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    <title>Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train - Solo</title>

    <description>My recording of the solo from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train"</description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music recording</category>

    <category>Guitar</category>

    <series order="19">2022 music project</series>

</glacius:metadata>

<p>

    After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a>

    got fired from <em>Black Sabbath</em> for somehow doing too many drugs

    for a rock star, he formed his own band, which eventually was just named

    after himself after everyone else told him "no puns" (originally the new

    band was to be <em>Blizzard of Ozz</em>). Legend has it that all Ozzy

    needed to hear from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Rhoads">Randy

    Rhoads</a> during his audition was a warm-up, after which he exclaimed,

    "You've got the job." Unfortunately Ozzy doesn't remember any of this and

    many of the claims of when Randy and Ozzy actually met are disputed, but it

    makes for a good story.

</p>

<p>

    <em>Crazy Train</em> was the 2nd track on the first record that Ozzy

    and Randy recorded, 

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_Ozz"><em>Blizzard of Ozz</em></a> 

    (Ozzy was not a man to be denied his puns, apparently). The introduction, main riff and

    solo are all equally iconic in their own ways. It's amazing to me that this was

    released in 1980 for how incredibly influential and pervasive it was.

</p>

<p>

    The solo is only 16 bars long but full of unique hammer-on/pull-off

    techniques, tapping licks, legato passages and just generally rad

    stuff. It definitely deserves its status as one of the greatest rock

    solos of all time.

</p>

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    <caption>

        <em>Crazy Train</em> solo from Ozzy Osbourne's 1981 album

        <em>Blizzard of Ozz</em>

    </caption>

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<p>

    Here's me trying my best.

</p>

<h2>Recording</h2>

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    glacius:src="crazy-train-solo-480p.mp4" 

    glacius:thumbnail="crazy-train-solo-poster.jpeg" 

    type="video">

    <caption>

        Cover of Randy Rhoads' iconic solo from <em>Crazy Train</em>

    </caption>

</glacius:figure>

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    glacius:src="crazy-train-ardour-hydrogen.png"

    glacius:thumbnail="crazy-train-ardour-hydrogen-thumb.jpeg" 

    type="image">

    <caption>

        Screenshot of my 

        <a href="https://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>/<a href="http://hydrogen-music.org/">Hydrogen</a> 

        setup

    </caption>

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