LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 6, 2019…TODAY GUITARIST RANDY RHOADS WOULD HAVE BEEN 63 YEARS OF AGE. RHOADS WAS A GUITAR VIRTUOSO WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR FOUNDING QUIET RIOT AND THEN PLAYING FOR OZZY OSBOURNE. RHOADS DIED IN FLORIDA WHEN THE TOUR BUS OZZY AND THE BAND WAS TOURING ON BROKE DOWN, AND STOPPED THE BAND STOPPED TO GET IT REPAIRED. ON THE PROPERTY, THERE WAS A SMALL LANDING STRIP WITH A COUPLE OF AIRCRAFT AND SMALL HELICOPTERS. WITHOUT PERMISSION, THE TOUR BUS DRIVER AND PRIVATE PILOT TOOK MEMBERS OF THE BAND ON A FEW QUICK FLIGHTS. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GIVE RHOADS A SPIN, THE PILOT DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO ‘BUZZ’ THE TOUR BUS, AND ACCIDENTALLY CLIPPED THE BUS. RHOADS WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.
HERE’S RHOADS ON ‘I DON’T KNOW’ ON ‘THE BLIZZARD OF OZZ’ TOUR.
photo thanks-York Unstinks