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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLACK SABBATH’S GEEZER BUTLER !

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 17, 2019…HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO GEEZER BUTLER, THE BASSIST AND PRIMARY LYRICIST WITH BLACK SABBATH. GUITARIST TONY IOMMI DESCRIBED GEEZER AS BEING “FROM ANOTHER PLANET” IN THE BAND’S EARLY DAYS. ACCORDING TO IOMMI BUTLER TOOK LSD, WORE INDIAN DRESSES, AND WAS VERY PEACEFUL.

AROUND THE TIME BLACK SABBATH WAS BEING FORMED, BUTLER WAS STUDYING TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT. AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAINING GEEZER MANAGED THE BAND’S FINANCES IN THE GROUP’S EARLY DAYS.

ACCORDING TO OZZY OSBOURNE, GEEZER “NEVER USES FOUL LANGUAGE.”

HERE’S VINTAGE GEEZER BUTLER WITH BLACK SABBATH

photo thanks-jim sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

photo thanks-Black Sabbath ad 1970 Billboard Magazine