The Lady Luck band, a staple at the Willow River Saloon in Burkhardt, (see this latest Picks of the Week department entry), also has had more on its resume in the last few months, namely sharing the stage with perhaps the Twin Cities hottest tribute band to Ozzy Osbourne, named Diary of a Madman. The band was especially known for its tribute show at Venue 13 last fall, a place that has a connection with the ownership of the Smilin’ Moose in Hudson.
That all brings back memories of another band of Ozzy backers, fronted by Michael Ault and his Aultimate Ozzy show, which graced the former Dibbo’s many times over a several-year period.
The guy was scary/impressive in his dead-on duplication of the so-called Prince of Darkness himself, from the onstage mannerisms to all the tattoos in all the same places as Ozzy, even the beast that’s soccer ball sized that adorns all of his right shoulder. Making this even more surreal was that Ault would not break out of the character of Becoming Ozzy, even on set breaks when mingling with the crowd.
Ault’s finest hour, in my book, was when he sang during one of those occasional in-concert bonding moments that are shared between the audience and the band, when it becomes something deeper, almost spiritual. He started this run of good karma with a perhaps unusual song opportunity, Children of the Grave, which rails against how war effects kids, then jumped into some Black Sabbath songs that are more standards.