COZY POWELL - New Career-Spanning Documentary In The Works
October 26, 2015, 9 years ago
According to The Georgia Straight, British independent film director Lee Hutchings has announced plans to shoot a documentary about the life and times of hard-rock drummer Cozy Powell, who slammed the skins for the likes of Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Rainbow, and Black Sabbath before perishing in a high-speed wipeout in 1998 at the age of 50.
From Hutchings' website:
"Featuring exclusive and extensive interviews with family, friends, work associates and fans, in between various archival footage, Dance With The Devil - The Cozy Powell Story will be an essential, in-depth and personal account of the man who, from humble beginnings, would go on to play an essential part in British and American rock drumming by playing in and alongside multiple bands and solo artists including Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath and Brian May, as well as his own solo recordings including his signature instrumental 'Dance With The Devil', up until his tragic death in 1998."
Powell - who had a fascination with fast cars and motorcycles - died on April 5 of '98 when the Saab 9000 he was driving at a reported 104 mph went flying off the M4 motorway near Bristol, England, possibly because of a punctured rear tire. As well as speeding in bad weather, Powell had been drinking and was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt, either. He once said in an interview: "I drive like I drum--madly."
