Cozy Powell Remembered On 10th Anniversary Of His Death

[Andrew]

Saturday, (April 5th) was the 10th Anniversary of the death of legendary drummer Cozy Powell.

His resume reads like a classic rock bible: COZY POWELL'S HAMMER, THE JEFF BECK GROUP, RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, WHITESNAKE, EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL, BLACK SABBATH and many, many more.

Powell's Wikipedia entry reads as follows: Cozy Powell died on April 5, 1998 following a car crash, driving his Saab 9000 in bad weather on the M4 motorway near Bristol, while talking to his girlfriend on his mobile phone. He was living at Lambourn in Berkshire at the time and had returned to the studio shortly before his death to record with FLEETWOOD MAC co-founder Peter Green. By that time, he had been the drummer on at least 66 albums with minor contributions on many other recordings. It was generally felt that Powell's death was a great loss to the world of popular music. Countless rock-based drummers have cited Cozy Powell as an influence.

Black-sabbath.com has posted a tribute to the late drummer which includes numerous videos. The first is a touching video from QUEEN guitar legend Brain May from April 1998. Cozy was featured on Brian's solo album Back To The Light.