We had a former Tour Mgr of The Stones & The Dead on our show this morning.
Quite possibly one of the most fun interviews we’ve ever had. Buy his book: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by Sam Cutler.
First half – 421SamCutler_WAOR_Part1
Second half – 421SamCutler_WAOR_Part2
Ozzy-To-English: Transcript/Translation of our Feb 15 interview
Hopefully, this translation will help…
Craig – …what’s going on Ozzy?
Ozzy –How you doing?
Craig – As of last week, your book “I Am Ozzy” is on the NY Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Seller’s
list at #2. And #3 on the Wall Street Journal’s list. You’re even scheduling additional book signings on the west coast…are you excited about how the book has been going?
Ozzy – Oh yeah, it’s been received very well, I think, the uh New York Best Seller’s List, there, which is great.
Tommie – Ozzy, I’ve read the book, it is brilliant, and you mention many of the crazy things that have gone on in your life and have been written about you in the press…about the bat, about the dove, about the Alamo…and uh…it’s finally nice to get the truth, to get your side of everything.
Ozzy – Yeah, I mean there’s the bat, there’s the dove, there’s the Alamo but there are also other stories you know…I don’t want to talk about it because if I tell you about the stories then you won’t buy, you won’t read the book.
Tommie – Ozzy, you’re People People…you came up from the English working class, you weren’t privileged at all growing up…and now you’ve met people like Prime Ministers…Presidents…Queens…
Ozzy – That’s amazing. I met President Bush, which I don’t think…(laughs)…it was one of the…well, don’t forget: the President who was least liked in history, or…but, yeah, I met them. I met the Queen. I met the Prime Minister of England, which also wasn’t a great…Rock & Roll moment for me. I met a lot of people…I met, basically, I met one of my heroes, Paul McCartney. He’s a very nice man, he’s very accommodating…very nice guy.
Craig – Now of course your musical achievements aside, a lot of Americans were really introduced to you and a whole new generation grew up watching you on “The Osbournes” MTV show.
Ozzy – Yeah yeah, um, but I’m not, I don’t like, um, my wife, um, my daughter didn’t do the TV, so…Jack was (???) looks like he’s going to be working behind the camera instead of in front of it. But yeah, it was an unexpected nice surprise in my career. Our careers, rather.
Tommie – We’re talking with The Prince Of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne this morning…the book is called I Am Ozzy, and in it Ozzy talks about a lot of the jobs he’s had over the years. You used to work in a slaughterhouse, for example…of course you became a big rock star after not being sure if you were even going to be able to be a singer…but is being a father your favorite job of all time?
Ozzy – Well it’s the hardest, you know, I don’t know if “favorite”…you don’t go “oh no, my wife’s having a baby…ohhhh…”…I’m lookin’ at…you’re lookin’ at the kid like “get on with it”, you know? It’s hard. Being a parent in my opinion is one of the hardest jobs in the world, you know, because you never know whether you’re giving them good information or not.
Tommie - Ozzy as I read your book and realized just how far you’ve taken your addictions to the edge and beyond for so long, I couldn’t help but wonder: how is it that you’re even still alive?
Ozzy – Well…good question…I think I’m gonna sell my body when I die to medical science…they might find some some…talking points somewhere. I mean, it’s uh…I’m not bragging about that…but, you know, just because I didn’t die doing all that, tell me I didn’t have some rare survival gene you know. I’m just lucky, you know?
Craig – Now, you say in the book Oz, that you’ve always been drawn to the dark side of things. Now, as you get older…is it easier or harder to stay away from that kinda stuff?
Ozzy – Well it’s always interesting…dark things, you know, all my life, I mean…I’m not a Satanist, I’m not a Nazi. I’m not any of that you know. I’ve always been drawn to…I’m very interested in World War Two, you know. (mumbling) When I was a kid we used to play in bomb sites, not realizing…they were called bomb sites but we didn’t know what a bomb site meant, you know…we used to go and play in the craters, they were. I was born in 1948 which is like a few years after the war had finished…I was very much in a war footing when I was a younger guy, and it’s strange. In fact, when I went to my school, we used to have to stand in class lines and stand at attention, you know…the school “attention!” you know, a military thing.
Tommie – Ozzy joining us on the Tommie and the Bartender program…Black Sabbath started out as a Blues/Jazz outfit back in the day, Ozzy…how did you guys become the groundwork for heavy metal?
