LISTEN HEAR
LISTEN HEAR
RANDY RHOADS
You know the story that Randy went down and he plugged this little practice amp in , and he was just warming up and doing arpeggios and Ozzy said , ‘ You ’ ve got the gig .’ The deal is Ozzy wanted to make sure that Randy could play with a band . He already could see that Randy was incredibly talented . But he wanted to make sure Randy would be able to play with other musicians and with him singing . So they scheduled like an audition with Dana Strum playing bass and Frankie Banali playing drums and Ozzy singing and Randy playing guitar . So they did an audition at SIR or something like that and that sealed the deal . Here ’ s something that you don ’ t know . Jet Records opposed using Randy . They said , ‘ We don ’ t want to use a Yank if we don ’ t need to . Let ’ s make it all Brits .’ Remember , Bob Daisley was already in the band . And Ozzy vigorously said , ‘ I want Randy Rhoads . I want him in my band . He is my lead player .’ And Jet Records said , ‘ Can ’ t you get another British guy ? It would make it so much easier .’ Ozzy said vigorously , ‘ I ’ m holding out for this Randy Rhoads guy .’ And the funny thing is , Bob Daisley thought since Randy was a guitar teacher , he thought Randy was going to arrive wearing a cardigan sweater , wearing glasses and smoking a pipe . He was trying to envision it . How is a music teacher going to fit into this band ? Once they started playing together it was clear right from the very beginning . Ozzy and Randy : they had a chemistry . — Kelle Rhoads ■
Kelle Rhoads
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