Original Black Sabbath drummer, Bill Ward, turned 74 on Thursday (May 5), and has since taken to social media to offer thanks for the birthday greetings he recieved.
Says Bill: "Salutations to the energy, incredibility, insanity, wonderful and creativeness of you all who sent me birthday greetings. May 5th was an overwhelming, busy, reflective, and teary and uplifting day, so many Happy Birthdays, thank you, it was fantastic.
"74 years old, man yesterday spinned me around, lot of memories some of them melancholy, some of them fantastic, like when I was a kid leaving school to go to band practice at the parochial hall next to Slade Road School, Carlisle, Hamburg, Henry's Blues House B'Ham, first time leaving for America, arriving in N.Y., first time in L.A., Hollywood, crazy times.
"I got lots of nice messages from fellow musicians, family members and old and dear friends, I got some t-shirts, one with a huge moon and silhouette of a 747 flying towards me, a book of stories about the Lake District, I went to bed done for. In gratitude for such a huge embrace, to everyone thank you so much.
"Rock forever and ever and ever. Be good to yourselves, Bill Ward".
