Black Sabbath - The Writ - Guitar Cover

Black Sabbath - The Writ - Guitar Cover
The final track of the sixth Sabbath studio album released in July of 1975 (unless you count "Blow On a Jug", haha...) Man, this album....it became an obsession for my friends and I back in high school; we'd spend hours and hours obsessing over every nuance. Especially this song, trying to figure out the lyrics and stuff. No internet back then, and there wasn't much available info, so we didn't know what the subject matter was really about, but it sure felt like Ozzy was speaking to us at times. Of course now we all know where all the angst and the angry sound came from, and the title makes sense as well - the stories behind the making of this record have become the stuff of legend. Interestingly, this is one of only a handful of songs where Ozzy wrote the lyrics. And they're great!
The mellow, ballad-y parts near the end seem to have a harpsichord and several overlaid guitar parts, including an acoustic. For the life of me I can't pick out the exact parts, so I'm just playing a basic major chord over those parts. Not album-accurate, I know... (shrug)
Tuning is C#, with a +6 cent adjustment for accuracy.
I'm doing these cover videos purely for my own enjoyment - while I write for several upcoming planned projects that should hopefully take form this year. Thought I'd share for anyone interested. I figure them out by ear, so any mistakes are solely my own. I think they're mostly right. Cheers.
I do not own the rights to, nor claim copyright to, any music in this video.

[@stevenslack-pc6ij]

All I can say is thank you, I know I might catch some shit but this is my favorite Sabbath album, so much emotion poured out because of being fucked over by the music business

I would have to strongly disagree with anyone who would give you shit for naming Sabotage as a favorite. It's definitely one of mine; in my opinion the first six, maybe eight Sabbath albums stand in a class by themselves. Cheers!

[@tommorris5069]

Sabotage is my favorite album of all time

[@IommiSG69]

Wow man! We both did today something from Sabotage!

Right on! I'll check it out; that's really cool!

[@ratter531]

Love your covers I love Sabbath.

[@berylman]

Your Sabbath covers are fantastic. I find myself taking over Ozzy's role as vocalist

[@dcthegreatest24]

The last 2 tracks of Sabotage, Am I Going Insane and The Writ, are a One-Two Punch of different and awesome for Black Sabbath. The Writ especially is absolutely epic, going through several musical and tempo changes, and Ozzy gives IMO his most impressive performance of all time

[@charlesshreds3766]

Excellent song choice, great cover!

[@MFY-nx8qk]

Thanks for covering this! One my faves out of the many to choose from in their epic catalog! Cheers mate !🤘

You are most welcome, and yep - one of my absolute faves as well. Thanks for checking out the vid! Cheers!!

[@ray.watts-35]

Perfect maestro!! Rock on!

Thanks very much!!

[@Lukesurf666]

Another great song and another great playing!! Keep it up man \m/\m/

Thank you! And for the comment and support!! Cheers!

[@frankj.difiore5425]

You want to hear I play on volume 20 it’s “ The Writ” the heaviness of this song just gets you. Rocked the freaking hell out of that brother. 🤘

Thanks brother!

[@sharihaynes816]

3 thumbs up, if I had em'...Love it..

Sometimes I feel like I'm ALL thumbs, haha! But thank you! I really appreciate it!

[@synic7495]

Another fantastic cover, well done!

Thanks very much! 🤘

[@lfader]

Love that tone sustain vibrato great job\ Ax ⚡😎 Loved Sabotage outta' the gate different gear but heavy ass jamming IWBO 🌟

[@donalking5460]

Fantastic, ur tone in incredible. Keep them coming, I love it..

Thanks my friend - I really appreciate that!

[@donalking5460]

@RicktorRavensbruck honestly it's the best sabbath covers on KZbin, and ive seen alot. I can hear everything you put it to it..sabbath are my life and passion, and my friend nobody does them better than you. Thank you again for this incredible performance ✌️

@@donalking5460 That is such an incredibly nice and thoughtful comment, and it means more to me than you know! I'm an older cat and the Sabs have been a constant in my life for many years. Can't tell you the amount of hours I've spent dissecting Tony's playing over the years. And I'll never tire of it!

[@donalking5460]

@RicktorRavensbruck thts the thing my friend. I can tell you put ur heart and soul into his playing. Honestly you deserve all the plaudits. I've been reading other comments and it's clear we all feel the same. My very good friend and I have tlked music for yrs. He has his own band. They do thin lizzy stuff etc..I'm gonna put him onto you as well. I was admiring ur knaggs guitar, it sounds incredible.. so keep playing my friend, I'm honestly a big fan now. Do you be out on the Rd. Excuse my ignorance if you do..

@@donalking5460 What's a "knaggs" guitar? I'm unfamiliar with that one. And yeah, I've been touring and recording for decades....

[@alibobsmarland9572]

Another classic! I'm going to dig out my copy and blast it out.

Rock it!! 🤘

[@thefortini]

Fuck! You freaking nailed it. Helped me a lot to play this too. Perfect cover man!!!!

Thanks! I really appreciate that, my friend!

[@remembertheblacksabbath]

Damn! Stellar!🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 I’ll have to try a vid when I get my Birch back!

Thanks man, always appreciated! And oooo, a Birch?? Color me impressed!!

[@TheSterlingSound]

Love this ❤

Thanks man!!!

[@careful...Icarus]

Jeezus Christ on Crutches man! Did you steal a piece of Iommi's soul somehow? Your playing is magnificent. And on my favorite Sabbath song as well. Thanks for doing it .

@@careful...Icarus Wow, thanks for the kind words my friend; you don't know how much I appreciate it! But no, lol, I've just been listening and studying at the altar of Iommi for decades. I'd dabbled in playing Sabbath for ages but several years back I decided to deep dive into the songs/bands from my formative years - to figure out what they're REALLY playing. And the results are what I'm posting here. Cheers!!

[@kaskwiior7851]

Это лучший кавер, который я когда либо слышал на эту песню❤

Thank you! You're very kind! ❤

[@davevance7609]

🤘🤘

[@thothswisdom]

nice!

@@thothswisdom Thanks!

[@albertblackthorne342]

👏👏👏🤘

[@juancallejo221]

Tremendo 🇯🇪🇯🇪🇯🇪

Thank you!! 🤘

[@eldonb402]

Great cover! What brand axe is that?

Thank you!! And the guitar is an early, pre-production Michael Kelly LP. Cheers!

[@eldonb402]

You're welcome, great playing and axe!@

[@AndyRoss-z3t]

Brilliant.

@@AndyRoss-z3t Thank you!!!