Ozzy Osbourne revealed that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page blew off a request to appear on his upcoming album, Patient Number 9. Osbourne was successful in getting the two other Yardbirds guitar legends — Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck — to appear on the set.
During a chat with Metal Hammer, Ozzy spoke about not being able to snag Page for a contribution: “I don’t even know if he plays any more, but I thought getting Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page meant having the greatest guitarists on the planet. But I never heard from him. Maybe he’d lost his phone or something!”
Ozzy Osbourne’s Patient Number 9 drops on September 9th.
SIDE NOTES
- Ozzy Osbourne‘s upcoming Patient Number 9 album — which marks Ozzy’s 13th solo set — features guest spots by such legendary players Black Sabbath bandmate Tommy Iommi, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Jeff Beck, Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan, Zakk Wylde, Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready, Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, andformer Ozzy bassist and current Metallica member Robert Trujillo.
CHECK IT OUT: The 2022 video for Ozzy Osbourne & Jeff Beck’s “Patient Number 9”: