Guitarist Jake E. Lee Shot Multiple Times in Las Vegas
Jake E. Lee, the guitarist greatest recognized for enjoying on Ozzy Osbourne’s Bark on the Moon album, was shot Tuesday morning in Las Vegas.
According to a press launch issued by his publicist, the 67-year-old guitarist was shot “multiple times” and is now recovering in a Las Vegas hospital.
“As confirmed by management, legendary rock guitarist Jake E. Lee was shot multiple times early this morning in a Las Vegas street shooting,” reads the assertion. “Lee is fully conscious and doing well in an intensive care unit at a Las Vegas hospital. He is expected to fully recover.
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“Las Vegas authorities imagine the capturing was utterly random and occurred whereas Lee took his canine out for a stroll in the early morning hours. As the incident is beneath police investigation, no additional feedback will probably be forthcoming. Lee and his household respect respecting their privateness at the moment.”
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Lee’s career began in the early ’80s when he was approached by singer Ronnie James Dio to join his solo band. The guitarist made some recordings while rehearsing with the group, but Dio shelved the project.
He was then asked by Osbourne to replace his departing guitar player Brad Gillis. Lee joined the former Black Sabbath singer’s band in 1983, appearing on that year’s Bark at the Moon album, as well as the follow-up, The Ultimate Sin, on which Lee shared songwriting credits with Osbourne.
Lee told UCR in 2018 that going on tour with Osbourne wasn’t easy. “I had a whole lot of ‘Randy Rhoads guidelines, you suck,'” he recalled. ” That possibility is gone, ? Randy’s gone, and it’s not like he’s gone to go play in another band. So both you guys need Ozzy to hold up his coat and name it quits or minimize me slightly slack. But during Ozzy, there was all the time a faction of ‘You suck, Randy guidelines.’ So, it gave me robust pores and skin.”
In 1988 Lee formed Badlands, followed by Wicked Alliance in the mid-’90s. He’s also released three solo records since 1996. Since 2014 he’s been a member of Red Dragon Cartel, whose latest album, Patina, came out in 2018.
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