Zakk Wylde can recall once being interviewed alongside Buddy Guy — the two appeared on the 2016 Experience Hendrix tour together — when somebody asked the blues legend a question. “They go, ‘Buddy, what is it about Zakk’s playing that you like?’” Wylde lets out a huge laugh. “And I said, ‘I can answer that for ya — he likes the space in between the songs!’ ”
Wylde is, of course, being characteristically self deprecating. And why not? He knows full well that over the course of his more than 30-year recording career he’s laid down his fair share of stone-cold killer jams. With that in mind, here’s a dirty dozen of Zakk’s greatest guitar moments — from Ozzy tracks to Black Label Society tunes, guest spots to covers and more — straight from the man himself.
"Having a limited amount of things forces you to have to come up with something great," Wylde says
“MIRACLE MAN”
(Ozzy Osbourne, No Rest for the Wicked, 1988)
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