The Life & Tragic Death of COZY POWELL

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3 ай бұрын

Explore the remarkable life and tragic end of Cozy Powell, the influential drummer who left an indelible mark on the world of rock music. From his rise to fame as a prolific musician to the circumstances surrounding his untimely death, this video delves into the highs and lows of Powell's journey, highlighting his immense talent and enduring legacy.

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@jorgemaria3624 3 ай бұрын

One of the best drummers of all time,simple as that

@SiliconMolybdenumNitrogen 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@ericmcgivern4429 3 ай бұрын

Saw him with MSG in 81 he was the MAN!!!!

@Cimmerian415 3 ай бұрын

Pretty much....

@catobekkevold8333 3 ай бұрын

Word!

@frankyrubful 3 ай бұрын

Cozy Powell’s cover of Theme One was the opening theme of our discotheque’s DJ show from 1979 to the end of the disco scene in the 1980s. Loved when he played with the Jeff Beck Band. RIP Cozy ♡

@kevinpatrick8788 3 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to meet Cozy when he was playing with Sabbath on the Headless Cross tour in Toronto after the concert . Still have their Tour photo signed by Cozy , Tony Iommi , Neil Murray and Tony Martin . Great drummer .

@StryderPage 3 ай бұрын

I met them all on that tour at Leicester Square where they were promoting their LP and Cozy and Co. signed my Headless Cross LP, later there were drinks with the band at the Hippodrome - London

@gb5uq 3 ай бұрын

A truly nice bloke. The landlord at the Saracens Head in Daventry which had live bands every weekend back in the early 90's said he was mates with Cozy Powell and said he would get him to play, needless to say we were skeptical but true to his word got him to come he came and sat in with the band and played a whole set for free. Not many rock legends would do that. RIP Cozy.

@lightningbrigade4722 3 ай бұрын

Cozey Powell, Phil Rudd, John Bonham, and Ian Paice all influenced me to play air drums while listening to their music on my headphones!🥁🎧❤

@michaelcap9550 3 ай бұрын

Once mentioned as a replacement for Bonham.

@marklockey4434 3 ай бұрын

Attended his blue plaque opening in Cirencester in 2016. Fellow musicians Brian May, Suzi Quatro, Carl Palmer, and Tony Iommi were all there celebrating Cozy’s life and drumming skills. I wore my Emerson Lake and Powell badge which was acknowledged by Carl when I spoke to him. It was such honour to be there and I will never forget this day.

@stevenr2463 3 ай бұрын

Cozy's drum intro of Stargazer (Rainbow) is still one of my all time favourites! All the rest as well of course. To my mind his best time was with Rainbow.

@TimLondonGuitarist 3 ай бұрын

Stargazer drum intro was Cozy ? never knew. It's the last heavy rock track I ever had on vinyl, and one of the best

@redstrat1234 2 ай бұрын

Agreed, when he does the hit and catch with the cymbal, cutting it off is genius.

@SuperAnimelover100 3 ай бұрын

Truly a great UK drummer. Cozy Powell RIP !

@laurencelevene4333 3 ай бұрын

Cozy's drumming with Rainbow and Sabbath was incredible. One of the most powerful and skillful drummer's I've ever heard. And he had a few hit singles in the early seventies

@davidboyce8683 3 ай бұрын

An absolute drum legend, saw him many times with Whitesnake . Rest in Peace Cozy , I still can't believe you died so senselessly.

@sweetypie9711 3 ай бұрын

Omg I didn't know who Cozy was before seeing this, how very sad 😥 You are 💯 on how his death was so senseless 💔

@davidboyce8683 3 ай бұрын

@@sweetypie9711 break's my heart still thinking about it Sweety .

@TheHumbuckerboy 3 ай бұрын

I shall never forget seeing him playing with Whitesnake back in the 80s. Cozy had such a commanding stage presence.

