GUITARIST JAKE E. LEE DISCUSSES HOW HE WROTE “BARK AT THE MOON”
Guitarist Jake E. Lee (Red Dragon Cartel, Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands) participated in a half-show/half-question-and-answer-session at the Lava Cable stage in Owasso, Oklahoma on March 13th.
Lee, who wrote Bark At The Moon” the title song of Ozzy Osbourne’s 1983 album of the same name, revealed how he wrote the tune to be played originally and how it is consistently wronged by tabs all across the web today. Watch video footage from Lava Cable’s Strike A Chord below.
Jake E. Lee’s new band, Red Dragon Cartel, released their debut album on January 28th and are currently on tour. See dates below.
Red Dragon Cartel Tour Dates:
3 Philadelphia, PA The Legendary Dobbs
4 Amityville, NY Revolutions
6 West Seneca, NY Rock & Roll Heaven
May:
30 Vienna, AUS Szene
31 Munich, GER Backstage
June:
5 Norje Solvesborg, SWE Sweden Rock Festival
15 Donnington, ENG Download Festival
19 Seattle, WA El Corazon
21 Idaho Falls, ID Rock The Falls
 participated in a half-show/half-question-and-answer-session at the Lava Cable stage in Owasso, Oklahoma on March 13th. Lee, who ... )
Oh, one last thing. No one who posts on any of these articles would have a problem with me if I said that BARK AT THE MOON should be re-edited with Tommy Thayer on guitar and Eric Singer playing the drums. Probably not right?
Sharon, is that you?
Nah I’m just the RICHMAN.
What are you going on about. I am an Ozzy fan. Saw him on the Bark At The Moon Tour with Accept opening. Several other times as well. I was actually trying to defend Ozz so I don’t see the point of the previous post. No ones perfect. Not even your beloved Sharon.
Sorry. I was caught in the moment. Ike Davis hit a grand slam and I love life. God bless you TC.
For those interested in The Holy Grail. Samples of the writing, rehearsal sessions of the Blizzard and Diary albums are available at, wait for it… Bob Daisleys website. Haven’t noticed anyone mention Mr Crowley Live. “You Said It All” pretty awesome song with Randy. Last thing, Eddie and Dana, Dave Murray on TMS would be pretty awesome. Thanks for a great show.
Thanks for the tip TC,
I posted the story about the “Holy Grail” on March 19th at: https://eddietrunk.com/to-honor-his-passing-32-years-ago-bassist-bob-daisley-posts-unheard-samples-of-ozzy-osbournerandy-rhoads-recordings-on-his-website/.
Cheers,
Dana from EddieTrunk.com 🙂
Guys, guys, guys, look it doesn’t matter if. Jesus Christ wrote the song. If he sold the tune and all. Rights to Ozzy, then it’s ozzys song to do with as he pleases. And Jake is just another guy bragging about what a big dick he’s got. Don’t matter unless you can whip it out and prove it. You sold your soul for rock n roll now just deal with it.
The guy took a 20 year hiatus and now he’s demanding respect and songwriting credits. I wish I could take a 20 year vacation and then tell my old boss to give me money. WTF. You guys are supporting this ridiculousess because OZZYs wife is a good businesswoman.
Sorry John v.k, I forget to say that your post is very good.
How ’bout Jake, Daisley, Carmine Appice and Don Airey form the band BARK AT THE MOON with any singer other than Ozzy and watch it go nowhere. No musician in history has a better body of work with a band and then as a solo artist than Ozzy Osbourne. Not Mick Jagger, Robert Plant or Paul Rodgers. His first 2 solo albums are as good as the first 2 SABBATH albums. I’ll bet Daisley made more money with Ozzy than he did anyplace else. Oh but Sharon takes all of the money. BOO HOO HOO. Why are Sharon, Simmons and Stanley the corporate evil villains of this website?
Richman, I don’t normally post for this very reason. People are very protective of their favorite artists. I love Ozzy. Been a fan since Blizzard, liked Diary even more. Seen Ozzy live numerous times. I’m not trying to take away from Ozz at all, however, I like the history of the songs. I want to know who wrote what at what studio. I like the backstory. That’s part of being a fan. Doesn’t mean Ozzy isn’t the star of the show. I actually loved Speak of the Devil so what do I know. Last post, I’m done.
Richman, you have to understand. This website tends to draw the people like Sar305 that hate successful people. They pull for the underdogs. It’s the “Ace and Peter vs. evil Gene and Paul” thing here. According to Sar305 Jimmy Page never did anything original in his life. “Stairway to Heaven” was a rip-off of a Randy California lick (just conveniently forget that that motif has been around in various permutations forever .) And forget about the other 6 minutes of the tune. And forget that nearly every rock band felt compelled to come up with their own epic tune that built from acoustic guitar on up. And all the other Zep stuff was just conveniently stolen. It’s true! I saw it on YouTube!!! Forget about the truth behind blues guys continually rewriting and remaking the same old songs that had been around for decades and decades before them. If some idiot digs out a similar track previously released, you have your proof that so and so is just a rip-off artist.
This site is for the people who are pissed that Pete Best got fired from the Beatles and Noel Redding didn’t get enough credit for the Hendrix Experience. John Rutsey has a place here. So does UFO’s first guitarist. Paul D’ianno, Pete Willis, Rod Evans, etc…. They are the unsung heroes. The guys that made it stepped on all the little people….. yada yada.
Stop speaking (erroneously) for me. And stop with the psychobabble. Clearly it’s you with the complex…feeling the need to reference me on a thread in which I didn’t even participate. I’m embarrassed for you.
Yeah, we’re still waiting for Vivian Campbell and the ex-Dio guys to show us what they got. After all, they wrote all the Dio riffs and helped with the songs. I’d dare say that it was the opposite with a lot of this stuff. Dio’s voice and songwriting gave Viv a name. Dio had success with Rainbow and Sabbath. Ozzy made Jake, not vice-versa.