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Topic: Singer Ronnie James Dio dead at 67
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-16-2010 10:39 PM
I heard the news a couple hours ago while hanging out with some friends. Didn't know Dio had stomach cancer. That's one of the really bad cancers to contract.
Back in the late 1980's I was able to see Ronnie James Dio in concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion (between Baltimore and Washington, DC). Accept was the opening act. That was one kick ass concert, and I didn't expect it to be since longtime guitarist Vivian Campbell left the band and later joined Whitesnake and then Def Leppard. The guitarist who took over, Craig Goldy, was a pretty damned good player in his own right. The thing that really impressed was the elaborate nature of the stage show. Lots of props, lasers and other stuff really pumped up the theatrical nature of the show. You rarely see that at any concert these days. The last few concerts I've attended have featured barren stages, just littered with the clutter of amplifiers and speaker monitors. If you're lucky the stage might feature a good LED jumbotron in the background.
Dio knew how to put on a good show. So do some of the other "old school" bands, such as Rush, Pink Floyd, etc. Current bands don't put that sort of thought and effort into it, but they sure charge a shit load for the ticket price.
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