@stevengoodman3498 3 ай бұрын

Always loved Cozy and his kick ass drumming! Truly one of the greats.😊 Rest in peace man.

@johnshields6852 3 ай бұрын

Sad story, I'm from the 60's, rocknroll was an era, I still listen to the rock of my youth. Great music. RIP Cozy

@rosswardrop465 3 ай бұрын

What a great drummer he was.To young to go.When he played with Rainbow I thought stargazer was one of the greatest drum pieces I ever heard.I wished I had seen him live.When Rainbow came to Australia in 1976.

@user-rw5fg5wj7q 3 ай бұрын

Cozy Powell was an amazing drummer. The drum intro to Stargazer from Rainbow Rising speaks for itself. What an incredible drummer he was. He influenced so many others to become drummers. Long live Cozy Powell and bringing his drumming to the masses!

@paradoxstudios6639 3 ай бұрын

Don't forget, Cozy was considered as a possible replacement for John Bonham in the Zeppelin tragedy however it was ruled out because they didn't want to continue without him, he also played on Robert Plant's first solo album.

@patriciachun6806 3 ай бұрын

😢 he'll be missed . Great drummer , remember him with Rainbow .

@robhanhart2730 3 ай бұрын

Cozy Powell and Mick Tucker (Sweet) are still my favorite drummers...

@WesleyGravolet 3 ай бұрын

YES!

@GG-ml3vr 2 ай бұрын

Two of my favourites of all time also,they had that similar cool vibe and relaxed style.

@StormmyStormmy 3 ай бұрын

Cozy is one of my favourite drummers of all time, first time I ever heard him was ‘dance with the devil’ from 1974, the B side of the top 10 single was called ‘then there was skin’ then a good friend of mine told me he had a n album called ‘Over the top’ in 1979, it blew me away and still does to this day. R.I.P Cozy your up there with the very best now.

@neil1390 3 ай бұрын

The best rock drummer, ever!

@robertromanski43 3 ай бұрын

ya that would b JB

@frankfroml.a.4104 3 ай бұрын

@@robertromanski43 Yes Sir!! That would be Led Zeppelin's John Henry Bonham for those sitting in the cheap seats.

@nonnayoubuzinnes1669 3 ай бұрын

I always felt a bit sorry for Cozy as he never seemed to stay with bands for long, but I think a lot of that was because he wanted what was best for himself. He was unbelievable with Whitesnake, really wish him Sykes and Murray had stayed in that band far longer.

@tanglimara100 3 ай бұрын

Even though his work with Rainbow is my all time favorite, I also loved his work with Emerson, Lake, and Powell.

@muffs55mercury61 3 ай бұрын

His legendary instrumental "Dance With the Devil" crossed over to the USA charts in 1974 and every year when April rolls around it starts playing in my head non stop. 50 years have now passed and it's still one of my favorite instrumentals.

@joemartucci4786 3 ай бұрын

Saw Cozy Powell's Bedlam in 74 opening for Sabbath on the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath tour. Phenomenal show.

@Izztana666 3 ай бұрын

Viewing this today…5th April 2024. RIP…🥲🥲

@jimswordsnchords1759 3 ай бұрын

While in college in the late 1980's, I worked as a roadie for Emerson, Lake and Powell at the Opera House of Boston. (Powell was filling in for Carl Palmer) It was an epic show, watching the band from the wings. I think I must have the autographs somewhere...

@dan1216 3 ай бұрын

He was NOT just ‘filling in’ for Carl. He was a full member of Emerson Lake and Powell.

@neilquarrell7551 3 ай бұрын

Seen Cozy in many bands. Everytime a master of the drums.

@azimuth361 3 ай бұрын

Such a big influence on this drummer. Cozy, Vinnie Appice and Phil Rudd are by far my biggest role models.

@djshad1885 3 ай бұрын

Now thats a trio of underrated feel and technically skilled players.

