Joe pass

1948 – 2025

AS THE WORLD MOURNS THE LOSS OF THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, LONGTIME OZZY OSBOURNE GUITARIST ZAKK WYLDE SHARES SOME MOVING RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS TIME WITH THE MAN HE CALLED “THE BOSS” – AND JAKE E LEE AND GUS G PAY THEIR OWN TRIBUTES

Meet the bass guitar that has appeared at Woodstock, featured on countless records, been played by Hendrix and had two famous owners. Throw in an instrument swap (plus 15 quid) and a bunch of anxiety, and it becomes the stuff of legends

Decorated with accolades from the Grammys to the Academy Of Country Music, the legendary Nashville sessioneer has played on over a thousand records. Here, he shares his go-to gear, why he surrendered to the metronome, and how “letting the emotion escape” is the key to nailing that first take

Things might have gotten messy when Jake E Lee was fired from Ozzy’s band in 1987, but looking back he admits that Ozzy “changed everything for me”

I knew at a very young age I was an artist. It was a calling for me. I was also fortunate to have a mentor in my teenage years; he was an accomplished artist and professor of art at a local college. H