Zakk’s Dirty Dozen

ZAKK WYLDE CAN recall once being interviewed alongside Buddy Guy — the two appeared on the 2016 Experience Hendrix tour together — when somebody asked the blues legend a question. “They go, ‘Buddy, what is it about Zakk’s playing that you like?’” Wylde lets out a huge laugh. “And I said, ‘I can answer that for ya — he likes the space in between the songs!’ ”

Wylde is, of course, being characteristically self-deprecating. And why not? He knows full well that over the course of his more than 30-year recording career he’s laid down his fair share of stone-cold killer jams. With that in mind, here’s a dirty dozen of Zakk’s greatest guitar moments — from Ozzy tracks to Black Label Society tunes, guest spots to covers and more — straight from the man himself.

“MIRACLE MAN”

(Ozzy Osbourne, No Rest for the Wicked , 1988)

This was the first riff I ever wrote with Ozzy. The fingering I was doing on that was “Foxey Lady” []. Because I remember when I learned that — it’s the same thing []. And then I just added the