For Your Grammy® Consideration

In 1987, a 19-year-old guitarist named Zakk Wylde was hired by Ozzy Osbourne, becoming his longest-serving guitarist across four decades. He recorded his parts on a Gibson Les Paul he nicknamed “The Grail.” In 1994, Wylde won his first Grammy Award (Best Metal Performance) as co-writer and performer on Osbourne's live recording of “I Don’t Want to Change the World,” from Live & Loud. Wylde went on to found Black Label Society, releasing twelve studio albums, while continuing to tour and record with Osbourne on and off for the rest of Osbourne's life. In 2025, Ozzy Osbourne died. On the night Wylde learned the news, he wrote a piano-led song. He recorded its extended, deeply personal guitar solo on The Grail, the same instrument that had defined his sound since 1987. That song, “Ozzy’s Song,” closes Black Label Society's twelfth album, Engines of Demolition, released March 27, 2026.