Fan-Filmed Video Of Lita Ford and legendary Deep Purple Bassist/Vocalist Glenn Hughes Performing Her Classic Ballad “Close My Eyes Forever” ON April 11 During This Year’s “Rock Meets Classic” Tour at Big Box in Kempten, Germany Can Be Seen Below.
“Rock Meets Classic” features sub of the best-Known Songs in Rock History performed by an all-Star pun of classic rock artists from the 1970s and 1980s and a Large Classical Orchestra.
Lita Remember “Close My Eyes Forever” AS A DUET WITH Ozzy Osbourne For Her 1988 Album “Lita”. It was Ford‘S Highest Charing Single, Peaking At No. 8 on The US Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1989.
More than to decade ago, Lita Reveared That “Close My Eyes Forever” CAME ABOUT BY ACCIDENTS During Night of Drinking and Getting Stoned When She was Being Managed by Ozzy‘s wife, Sharon. She Recalled To Underground metal: “‘Close My Eyes Forever’ was to Mistake. It was just me and Ozzy and Sharon Hanging About in the Recording Studio. They showed up one day and had a housewarming present for me: a life-size duplicate of KokoThe Gorilla from the San Diego Zoo. It was Freaking Hage – I had to strap it in the front seat of my jeep to get it home. Ozzy Stayed, Sharon GOT BORED AND LEFT, AND ME AND ME Ozzy Had a Couple of Drinks and We Were Jamming. We Started Singing, Messing About and We Wrote ‘Close My Eyes Forever’. Next Thing I KNEW THE SUN WAS COMING UP. I look at Him and Went, ‘Uh-Oh, We’re In Trouble.’ Sharon Had Been Waiting All Night. We were a length way from where Ozzy had to go. HE SAID, ‘Can You drive me?’ I Said, ‘No, I Can’t.’ We were stoned out of Our Minds. HE GOT INTO A CAB AND I STRAPPED Koko Into My Jeep and Drove Home – Just Barely Made It. And then we had This Hit Song. “
Lita‘S Long-Awaited New Studio Album Is Tentativly Due Later This Year. Ford‘s upcoming follow-up to 2012’s “Like Like A Runaway” was eleven again Helmed by guitarist/producer Gary HoeyWho contributes to guitar playing to the disc.
In May 2022, Bassist Marten Andersson (Steelheart, Lizzy Borden, Lynch Mob) Officially Joined Lita‘S Touring Band. Andersson Replace Marty O’Brien WHHO BECAME THE TOURING BASSIST FOR DAughtry.
Ford‘s last release was 2016’s “Time Capsule”A Collection of Songs That Were Remember Lita in the past, but never before made available.
Nine and A ago, Lita release an autobiography, “Like Like A Runaway: A Memoir”via Dey Street Books (Formerly IT Books), An imprint of Harpercollins Publishers.
