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Geezer, Nelson and Diana

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Marc Myers
Jun 17, 2023
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The Wall Street Journal last week, I interviewed Geezer Butler, Black Sabbath's founder, bassist and lyricist, for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). Geezer talked about how his mother kept him warm at night as a child in a Birmingham, England, house without central heating, his love of Lonnie Donegan and skiffle, and what it wa…

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