Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads - Steal Away (The Night) - Guitar Cover

More than anything, this is a test for Ozzy. Really, a test for the youtube auto censors; In in 2019 I uploaded a performance of S.A.T.O. and Diary of a Madman, only to be globally blocked instantly. This is a test, this is only a test.

Randy Rhoads was my primary driving guitar influence since before I played. Sure, I liked EVH and Def Leppard, but it wasn't until 1987 when I heard a radio interview (KPLZ was hard rock back then) with Ozzy about the Tribute album that I started looking at guitar and thinking I have to do THAT! Of course they played Crazy Train (live) which was my first time hearing it. It was so ALIVE! His were some of the first songs I learned.

Fast forward to 1994. I was 20 and had been playing for 6 years. I (like all other aspirational guitarists) thought that maybe if I learned the entire Osbourne music catalogue back to front, I might have a shot at an audition. Well, then they hired Vai for a while and then Joe Holmes. I just gave up. What's another Rhoads and Lee freak gonna bring to the table? Besides, I was too about Prog/Death Metal and Atmospheric Death metal at the time. I wouldn't have been a good fit.

I still play some of the classics now and again, but haven't touched this one in almost 30 years.

Blocked, btw. Disputing. Am I the ONLY guy NOT allowed to play an Ozzy cover?