Ozzy – Tony Iommi was a good guy for the riffs, used to come up with great riffs, you know? (mumbles) …we used to rehearse across the road from a movie theatre, and one of them, maybe it was him, just said, um, “isn’t strange the way people pay money to go and see horror and scary films…what if we like start writing scary music?” And it went from there, you know?
Alanna Nash’s “Baby, Let’s Play House”
Our thanks to award-winning music journalist Alanna Nash for joining us this morning to talk about her book. It’s fantastic: a great story of Elvis Presley and the women he loved…and the women who turned him down. Perfect for the fan who wants more insight on The King in celebration of his 75th birthday. Go get it. If you missed it, you can hear our conversation with Ms. Nash later today when it posts on the usPod tab, above.
Tank Black
Sports Super Agent Tank Black had it all…and then went to prison for nearly eight years. His story is an amazing one, personal yet in the spotlight, and loaded with names we football fans from the late 80s and early 90s will remember fondly…or angrily. The book is everywhere but you need to visit http://www.thetankblackstory.com to order this book and help a special cause.
Hear our conversation with the Coach/Agent/Author on the usPod tab, above.
“Miss O’Dell” by Chris O’Dell
What an amazing life! Chris O’Dell says she “wasn’t famous, wasn’t even almost famous, but she was just there. Spending years in the inner circles of The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and more gave her an incredibly intimate perspective of life with the artists we love, and an eyewitness account of the creation of the music itself (as well as the turmoil and joy behind the scenes).
Credentials? She was on the roof of Apple Records during the last Beatles performance, because she worked there. She was sitting at the table when George told Ringo he was in love with RIngo’s wife. She was a bridesmaid when George’s wife married Eric Clapton. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
You need this book. Go get it. Now. We’ll wait.
Hear our conversation from Dec 3rd on the usPod tab, above.
Mr. Skin’s Skincyclopedia Vol. 2
Mr. Skin joins us Wednesday morning at 8:30 to talk about his new volume of the Skincyclopedia, and to review the best of The Naked, 2009.
Geoooooorge!
George Wendt was in the WAOR Studio with Tommie & The Bartender on Saturday, right before the Blue And Gold Hour. Hear our chat about his Cheers years, Da Superfans, and of course his new book right now on the usPod.
He also hung out with us…and with you…at the Legends Of Notre Dame Tailgate with Coors Light. If I took your picture with him…it’s downloadable right here.
I’ve had a chance to look his book over this past weekend, and I’ve already decided that “Drinking With George” will be my pick for November for Tommie & Craig’s Book Club at Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore. That means all next month…it’ll be 20% off.
Heart Of The Game by Sports Illustrated’s S.L. Price
Okay, sure: I read a lot. It’s why we have a book club in the first place on a Classic Rock morning show. But every once in a while, I read a book that just slaps me upside the head. And this was one of ‘em.
I’ve always been a fan of minor league baseball: no matter what city I’ve lived in, I’ve become a big supporter of that town’s team (even if I hated the MLB team they fed players to).
But I had no idea what life in the minors is really like, especially for the “lifers” who’ve been waiting to get a real shot in the bigs for years. And two such players, guys who’d known each other for years, will always be linked by one of the biggest tragedies in sports history.
Strap yourself in: Scott Price has written something amazing here. One of the best books I’ve ever read, and hopefully you’ll feel the same.
At the very least…you’ll probably have a newfound respect for the Colorado Rockies when you’re finished.
“Love To Love You Bradys” co-author Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady)
Kitty Carry-All’s carrier will join us Wednesday (9/16) live from California at 9:30. She shares memories of one of Television’s most brilliant explorations of what can go wrong, The Brady Bunch Hour, in the new book Love To Love You Bradys.
No idea what we’re talking about, and can’t understand why we’re picking on one of TVs most beloved families? Click here.
Visit Susan’s current project at http://www.preciouspaws.org
“100 Things Notre Dame Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die” by John Heisler
Mr. Heisler, who is a South Bend Native with an attachment to Notre Dame that goes back to 1964, is the Senior Associate Athletic Director. He’s also a heck of a nice guy who gave us some of his time this morning (on a very busy day on-campus) to talk about his book. He’s signing it tomorrow (9/5) in the bookstore starting at 9:30 in the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore in the Eck Center on Campus, and of course they have the book availible there as well.
