Mr. Crowley: Don Airey Cleared the Studio for Half an Hour — Then Randy Rhoads Played the Solo

In the spring of 1980, keyboard player Don Airey cleared Ozzy Osbourne's band out of the studio and asked for half an hour. When they came back, Ozzy told him, you just plugged into my head. This is the story of Mr. Crowley: the organ introduction, the guitar solo, and the childhood in a small music school that shaped it. The story follows Don Airey's introduction, Randy Rhoads's early classical guitar lessons at his mother's school, Musonia, Bob Daisley's account of why he wrote the lyrics, Ozzy's own words about the song, the music video, and how the song has been ranked and remembered since. Told from public interviews and published accounts, with recollections attributed to the people who gave them. Some details, such as Randy's reported plan to study classical guitar, are disputed and are marked as such. No lyrics are quoted. CHAPTERS 0:00 Half an hour 0:36 Ozzy's new band 1:08 Recording Mr. Crowley 1:38 The first solo album 2:09 The funeral organ 2:45 How the song is built 3:17 The solo 3:53 Musonia 4:29 Delores Rhoads 5:05 A teacher with little left to teach 5:41 Classical and metal 6:20 Dee 6:54 Who was Aleister Crowley 7:33 What the lyrics meant 8:07 Ozzy's view 8:37 The credits 9:12 The release 9:48 The music video 10:18 Legacy 10:54 The classical degree 11:31 Randy Rhoads 12:02 The room in 1980 Diary of a Madman: The Stories Behind the Songs tells the human stories behind Ozzy Osbourne's music, one song, one night at a time. Subscribe so you do not miss the next one. This channel is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Ozzy Osbourne, the Osbourne family, Randy Rhoads or his family, Don Airey, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Black Sabbath, or any of their labels or management. All visuals are original AI reconstructions and all content is independent commentary for entertainment purposes.