Metallica bassist, Robert Trujillo, has shared stories from Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral, which was attended by his famous family, including youngest daughter, Kelly
One of the famous guests at Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral has revealed the moment he believed the beloved star played a prank on daughter Kelly at the service from beyond the grave.
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo says the ceremony was packed with ‘magical moments’ and guests felt Ozzy’s wicked sense of humour as his daughter Kelly performed a special tribute.
The Black Sabbath legend was laid to rest at his Buckingham Estate last month, just weeks after playing a final concert at Villa Park.
Trujillo revealed that Kelly, 40, sang a tribute to her father during the service. But as she took to the stand with her lyric sheet a gust of wind blew the words away. It comes as the mum-of-one posted a poignant clip about her unconventional life on tour with the Black Sabbath star.
Trujillo, a longtime member of Ozzy, said he felt that Ozzy’s keen sense of humour was present at the farewell.
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Speaking on the Trunk Nation Show, he said: “It was a small group of people but very beautiful. It was very sad but at the same time some of the speeches were pretty funny.
“It had been raining at the beginning of the service for longer than an hour before. And then as it sort of progressed through the service, the weather would change and different things would happen like when Kelly was singing, her lyrics flew (away). Like the wind blew her lyrics away. It was almost like Ozzy was having fun with her. “
Trujillo did say that the day was emotional and very magical moments.
Osbourne’s fellow Black Sabbath co-founder Geezer Butler was crying at first when he addressed the crowd with the rain dropping. But when he stood back up to deliver his full eulogy the clouds departed leaving the attendees in the sun.
“There were a lot of tears with Sabbath especially with Geezer., Geezer broke down in tears. He had a hard time, obviously, speaking,” said Trujillo. And then he came back up and he delivered an amazing eulogy, “When Geezer spoke the sun came out. I am not kidding and then it was beautiful from that moment on. There were ,magical moments.
“It was sad but at the same time people were sharing stories and all of a sudden there’s laughter, and ‘I remember this, I remember that.’ “There’s so many stories.
“There so many heartfelt words – kind of reconnecting with different musicians and bandmates and crew members.
“It felt like there was closure from this. And I am glad my wife Chloe and I went and shared that and we were able to have that moment with the family. “
Back to the Beginning
Speaking about the Back To The Beginning Black Sabbath show at Villa Park, that became Ozzy’s final ever performance, Trujillo said: “It was something we wanted to do and a celebration. Everybody was on the same page. It was all about Ozzy and Sabbath and remembering why we play the music we play. It was because of these dudes man. They are the seed to everything we create . There was some beautiful moments. For every musician it resonated in the most powerful beautiful way. So it was sad in a lot of ways but it felt like something special and a new beginning and getting power from these guys.”
Trujillio recalled how he hung out with Ozzy and his Sabbath pals laughing that “it was like hanging with our heroes.” He also said that he and singer James Hetfleld hung out with Ozzy after his show.
The 60-year-old Santa Monica based star added: “James got on one knee and held Ozzy’s hand. It was almost like saying goodbye to Ozzy in some ways. It was heart felt. It was a powerful moment. It was sad I had to leave the room, because I was so touched.
“I believe Ozzy wanted this more than anything and he really did hang in there for all of us, so he could sing that one last time and take that final bow. He went out on his terms and in his way. “
The Californian admitted that the Villa Park show was like a “living funeral”, but noted: “it was a shock because I sent a little bit of time with him in Birmingham. And then all of a sudden I get the call.
“In the last four years I somehow ended up connected to Ozzy. I co- wrote his last record with Andrew Watt and that was really special.
“We did that and it was great because we won a couple of Grammys and he got rock album of the year – and he never had that before. I feel connected to him in a lot of ways. Ozzy helped so many bands. I call him the gateway. “
Ozzy died on July 22 from a heart attack 17 days after Back To The Beginning. He played nine songs at the event which raised tens of millions for charities.
Close friends and family had been laughing at another cheeky farewell ode to one of most controversial career moments. Ozzy was laid to rest in the grounds of his Buckinghamshire home which has special trees houses installed for bats.
The Brummie rocker famously chomped the head off a bat during his Diary of a Madman tour in Des Moines’ Veterans Memorial Auditorium in January 1982.
The move prompted huge upset from animal charities, but cemented his place into rock and roll history as the craziest artist of all time.
Oz insisted in his 2010 memoir that the bat was already dead, but regretted the decision after needing daily rabies shots for months.
Now the star has “brought some light in this time of huge darkness for those close to him, but having a connected to the bats.”
Around the family’s Welders estate they have installed environmental bat boxes allowing the creatures to have resting places in the countryside there.
Source: Mirror
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