Chords for Former Ozzy Guitarist Jake E. Lee Opens Up on Replacing Randy Rhoads
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[N] How did your cooperation with Ozzy start back in the 80s?
And what did it feel like to be the first guy in the studio after Randy Rhoads?
Ozzy, you know after Brad
Said that he was going to go back to Night Ranger
Ozzy was looking for a guitar player, and he went back to a Dana Strum
He's the bassist and well, it doesn't matter
Dana Strum actually was
from what I understand was the original bassist in Ozzy's band and
He cuz Ozzy was living in LA at the time and Dana would bring him guitar players
To try out and that's how he found
Randy
So when he was decided, you know, he had to find another guitar player.
He went back to Dana Strum and Dana Strum
Basically, he got ten guys that were supposed to be the best guys in LA at the time and
[D] We all went in the studio [Abm] he gave us like five minutes to record
Whatever we wanted to [E] record then he took a [Eb] photo of us and he sent the tape and [Ab] the photos to Ozzy
[G] Out of all those there is
other than me there was also
George Lynch was one of them and
[Gb] [N] I
Guess George was his first choice
Because from what I understand from what everybody tells me from back in those days George was
offered
first to be Ozzy's guitar player before Randy and
And George didn't take it because Dawken had just gotten signed
I think in Germany and he thought that it looked like a better opportunity and
You know Ozzy was a mess back then.
Yeah, so
So he he decided to stick with Dawken rather than join Ozzy and that's when Randy got the gig so
George got for a shot at it the second time around and he went out on tour with him and
he didn't play any shows, but he would do a
Soundchecks and stuff like that and
Apparently Ozzy wasn't really happy with the way George sounded during the soundcheck
and so he wanted to hear somebody else and
I got a call one night that Ozzy was going to be in town and he wanted to hear me play and
It would be with the band
[G] The very next day I was supposed to show up to the studio and I didn't know the songs
I didn't think I you know, I didn't think that was um, I
Was gonna get a call back.
[Eb] Yeah
So I had to go out.
I borrowed the record from somebody the the first Ozzy [G] album and I learned crazy train
and I don't know and
[N] I
showed up for a
pretty audition the next day and I remember because I didn't know the songs and
They are actually pretty similar
You know, they're both in a yeah
They're both about the same tempo and they have the 16th note
Lower a string you're dominating through it all that when I did the audition I would kind of mix the parts up
You know, I'd go into a different part and
it I
Thought I thought the audition was terrible because I was messing up the songs.
Yeah, I played fine
you know, it's not like I couldn't play but I obviously didn't know the songs and
I was sure I didn't have it and
But at the end as I was packing my gear up
Actually George walked in and
He I did was the first time I ever met him he walked in and he said how'd it go and I said
I don't know.
I don't I don't think I got it and then Ozzy walked up and he looked at me and said
Do you want it?
Do I want it?
He goes?
Yeah, [Gb] do you want the fucking gig?
I said, yes
And he turned to George and he said it's his you lost it and then he walked away
That was the first time I saw Ozzy fire somebody and it's never a pretty sight
But yeah, I
Hadn't even met George really I hadn't it was after Ozzy walked away
I turned to George and said hi.
My name is Jake by the way [Bb] and
It was a very awkward
[G] Introduction for me and George [N] but uh, yeah
He uh, you know, I like George we get along
Every time I see him, you know, it's a good time.
So yeah, I I'm glad he didn't hold that against [C] me
And what did it feel like to be the first guy in the studio after Randy Rhoads?
Ozzy, you know after Brad
Said that he was going to go back to Night Ranger
Ozzy was looking for a guitar player, and he went back to a Dana Strum
He's the bassist and well, it doesn't matter
Dana Strum actually was
from what I understand was the original bassist in Ozzy's band and
He cuz Ozzy was living in LA at the time and Dana would bring him guitar players
To try out and that's how he found
Randy
So when he was decided, you know, he had to find another guitar player.
He went back to Dana Strum and Dana Strum
Basically, he got ten guys that were supposed to be the best guys in LA at the time and
[D] We all went in the studio [Abm] he gave us like five minutes to record
Whatever we wanted to [E] record then he took a [Eb] photo of us and he sent the tape and [Ab] the photos to Ozzy
[G] Out of all those there is
other than me there was also
George Lynch was one of them and
[Gb] [N] I
Guess George was his first choice
Because from what I understand from what everybody tells me from back in those days George was
offered
first to be Ozzy's guitar player before Randy and
And George didn't take it because Dawken had just gotten signed
I think in Germany and he thought that it looked like a better opportunity and
You know Ozzy was a mess back then.
