Bill Responds to Wellwishers
Posted on Aug.03, 1998 under Bill Ward
Bill Ward has placed an announcement online in response to all the Email, faxes, letters, & cards wishing him well. Check it out below.
To all those who sent me cards, letters and e-mail over the past few months, wishing me a speedy recovery, good luck, and just saying hello, i would like to thank you all for your support, and look forward to it’s continuation.
As many of you can imagine, we have had a lot of messages come our way, and it’s taking both myself & Mark Jones some time to go through it all. It’s my policy to respond to each and every one individually, rather than do a generic letter or announcement, so if you have not received a response from us yet, please hang in there, WE will get to you eventually. Your good wishes and support has been more than overwhelming, and I know that it has helped raise spirits here. It is very much appreciated.
If you are waiting for a response, please, bear with us a bit longer. We thank you all for your patience and understanding.
Bill Ward
bward@billward.com
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Hi Everybody.
It’s Bill here. First off, I want to thank you all for the support you’ve given me throughout the years. I love to play– whether it’s playing drums in Black Sabbath, making music with my own band or working with other musicians, period. Being able to do what I love for my whole life, pretty much, has been an honour and privilege.
When I started playing in Sabbath, there was an energy of truth about us. We believed in what we were saying, the music we were making and the lives we were living. As time has moved on, I’ve nurtured and tried to save a lot of what I learnt playing in Sabbath. During the more recent years at the Ozzfest concerts, I’ve found myself immersed in the musical rewards of playing in such a unique and devastatingly, powerfully effective Metal band. Sabbath have been, and are, my greatest teachers, and I am forever grateful for the musical journey so far.
Today, I love what’s happening in music. I’ve been given the rare opportunity to play bands I like – Classic and newer Metal – on our Rock 50 radio show. These bands energize me.
I am humbled to know many of you. Music lives and brings and maintains life. Music has always brought me through.
Stay strong, safe and live. Enjoy the site.
Long Live Metal.
--Bill Ward
