Black Sabbath BLUE SUEDE SHOES(Live @“The Beat Club” May 25, OR Sept 26, ‘70)(Bill Ward Drum Improv)

BLACK SABBATH were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in '68 by guitarist Tony Iommi(with Jethro Tull late '68 early '69), drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.Originally the band name was EARTH before changing to Black Sabbath named after a '63 horror film with the same name.Sabbath famous and known to be the original HEAVY METAL DARK AND DOOMY METAL band to walk the face of this WICKED WORLD\M/.But if you ask Tony he would say that we were just an England rock blues band who was into horror films and thought it would be cool and unique to make music to scare people like going to see a horror film like he would do with Geezer(Terry)Butler in the early days.Black Sabbath were not into black magic at all(what they said), they just had an interest in it and would make it their band theme.Part of the reason of their sound was the fact that Tony Iommi had to detune his guitar to a low tuning(DARK SOUND)and using light gauge strings after a FREAK BLOODY accident in a SHEET METAL factory by CHOPPING OFF MIDDLE FINGER and RING FINGER TIPS by accident on his last day at work before quitting and before becoming a GUITAR ROCK GOD OF HEAVY METAL in a band called BLACK SABBATH.It's like Tony made a deal with the Devil in order to become a ROCKSTAR!Tony could not play guitar the other away around, wasn't until he was influenced by GYPSY JAZZ GOD DJANGO REINHARDT with a similar handicap, only playing with a couple fingers.Tony went home with his welding experience and molded artificial finger tips and wrapped it in leather then placed it on his fingers.Sabbath went on to record their first debut self titled album called Black Sabbath in 12hrs(recorded live with few outtakes in the studio)in Oct '69(some outtakes recored in Nov '69)and making their first successful single "Evil Woman" in '70.Sabbath's first major exposure came when the band appeared on John Peel's Top Gear radio show in '69.The cover was eerie with a black witch figure in a black cloak on the front cover(18 year old model Louisa Livingstone and is still alive today)with an inverted crucifix pictured inside the sleeve of the debut.Photographer Keith McMillan brought the model to an eerie location outside of London to the 15th century Mapledurham Watermill house on River Thames in Oxfordshire at a brutal cold 4am morning with some dry ice, smoke machine, a dead crow, and a live black cat to shoot the picture and capture the vibe(sounds like witch craft).The photo was boiled to create a relic effect.Terry "Geezer" Butler practicing Aleister Crowley's black magic with a book giving to him by Ozzy claiming he saw a black figure in his black painted room with inverted crosses scaring him to DEATH.Geezer's experience inspired him and the band to write their opening track "Black Sabbath" which is a tritone riff(distance between 1 note to another)and you would be beheaded if played in a church in ancient colonial times.The SOUND OF SATAN!The band would release the beast to the press and later paying for it as RIOTS, BURNING CHURCHES, canceled tour dates and angry fans in CLOAKS and CANDLES were literally picketing, protesting and threaten the band to stay away claiming they were SATANIC WORSHIPPERS.One person almost STABBED Tony in the early days!Black Sabbath's fast up tempo hard driven bone crunching version of "Blue Suede Shoes" originally written and recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955.Of course, check our Elvis Presley's version too!Again, I am using a Boss Equalizer and Blues Driver to add a slightly rough texture and tone to the drums as if the drums were blaring through speakers in a small venue or TV studio.I am positive it was Bill Ward's '60's Ludwig grey ripple oyster pearl wrap kit that was still being used from mid/late '69 to maybe Aug-Sept '70 according to my research.Sometimes Bill used a front batter head on the bass drum, and sometimes he did not.Ladies Gentlemen BEWARE OF BLACK SABBATH! Black Sabbath and their gear theory seen on footage in color @ The Beat Club performance on May 25, 1970 OR September 26, 1970 Tony Iommi–guitar Gibson SG Special Laney Supergroup and/or Orange cabinets and stacks Geezer Butler–bass Fender Laney Supergroup and/or Orange cabinets and stacks Ozzy Osbourne–vocals Vox maybe Laney Speakers Bill Ward's Ludwig '60's Grey Ripple Oyster Pearl Drum Kit used on the album(Theory) 22x14 Bass Drum Ludwig Speed King Bass Kick Pedal 14x5 Supra-Phonic 400 Chrome Snare Drum 12x9 Rack Tom 18x16 Floor Tom Zildjian Cymbals with Ludwig/Premier Hardware 14 Hi-Hat 18 Crash Ride 22 Ride 8"-12" Splash Gear RolandmicroCubeAmp(JCClean/SlapbackDelaySetting) RolandTDK-4PV-Drums(BlackSabbath/BillWardSettings) BossBD-2BluesDriver BossGE-7Equalizer VicFirthSD4ComboSticks LudwigSpeedKing LudwigCymStand/BlueOliveBadgeThrone LudwigClassicMaple14"BlackOysterPearlFloor ZildjianLV-8010"Splash BlackSabbath1970DebutAlbumTee