July 22/2025
July 22/2025 has turned out to be quite the day in terms of music history.
We lost Chuck Mangione, a musician from Buffalo, NY who became well known in the 80s for his hit ‘Feels so Good’ on which he plays the Flugalhorn.
We lost George Kooymans of the Dutch band, Golden Earring. Golden Earring had two big hits in Canada with Radar Love and The Twilight Zone.
The biggest loss of all was Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy was lead singer and cofounder of Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath is considered to be the first heavy metal band. Ozzie was also know for his solo work and the reality show, The Osbournes.
Ozzy passed only a few weeks after his last live performance at Back to The Beginning; a massive event which highlighted the music of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne. Back to The Beginning featured many musicians that were influenced by and fans of both Ozzy and Black Sabbath. It was a very emotional show for both particpants and fans. There are videos where you see men and women with tears rolling down their faces.
Here is a video of Ozzy’s last performance of Mama I’m Coming Home at Back to The Beginning. He seemed to know he was not long for this world so it makes the performance very emotional.
There was one musician who stood out during the Back to The Beginning event. The musician, Yungblud, probably had what I think was the best performance the the show and that is saying something due to the calibre of musicians that participated. Turns out he had a very special connection with Ozzy and family. Ozzy’s wife Sharon invited Yungblud to participate and this performance shows why!!!