Guitar Tab: Ozzy Osbourne (Jake E Lee) - Shot in the Dark

Описание: Jake E. Lee’s razor-edged solo on Ozzy Osbourne’s “Shot in the Dark” (from The Ultimate Sin, 1986) is a 15-second masterclass in ’80s melodic metal phrasing: wide slides, fluid legato, tasty bends, and tight rhythmic sequencing that locks perfectly to the groove.

Lee was hired during Ozzy’s Speak of the Devil tour (1982–83), stepping in after Randy Rhoads’ death and Brad Gillis’s stint. He says he literally joined mid-tour, then moved straight into writing/recording with Ozzy. He played on two Ozzy studio albums — Bark at the Moon (released Nov 15, 1983) and The Ultimate Sin (1986). He and bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley built much of the Bark material together; Lee brought in the “Bark at the Moon” riff, while Daisley wrote lyrics.

Although Lee says he’d been promised writing/publishing on Bark at the Moon, the record originally credited all music/lyrics to Ozzy. Lee has described being pressured to sign a contract without those credits; he then insisted on proper credit/payment for The Ultimate Sin. (Ozzy later acknowledged in 1997 liners that “Jake came up with the riff.”) Lee was fired in 1987 after the Ultimate Sin tour. He and press accounts point to business/credit tensions and management decisions rather than musical incompatibility.

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