Yeah, so
So he he decided to stick with Dawken rather than join Ozzy and that's when Randy got the gig so
George got for a shot at it the second time around and he went out on tour with him and
he didn't play any shows, but he would do a
Soundchecks and stuff like that and
Apparently Ozzy wasn't really happy with the way George sounded during the soundcheck
and so he wanted to hear somebody else and
I got a call one night that Ozzy was going to be in town and he wanted to hear me play and
It would be with the band
[G] The very next day I was supposed to show up to the studio and I didn't know the songs
I didn't think I you know, I didn't think that was um, I
Was gonna get a call back.
[Eb] Yeah
So I had to go out.
I borrowed the record from somebody the the first Ozzy [G] album and I learned crazy train
and I don't know and
[N] I
showed up for a
pretty audition the next day and I remember because I didn't know the songs and
They are actually pretty similar
You know, they're both in a yeah
They're both about the same tempo and they have the 16th note
Lower a string you're dominating through it all that when I did the audition I would kind of mix the parts up
You know, I'd go into a different part and
it I
Thought I thought the audition was terrible because I was messing up the songs.
Yeah, I played fine
you know, it's not like I couldn't play but I obviously didn't know the songs and
I was sure I didn't have it and
But at the end as I was packing my gear up
Actually George walked in and
He I did was the first time I ever met him he walked in and he said how'd it go and I said
I don't know.
I don't I don't think I got it and then Ozzy walked up and he looked at me and said
Do you want it?
Do I want it?
He goes?
Yeah, [Gb] do you want the fucking gig?
I said, yes
And he turned to George and he said it's his you lost it and then he walked away
That was the first time I saw Ozzy fire somebody and it's never a pretty sight
But yeah, I
Hadn't even met George really I hadn't it was after Ozzy walked away
I turned to George and said hi.
My name is Jake by the way [Bb] and
It was a very awkward
[G] Introduction for me and George [N] but uh, yeah
He uh, you know, I like George we get along
Every time I see him, you know, it's a good time.
So yeah, I I'm glad he didn't hold that against [C] me
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_ _ _ [N] How did your cooperation with Ozzy start back in the 80s?
And what did it feel like to be the first guy in the studio after Randy Rhoads?
Ozzy, you know after Brad
Said that he was going to go back to Night Ranger
Ozzy was looking for a guitar player, and he went back to a Dana Strum
_ He's the bassist and well, it doesn't matter
Dana Strum actually was
from what I understand was the original bassist in Ozzy's band and
He cuz Ozzy was living in LA at the time and Dana would bring him guitar players
To try out and that's how he found
Randy
_ So when he was decided, you know, he had to find another guitar player.
He went back to Dana Strum and Dana Strum
Basically, he got ten guys that were supposed to be the best guys in LA at the time and _
[D] We all went in the studio [Abm] he gave us like five minutes to record
Whatever we wanted to [E] record then he took a [Eb] photo of us and he sent the tape and [Ab] the photos to Ozzy
[G] _ Out of all those there is
other than me there was also
George Lynch was one of them and
[Gb] [N] I _
Guess George was his first choice
Because from what I understand from what everybody tells me from back in those days George was
offered _
first to be Ozzy's guitar player before Randy and _
And George didn't take it because Dawken had just gotten signed
I think in Germany and he thought that it looked like a better opportunity and
You know Ozzy was a mess back then.
Yeah, so
So he he decided to stick with Dawken rather than join Ozzy and that's when Randy got the gig so
George got for a shot at it the second time around and he went out on tour with him and
he didn't play any shows, but he would do a
Soundchecks and stuff like that and
Apparently Ozzy wasn't really happy with the way George sounded during the soundcheck
and so he wanted to hear somebody else and
I got a call one night that Ozzy was going to be in town and he wanted to hear me play and
It would be with the band
[G] The very next day I was supposed to show up to the studio and I didn't know the songs
I didn't think I you know, I didn't think that was um, I
Was gonna get a call back.
[Eb] Yeah
So I had to go out.
I borrowed the record from somebody the the first Ozzy [G] album and I learned crazy train
and I don't know and
[N] _ I
showed up for a
pretty audition the next day and I remember because I didn't know the songs and
They are actually pretty similar
You know, they're both in a yeah
They're both about the same tempo and they have the 16th note
Lower a string you're dominating through it all that when I did the audition I would kind of mix the parts up
_ You know, I'd go into a different part and
_ it I
Thought I thought the audition was terrible because I was messing up the songs.
