 
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There's been very little "metal" posted on here. Good blues are cool, but they put me to sleep. I listen to all genres of rock.....except that death-metal/lung-barfing crap.

Check out these siblings 12-21 years-old. Incredible talent and can play anything...their original stuff is very good, too.

Check out the dates of these videos, and do the math on their ages.
Yeah, when I think of metal, that's the stuff I'm referring to. I'm not much on blues unless it rocks, and I think no sane person would say she doesn't.
Jaw dropping stuff right there. There's a lesson there as far as what opportunities and possibilities children need laid in front of them, and how young they need it to truly be able to take full advantage.
 
I started this morning while I made sausage biscuits & gravy listening to Black Sabbath The Wizard
Thought about starting a thread about it..
Breakfast was better than average BTW
Ok.....I love you guys......but you ALL missed the end all be all.
@ENDER @MMissile @AGG .......just recently, RIP......Eddie Van Halen. He was the SH$T on guitar, and if you ever saw
him live in concert.........well.....let's just say, you'd sh#t yourself.

Aside from him ........Stevie Ray Vaughn. Just awesome!!!!!!!

Lastly.....I can't believe no one mentioned the iconic OZZY!!!! Now granted......if you interviewed him,
you wouldn't be able to understand him......but one of the two very best drum solo's I ever watched live,
was between Ozzy and Van Halen.

I'm sure if you google it or go to youtube, you could probably find the drum solo, where Van Halen's
drummer conducted the solo that started slowly and ended sounding like a freight train........I saw it in Knoxville
and it was AMAIZING........of course that was way back in the 80's <sigh.....so old>

Cheers!!!!!!!!!

PS: I'll look for it and see if I can find a link. Their drummer had AMAZING skills!!!!
 
Ok.....I love you guys......but you ALL missed the end all be all.
@ENDER @MMissile @AGG .......just recently, RIP......Eddie Van Halen. He was the SH$T on guitar, and if you ever saw
him live in concert.........well.....let's just say, you'd sh#t yourself.

Aside from him ........Stevie Ray Vaughn. Just awesome!!!!!!!

Lastly.....I can't believe no one mentioned the iconic OZZY!!!! Now granted......if you interviewed him,
you wouldn't be able to understand him......but one of the two very best drum solo's I ever watched live,
was between Ozzy and Van Halen.

I'm sure if you google it or go to youtube, you could probably find the drum solo, where Van Halen's
drummer conducted the solo that started slowly and ended sounding like a freight train........I saw it in Knoxville
and it was AMAIZING........of course that was way back in the 80's <sigh.....so old>

Cheers!!!!!!!!!

PS: I'll look for it and see if I can find a link. Their drummer had AMAZING skills!!!!

I was very saddened by the passing of EVH :cry:--- the group "Van Halen" (Van Hagar not as much) is one of my favorites. ;)

Tony
 
Ok.....I love you guys......but you ALL missed the end all be all.
@ENDER @MMissile @AGG .......just recently, RIP......Eddie Van Halen. He was the SH$T on guitar, and if you ever saw
him live in concert.........well.....let's just say, you'd sh#t yourself.

Aside from him ........Stevie Ray Vaughn. Just awesome!!!!!!!

Lastly.....I can't believe no one mentioned the iconic OZZY!!!! Now granted......if you interviewed him,
you wouldn't be able to understand him......but one of the two very best drum solo's I ever watched live,
was between Ozzy and Van Halen.

I'm sure if you google it or go to youtube, you could probably find the drum solo, where Van Halen's
drummer conducted the solo that started slowly and ended sounding like a freight train........I saw it in Knoxville
and it was AMAIZING........of course that was way back in the 80's <sigh.....so old>

Cheers!!!!!!!!!

PS: I'll look for it and see if I can find a link. Their drummer had AMAZING skills!!!!
Ozzy is pretty easy to understand in person. I've met him 3 times, with 1st being the best.[meet/greets were new and awesome..not so commercial and low-brow]. He's also very shy/withdrawn, till you crack his "shell". I had him laughing like a crazy-man at the 1st meet. [that's a great story] Zakk is a great guy and talented...but his live-solos get old.

Probably the best guitar players that I've seen, are Steve Stevens, John-5, Steve Vai, and George Lynch. Very technical players. It's amazing what those guys do, outside their know stuff. I liked Van Halen's music, but agree with Tony....not Van Hagar.

One of my favorite drummers is Chuck Biscuits. I rarely noticed drummers [just wasn't my thing], till watching Danzig live. Chuck amazed me with his small kit/huge sound/and skills. Since then, I do notice good ones. I always liked Bill Ward's drumming, Tommy Clufetos is a local kid, who took over for OZZY and Sabbath. We were hanging at our local pub on a Friday night, as usual. We always talked with everybody, and this woman walks up asks to sit at our table. We're like "sure"..and proceed to get her having tequila shots with us while all animated [ she was very excited]. She said she was there to meet some people and celebrate. When we asked her what she was so excited about...she tells us her son/"kid" just got "signed" by OZZY/Sharon to be their new drummer. We were very happy for her...and Tommy.
 
