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Dio Disciples!
God bless Ronnie James Dio. One of the most down to earth, genuine and sincere individuals I ever had the pleasure of knowing...and I'm not even talking about within the music world. His band has taken to the road...Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren and they're being fronted by none other than Tim "Ripper" Owens. They're out playing all of the classic Ronnie James Dio material everyone has come to know and love and while this may seem like just
a run of the mill tribute band at first, take a step back and think for a moment about the level of musicianship you've got going on here. These guys aren't 'hacks'. These guys have some impressive credentials under their belt besides having played with Ronnie. We're talking.... Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen, Blue Oyster Cult.
The definite highlight, as far as my lens was concerned, was Rudy Sarzo. I went into the gig with the mindset that I was going to get some good shots of Craig Goldy and Tim "Ripper" Owens... but after about a minute or two of firing off my Nikon... I realized what a show Rudy was putting on over there on his side of the stage. Needless to say,
I was on it! Some great shots of Rudy... he's definitely a rock photographers wet dream!
Dio Disciples are doing selected dates across the U.S. when Ripper isn't out fronting Yngwie Malmsteen's band...
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www.ronniejamesdio.com
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