Yeah, I played fine
you know, it's not like I couldn't play but I obviously didn't know the songs and
I was sure I didn't have it and
But at the end as I was packing my gear up
_ Actually George walked in and
_ _ _ _ He I did was the first time I ever met him he walked in and he said how'd it go and I said
I don't know.
I don't I don't think I got it and then Ozzy walked up and he looked at me and said
Do you want it?
Do I want it?
He goes?
Yeah, [Gb] do you want the fucking gig?
I said, yes
And he turned to George and he said it's his you lost it and then he walked away
_ That was the first time I saw Ozzy fire somebody and it's never a pretty sight
But yeah, I
Hadn't even met George really I hadn't it was after Ozzy walked away
I turned to George and said hi.
My name is Jake by the way [Bb] and
It was a very awkward
_ [G] Introduction for me and George [N] but uh, yeah
He uh, you know, I like George we get along
Every time I see him, you know, it's a good time.
So yeah, I I'm glad he didn't hold that against [C] me _ _ _
And what did it feel like to be the first guy in the studio after Randy Rhoads?
Ozzy, you know after Brad
Said that he was going to go back to Night Ranger
Ozzy was looking for a guitar player, and he went back to a Dana Strum
_ He's the bassist and well, it doesn't matter
Dana Strum actually was
from what I understand was the original bassist in Ozzy's band and
He cuz Ozzy was living in LA at the time and Dana would bring him guitar players
To try out and that's how he found
Randy
_ So when he was decided, you know, he had to find another guitar player.
He went back to Dana Strum and Dana Strum
Basically, he got ten guys that were supposed to be the best guys in LA at the time and _
[D] We all went in the studio [Abm] he gave us like five minutes to record
Whatever we wanted to [E] record then he took a [Eb] photo of us and he sent the tape and [Ab] the photos to Ozzy
[G] _ Out of all those there is
other than me there was also
George Lynch was one of them and
[Gb] [N] I _
Guess George was his first choice
Because from what I understand from what everybody tells me from back in those days George was
offered _
first to be Ozzy's guitar player before Randy and _
And George didn't take it because Dawken had just gotten signed
I think in Germany and he thought that it looked like a better opportunity and
You know Ozzy was a mess back then.
Yeah, so
So he he decided to stick with Dawken rather than join Ozzy and that's when Randy got the gig so
George got for a shot at it the second time around and he went out on tour with him and
he didn't play any shows, but he would do a
Soundchecks and stuff like that and
Apparently Ozzy wasn't really happy with the way George sounded during the soundcheck
and so he wanted to hear somebody else and
I got a call one night that Ozzy was going to be in town and he wanted to hear me play and
It would be with the band
[G] The very next day I was supposed to show up to the studio and I didn't know the songs
I didn't think I you know, I didn't think that was um, I
Was gonna get a call back.
[Eb] Yeah
So I had to go out.
I borrowed the record from somebody the the first Ozzy [G] album and I learned crazy train
and I don't know and
[N] _ I
showed up for a
pretty audition the next day and I remember because I didn't know the songs and
They are actually pretty similar
You know, they're both in a yeah
They're both about the same tempo and they have the 16th note
Lower a string you're dominating through it all that when I did the audition I would kind of mix the parts up
_ You know, I'd go into a different part and
_ it I
Thought I thought the audition was terrible because I was messing up the songs.
Yeah, I played fine
you know, it's not like I couldn't play but I obviously didn't know the songs and
I was sure I didn't have it and
But at the end as I was packing my gear up
_ Actually George walked in and
_ _ _ _ He I did was the first time I ever met him he walked in and he said how'd it go and I said
I don't know.
I don't I don't think I got it and then Ozzy walked up and he looked at me and said
Do you want it?
Do I want it?
He goes?
Yeah, [Gb] do you want the fucking gig?
I said, yes
And he turned to George and he said it's his you lost it and then he walked away
_ That was the first time I saw Ozzy fire somebody and it's never a pretty sight
But yeah, I
Hadn't even met George really I hadn't it was after Ozzy walked away
I turned to George and said hi.
My name is Jake by the way [Bb] and
It was a very awkward
_ [G] Introduction for me and George [N] but uh, yeah
He uh, you know, I like George we get along
Every time I see him, you know, it's a good time.
So yeah, I I'm glad he didn't hold that against [C] me _ _ _