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@AGG I agree with you 110%. When Roth left.......it went a bit down hill. Don't get me wrong.....they had a couple
of good hits, but nothing like the "pre-Hagar" days.

@MMissile ........OK, I'm now a HUGE FAN of you!!!!!! I would have LOVED to have met Ozzy in a meet and greet!!!!
Sadly enough......I was only able to be in the mosh pit, pushed up against the fence during the concert <sigh> 🙄 🤣
 
@AGG I agree with you 110%. When Roth left.......it went a bit down hill. Don't get me wrong.....they had a couple
of good hits, but nothing like the "pre-Hagar" days.

@MMissile ........OK, I'm now a HUGE FAN of you!!!!!! I would have LOVED to have met Ozzy in a meet and greet!!!!
Sadly enough......I was only able to be in the mosh pit, pushed up against the fence during the concert <sigh> 🙄 🤣
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I hate to be "that guy"...........

Just kidding. No I don't. And no, I am not the blonde on her knees.

This pic was taken in early 2009 when I was between contracts. Force Pro sucked, you can see the results of 6 months of sitting in a guard tower 12hrs a day eating mess hall delivery trays. That gut is long gone. The guy on the right is a good friend and a talented shooter who went on to work in management at FN USA for most of a decade, we would catch up at SHOT every year if I was in the States. The blonde got cancer. Don't be sorry, no one else was. Cancer tried to get Ozzie but Ozzie told the C to "piss off, there's a good lad".
 
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Ozzie watching M249 SAW demo..... "Like, Wow, just wow......" the man has a way with words.......Jack watching.
 
SO COOL!!! Ozzy is up for anything. It's sad to see him aging. Just means we all are.

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He handed his head-band to my wife during the show[front-row in front of Zakk]. I had to rock a couple rude idiots, but he gave it to her. It was sweaty as hell.....but we have OZZY DNA. LOL!! We talked about Christmas, and my wife had OZZY greeting cards from Hallmark[famous people quotes].She had him sign some stuff while we talked. He didn't know they were OZZY cards, so she showed him. He laughed, and signed a few. #%@&-you....OZZY. He was very quiet with everybody, so we intentionally went last to spend more time talking. He opened right up, when I said "Hey OZZY, Merry #%^&ing Christmas!" He got a big grin, returned the greeting, and the dam burst open. Animated OZZY.100_0577.jpg100_0558.jpgOZZY memories....jpg

When we saw Sabbath at Pine-Knob, We talked to OZZY a couple minutes, then asked him if we were gonna meet anybody else? "you want to talk to Tony? Geezer? My wife says "no, is Sharon here? Ozzy went and got her. The security was trying push us out, and I held our ground. We told them "Sharon is coming out". They laughed and said "Yeah...sure. Now go!!" I argued some more, and about 30 seconds later, they all scattered like roaches. They were scared to death of this little woman. LOL!!! She was as nice as could be to us, but I'm sure she's a bitch to everybody in the business. Without her, there'd never have been a solo OZZY. Another special individual moment.

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SO COOL!!! Ozzy is up for anything. It's sad to see him aging. Just means we all are.

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He handed his head-band to my wife during the show[front-row in front of Zakk]. I had to rock a couple rude idiots, but he gave it to her. It was sweaty as hell.....but we have OZZY DNA. LOL!! We talked about Christmas, and my wife had OZZY greeting cards from Hallmark[famous people quotes].She had him sign some stuff while we talked. He didn't know they were OZZY cards, so she showed him. He laughed, and signed a few. #%@&-you....OZZY. He was very quiet with everybody, so we intentionally went last to spend more time talking. He opened right up, when I said "Hey OZZY, Merry #%^&ing Christmas!" He got a big grin, returned the greeting, and the dam burst open. Animated OZZY.View attachment 1242View attachment 1243View attachment 1244

When we saw Sabbath at Pine-Knob, We talked to OZZY a couple minutes, then asked him if we were gonna meet anybody else? "you want to talk to Tony? Geezer? My wife says "no, is Sharon here? Ozzy went and got her. The security was trying push us out, and I held our ground. We told them "Sharon is coming out". They laughed and said "Yeah...sure. Now go!!" I argued some more, and about 30 seconds later, they all scattered like roaches. They were scared to death of this little woman. LOL!!! She was as nice as could be to us, but I'm sure she's a bitch to everybody in the business. Without her, there'd never have been a solo OZZY. Another special individual moment.

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Ozzy gets around. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Tony
 
Thanks. I've lived a blessed life. I never turned-down an opportunity, and have lived for each day. It's risky, dollar-wise..... but so is walking out your door every day. You're never promised a tomorrow.
 
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