When Ozzy Osbourne died last week the outpouring of love and respect was like little else we've seen in rock in a long time.
Likewise the results of his farewell concert found it had broken a record for a charity concert as it raised over $190 million for Birmingham Children's Hospital, Acorn Children's Hospice, and Cure Parkinson's Held at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.
All week stars from all sorts of genres have been playing Sabbath and Ozzy's solo hits in concert to bid adieu to the most huggable Prince of Darkness the world has ever gotten to love.
Here's a few of the best ones.
Alice Cooper with Johnny Depp, "Paranoid"
Near the end of their co-headlining show on Friday (7/25) at the O2 in London, Alice along with Johnny Depp (and a convention of other guitarists), busted into "Paranoid," for their fallen friend.
Ozzy and Alice had been around forever, yet they only collabed twice on records,. First came Cooper’s 1991 glam-metal anthem “Hey Stoopid,” where Ozzy was part of the chorus, adding his heft while guitar heroes Slash, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani shredded in the background.

Seventeen years later he returned for “Wake the Dead,” a deep cut from Alice’s Along Came a Spider, where he not only sang but allegedly blew some bluesy harp.
"Paranoid" was a live debut for Cooper. He liked it so much he played it the next gig too.
Lita Ford, "Close My Eyes Forever"
Lita Ford and Ozzy's 1989 duet “Close My Eyes Forever” became Osbourne's only Top 10 single in his solo career. Though "Crazy Train" and "Flying High Again" are played every night in a sports arena somewhere in the world, neither were Top 40 singles.
But the tender hair metal ballad between Ozzy and the former Runaways guitarist was not only a smash on radio but also on MTV where the pair were mesmerizing together. Ironic since Ford had become chummy with Ozzy when she got engaged to Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi in the mid-'80s.
Lita has performed it nearly 400 times now. Odds are excellent you'll hear her do it if you go to any of the number of dates she has scheduled around the world this year - which includes a stop at the Whisky on the Sunset Strip.
Go to her website for tickets.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
By now many know Ozzy grew up in the Aston area of Birmingham, England. But most don't know there was a ballet based on the music of Black Sabbath who formed in the town.
Soon after the news got out that their favorite son had gone, the city's symphony orchestra gathered at the new train station (which has to be renamed Crazy Train Station, no?) to celebrate the music and the ballet.
Keep your eye on the CBSO's website because if ever there was a time to revisit the music for the Black Sabbath Ballet, one would think it would be now.
Blues Traveler, "War Pigs"
Leave it to a jam band to create the most joyful keyboard-heavy version of "War Pigs" of the night.
Did John Popper's band's take include lots of harmonica? Nope. But there were plenty of drums and cowbell. When a slimmed down Popper strolled on stage, they switched gears and got into a doubletime cover of Charlie Daniels' "Devil Went Down to Georgia."
Blues Traveler have many dates on their schedule this year through November. Grab tix from their site.
The Offspring, "Crazy Train"
On Wednesday (7/23), the night after news of Ozzy's passing raced around the world, The Offspring not only were featured on our latest edition of Setlist Spotlight, but also brought up Dave "Brown Sound" Baksh of Sum 41 to properly rip through "Crazy Train" in a way Randy Rhoads would be happy to hear.
Before they got into it, Noodles explained that those first solo records of Ozzy's inspired young people of a certain era to pick up guitars and shred. Who knows, maybe all of these tributes will do the same for kids today.
The Offspring are currently on their Supercharged Tour. Get tix on their website.
Blackberry Smoke, "Children of the Grave"
"This is a fair warning," Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr told the crowd Saturday night (7/26) at the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
"You might want to stand up," he continued, "because we're gonna do one for Ozzy."
They then gave those lucky fans a five minute love letter by way of one of the more complicated pieces from Sabbath's third album, Master of Reality, a record so heavy yet remarkably popular at the time- it went to #8 on the US album chart when it was released in 1971.
Blackberry Smoke is out on the road with Mike Campbell and his band The Dirty Knobs for the next month then they keep on rocking through the end of the year, finishing up in Mexico. Get your tix on Blackberry Smoke's website.
Cake, "War Pigs"
When Cake played Red Rocks on Thursday (7/24) did they give love to Ozzy via a Sabbath tune too? Oh Lord yeah.
It's hard to say if the drummers or guitarists of these groups love to cover this Sabbath classic more, but even the fans were loving yelling along to the lyrics so many of us have heard much of our lives.
But have we heard it with a trumpet at the end? Probably not. Though if you go to one of their gigs, you might hear it again as they have covered it over 190 times.
Cake only have a half dozen more dates on their dance card. Go to their website to get your tickets.
Lady Gaga, "Crazy Train"
Lady Gaga was one of the first to pay tribute to Ozzy. Despite the fact that in the past she has covered AC/DC, Metallica, and Led Zeppelin, she had never dipped into the Sabbath or Osbourne songbook before.
So she did the next best thing the night of his death (7/22) in San Francisco and donned an Ozzy concert tee and jumped around with her dancers to a tape of "Crazy Train," which will do. For now.
Gaga recently kicked off her Mayhem Ball Tour so you have plenty of chances to catch her act. She's about to do four nights at the Forum in Los Angeles. Get your tickets on Lady Gaga's website.
Gov't Mule, "War Pigs"
Another of our recent guests, Warren Haynes who stopped by to bless us in a Marquee Memories episode, sunk his teeth into "War Pigs" with his band Gov't Mule on Thursday (7/24) at Floydfest.
The tune kicked off their set at the five-day festival in Virginia. If it sounds like that wasn't the first time they've rocked it, it would because they've played it 35 times now.
Gov't Mule will be touring around North America a bunch this summer and fall through November. Pick up your tickets on their website.
