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Two notable deaths on opposite ends of the musical spectrum this week.  Most, I’m sure, are aware of Ozzy Osbourne’s death.  Here’s the Guardian’s obituary:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...e-obituary

His voice was not pretty but it was impossible to ignore as it sliced through Sabbath’s dense sludge of drums, bass and fuzz-toned guitar. “Sabbath never set out to be legendary,” Osbourne said in 2005. “The only thing we set out to do was scare people.”

On the other end of the spectrum, Chuck Mangione also passed away this week.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/arts/...-dead.html

Mangione was one of the pioneers of smooth jazz, and while I can’t say that it is my favorite flavor of jazz, his song Feels So Good will be indelibly burned into my mind, as it is one of my father’s favorites.

Feels so Good: https://open.spotify.com/track/2M7EflZCP..._dBOZ1rJQw
Paranoid: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Y373Mqad...hIT2Sn4ZCQ

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[BostonCard]

Two notable deaths on opposite ends of the musical spectrum this week.  Most, I’m sure, are aware of Ozzy Osbourne’s death.  Here’s the Guardian’s obituary:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...e-obituary

His voice was not pretty but it was impossible to ignore as it sliced through Sabbath’s dense sludge of drums, bass and fuzz-toned guitar. “Sabbath never set out to be legendary,” Osbourne said in 2005. “The only thing we set out to do was scare people.”

On the other end of the spectrum, Chuck Mangione also passed away this week.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/arts/...-dead.html

Mangione was one of the pioneers of smooth jazz, and while I can’t say that it is my favorite flavor of jazz, his song Feels So Good will be indelibly burned into my mind, as it is one of my father’s favorites.

Feels so Good: https://open.spotify.com/track/2M7EflZCP..._dBOZ1rJQw
Paranoid: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Y373Mqad...hIT2Sn4ZCQ

BC