@davidrice3337 3 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter doesn't get a shout out ?

@davidrice3337 3 ай бұрын

@@djshad1885How on earth are they "underrated"? All of those dudes are famous drummers - if people know the name of the drummer - you're not underrated -

@timothysullivan4130 3 ай бұрын

Yup same here, I started playing in 74 the 3 you mentioned are also my inspiration👍gotta ad Brian Downey(Thin Lizzy)

@user-dx1be3ol5y 3 ай бұрын

I saw him with Richie’s Rainbow 🌈 and then with ELP that was a super talented show all superb talented 😮😮😮all equally talented band mates wow 🤩

@karlshuler1011 3 ай бұрын

Man he was an amazing drummer. It's weird that I only seen him live once. After watching this and seeing how many bands he played in yet only once did I get to see him play live. Thankfully we have his music to remember him.

@JD-vx8gr 3 ай бұрын

Wow. Cozy played with nearly every UK band back then. RIP.

@volpeverde6441 3 ай бұрын

Cozy took it up a level in Emerson Lake and Powell....I didn't think he'd fit at all....but ended up wishing he'd done a couple more albums with them....

@derekstocker6661 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this run down of Cozy's life. Definitely some amazing musicians mentioned here, absolute legends of rock. RIP Cozy, taken fat too soon mate.

@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! 😁

@stevelanemusic4463 3 ай бұрын

My favorite rock drummer. Love him, miss him.

@stadlersingle 3 ай бұрын

One of the best Drummer ever !!! R.I.P. Cozy🤘💛🤘

@johnskerlec9663 3 ай бұрын

Wow. So sad this legend went too soon. Brilliant drummer.

@Zeebad_1st 2 ай бұрын

He lived near me in the 80's and I'd often see him and have a chat in Wantage, he'd sometimes drive through the market place in his white Ferarri and give a wave to me and my mates in our leather jackets and long hair trying to be cool hanging around the town. The track 'up on the downs' refers to the hills all around where he lived including Lambourn.

@jamescrow9854 3 ай бұрын

Cozy had a great Groove & Loving Spirit ! Miss You Brother.

@philcorymusic 2 ай бұрын

Bless him, he had Demos of mine which he was considering, then he was gone in that car wreck, RIP.

@upyours574 3 ай бұрын

I'm so happy I got to see him perform. What a truly great drummer!

@colinnormanton4887 3 ай бұрын

RIP cozy missed never forgotten

@MrMegaFredZeppelin 3 ай бұрын

Cozy Powell was a unique drummer for sureMay he R.I.P.🙏🏻ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

@joeyb.8613 3 ай бұрын

Not only a truly great drummer, but played with such attitude and style.

@Oysterblade84 3 ай бұрын

I knew of the man mostly as the drummer of some of Black Sabbath's later albums and first heard of his passing at the very end of a Black Sabbath documentary that I watched in 1999, think it was called ''Family Rock Trees''. It said that Cozy died in a car crash in 1998.

@frankyrubful 3 ай бұрын

Cozy Powell one of the best !!! RIP

@Fuxerz 3 ай бұрын

Top 3 drummer in the 🌎. Rip Cozy 🙏

@sianglanrid-jones95 3 ай бұрын

I grew up in Harwell Oxfordshire in the 60s, 70s 80s, I used to play up the Holloway track beyond Cozy Powells house, it was a very unassuming property which I remember had no garden to speak of, an odd place for someone so successful, the strange thing is I never saw him!!! I guess he was always away performing.

@Zeebad_1st 2 ай бұрын

I used to chat to him in Waitrose in Wantage.

@user-tl7mj2bm4m 3 ай бұрын

Saw Powell when he went on tour and recorded with Emerson and Lake....Helluva show!....Would have liked to seen more of that trio.

@scsidrum 3 ай бұрын

I too am a drummer and I also hail from Cirencester. Cozy deserved the recognition he got at the Corn Hall that day. I would have done anything to be as famous as he was (and half as talented too). 🥁

@philippeadriaensen449 3 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Cozy... so sad...

