As it often is, the song started as a riff, the words came later. Wylde said, the band found the main rhythm, and Ozzy started singing about Mason, probably just because the name suited the beat.
Lawyer-detective Mason is the subject of a book series written in the 1930s by Erle Stanley Gardner (1899-1970), made into a TV show that ran from '57 to '66, starring Raymond Burr.
As it often is, the song started as a riff, the words came later. Wylde said, the band found the main rhythm, and Ozzy started singing about Mason, probably just because the name suited the beat. Lawyer-detective Mason is the subject of a book series written in the 1930s by Erle Stanley Gardner (1899-1970), made into a TV show that ran from '57 to '66, starring Raymond Burr.