“Miracle Man” by Ozzy Osbourne

"Miracle Man" lands on No Rest for the Wicked, Ozzy Osbourne's fifth solo studio album, released in the fall of 1988, and it's the sound of a new gunslinger: Zakk Wylde, making his recording debut after Osbourne fired Jake E. Lee, heard Wylde's demo tape and hired him on the strength of an audition. Wylde co-wrote it with Osbourne and Bob Daisley, back on bass after the pair fell out in 1985.

Randy Castillo drums, John Sinclair plays keyboards, and Keith Olsen produced and mixed. Osbourne had wanted Roy Thomas Baker after hearing the drums on Slade's You Boyz Make Big Noize, and Baker turns up among the engineers with Gordon Fordyce and Gerry Napier. Daisley didn't stay: once the tapes were done, Osbourne's old Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler took the bass for the tours.

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