@alexgolovchenko3791 3 ай бұрын

Always admired his work, only knew a fraction of the info presented in this video. Quite an impressive resume he had. Didn't know he died that way, just heard it was an accident. Terrible loss 😢

@MrFchank 3 ай бұрын

A great drummer who played with some of the greatest bands and musicians in all of rock music.

@marcellino1956 3 ай бұрын

Cozy and his playing are so missed

@sharonellis8776 2 ай бұрын

He was a great drummer. RIP Cozy xx

@tompease8810 2 ай бұрын

So many of these stars met their end so tragically it's really unfortunate though they did leave some great music and memories if you were fortunate enough to see any of them perform

@jefflanham1080 3 ай бұрын

There are some drummers who just ALWAYS put things in the right place! Cozy, Jimmy DeGrasso, Simon Phillips……there are many more but only a handful that stand out.

@marcstevens8576 3 ай бұрын

Liked him, although being A Journeyman with many bands with different styles of music, he was always able to come up with a drumming style that managed to fit all of them. A Great Talent..

@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 3 ай бұрын

@marcstevens8576 I am not convinced you know the meaning of Journeyman.

@marcstevens8576 3 ай бұрын

@@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 Not really certain as to what you mean by your comment. As Cozy was, other musicians were on the same page. Take Clapton for another example. These were guys who played in a lot of bands over their careers.

@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 3 ай бұрын

@@marcstevens8576 There is a common misconception that the word Journeyman refers to a musician who spent a career journeying from band to band. The word actually refers to any tradesman who has only recently completed his training, but has not yet been deemed to have mastered his craft. Journeyman comes from the French word for day: "Jour", as such individuals were never employed permanently, but were paid by the day.

@marcstevens8576 3 ай бұрын

@@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 Thanks for informing me on the actual definition, however, I was close.

@TomasLjung-jj5dp 3 ай бұрын

I seen rainbow here they been in our arena one man been there on many conserts told best concert was rainbow with cosy powell must say Bravissimo ☆☆☆☆☆

@skinner5334 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic drummer.

@BrokenRogue 3 ай бұрын

It should be mentioned that its thanks to Cozy we have Donington Rock Festival, now known as Download. He was disappointed at the lack of open air festivals since the Isle Of Wight in the early 70s. He used his connections with the hierarchy at Donington where he used to race to start the rock festival there. That's why Rainbow were the first headliners of the festival.

@kittymetal186 3 ай бұрын

Wow, excellent information about the great drummer adding even more to the rock world and rock history. Thank you.

@michaelrandle8316 3 ай бұрын

I only got to see him perform twice, in 1984 with Whitesnake, and in 1993, when he was with Brian May, opening for Guns and Roses in Sacramento. Neither show was an ideal setting, as they were both opening bands, but at least I can say that I saw one the all-time greats.

@hedgefund474 3 ай бұрын

What an absolute legend. Look at the surpeb bands he played in. Rainbow MSG Black Sabbath Whitesnake ✌

@balticstain7150 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant drummer....

@Outlawssermon79 2 ай бұрын

Thanks man for autograph

@thunderdeed1 3 ай бұрын

Had the luck to see him with Rainbow and Michael Sckenker Group.

@carolebarker2195 3 ай бұрын

Me too!

@vegardyrnes1793 3 ай бұрын

What a groovy powerhouse drummer. Absolutely fantastic, on of the greatest ever!💓

@user-ez5fc5lp6j 2 ай бұрын

Such a loss!!

@jesuscampos8136 3 ай бұрын

I think I got see him on the long live rock and roll tour💪💥🥁

@leebritnell2405 23 күн бұрын

Excellent stuff!Really enjoying these.

