It’s been a rough go with celebrities passing away lately, but none seemed to have rocked us more than Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness just performed at his final show two weeks prior to his passing.
Ozzy had a pretty rich history in Texas, all the way down to getting banned from being able to play in San Antonio after he urinated on a monument near the Alamo. He ultimately apologized for the incident and donated $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which maintains the Alamo.
Rich History In Amarillo
I know if you look at the live music scene now in Amarillo, we don’t seem to get the biggest artists to come through and perform. However, it wasn’t always that way. Amarillo used to get its fair share of big-time artists.
Black Sabbath and Ozzy were a part of that music history in Amarillo, and I thought it would be fun to look back on the times they rolled through Amarillo to play.
First Trip To Amarillo
The first show Ozzy and Black Sabbath played in Amarillo was on October 15, 1971. They played the Amarillo Civic Center Coliseum, and it was the original Black Sabbath lineup that performed…