@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv 23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate you 🥰

@z-krievs 3 ай бұрын

Он и Дио... это то, за что я до сих я слушаю Радугу..Спасибо вам за это..🤘🤘🤘

@caramanico1 3 ай бұрын

After my personal top three group of classic rock drummers (Bonzo, Paice & Palmer), Cozy is in my next group of two (along with Alan White). RIP Cozy. His best work? Rainbow's Rising (side two in particular) and On Stage.

@MotownGuitarJoe 3 ай бұрын

One of the best.

@christopherdavies3079 3 ай бұрын

A friend of.mine who was really good friends with Jeff Beck told me once that he felt terrible about Cozy dying in this car which apparently he had sold to him

@andrewbowen6875 3 ай бұрын

Understandable but driving at that speed over the limit and no seat belt was pushing it

@kittymetal186 3 ай бұрын

@@andrewbowen6875Plus using a mobile phone while driving distracted him. All these things caused something that was preventable. He was a top drummer I've always admired and I still enjoy hearing.

@frederickvanpelt6393 3 ай бұрын

Drummer on 2 Jeff Beck albums

@themangopyrate 3 ай бұрын

excellent bio of one of my favorite drummers.

@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🥰

@Glenrsi 3 ай бұрын

Fab drummer he was.

@vandavis000 3 ай бұрын

My favorite drummer ❤😢 rip C.P.

@mnbv990 3 ай бұрын

Excellent work sir.

@michaelmouse4024 2 ай бұрын

Best bit of Cozy - Stargazer on Rainbow Rising 1976.

@kerriknight5056 3 ай бұрын

Cozy was the best .......He Beat his Drums like they Owed him Money .......

@petestanton1945 3 ай бұрын

I think he played on the best song on Robert Plant's 1st solo record.

@carlcordova2332 3 ай бұрын

Legend forever.

@scottohare8355 2 ай бұрын

I saw him on the saints and sinners tour and met him back stage at a black Sabbath gig 97

@scottwhite2757 3 ай бұрын

Amazing music career..a true Icon. Rest Well Rocker..

@thefog7067 3 ай бұрын

One of the all time greats 🥁

@lorrainebowe9585 3 ай бұрын

Cozy Powell one of the greatest drummers of all time the guy was a genius

@familydogg1234 3 ай бұрын

Had the privilege to See Emerson, Lake and Powell in 1986

@zdravkobitunjac9542 3 ай бұрын

He was my number one.

@JoeyDNo3 3 ай бұрын

Remembee exactly where i was even where i was stood , talking to a work colleague before work . Strange only other 1 same was phil Lynot

@johnmclaughlin5660 3 ай бұрын

A Legend 🤘🥁🔥🍷

@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 3 ай бұрын

"Cozy Powell was later cremated, marking the final chapter in his life. 😳😳😳 That musta hurt.

@mary-vy3mo 3 ай бұрын

Not as painful as slowly rotting away from moisture and being eaten by worms.

@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 3 ай бұрын

@@mary-vy3mo We rot from within, as our gut bacteria feast upon us. Still not much fun.

@user-rv9ph2xu2s 3 ай бұрын

My favorite drummer he's the reason I picked up sticks took drum lessons

@ezsmith3765 3 ай бұрын

2:17 He’s got the Jeff Beck hair !! 😁

@ezsmith3765 3 ай бұрын

2:34 Confirmed

@davekiddie4467 3 ай бұрын

He rocks a mullet 😊

@jamesjames2070 3 ай бұрын

Seen Powell in e l p great show

@timroelofsen1563 2 ай бұрын

🤘😇🤘 Rest Easy Amazing Career 🥁

@alexanderpatrick4866 2 ай бұрын

Speeding in bed weather while talking on the phone after having some drinks. How and why? Every decision you make greatly affects the rest of your life! It's very sad.This guy was a great drummer but he literally took each individual thing that you should not do when driving and put them all together. this is what happens when decisions are made emotionally.