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Ronnie James Dio has always been one of my favorite singers since I was around 12 years old. I was fortunate enough to work with the man a couple of times & meet him on other occasions as well . We got to play Norway Rock last month & decided literally in the van on the way to the gig to do a tribute to the Man that night at the show. We had no chance to rehearse the song, in fact this was the gig where our gear didn't show up & we played on borrowed equipment. We had no soundcheck, so we just passed around my iphone listening to the track before the show. I got to open for Dio at the Bronco Bowl in Texas with my band in 2000 & it was a great show. Backstage we talked about doing some touring together , which unfortunately never happened, but we did play together again at European Festivals a couple of times. I asked Ronnie "dude do you think I should do Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway?" My Broadway debut was coming up in a couple of months & I did not want to alienate the rockers. I figured I should ask the Man On The Silver Mountain myself. His answer surpirised me & I will never forget his advice. "Of course you should do Broadway, Sebastian. It will show people you can do more than one thing." I took his advice. If it was good enough for Ronnie James Dio, it was good enough for me & rockers everywhere. So I asked him "Ronnie, would you ever do Broadway?" envisioning myself hearing that legendary voice on the Broadway stage. Once again, his answer surprised me. "No" came his reply. "I am very happy doing this, its all I ever wanted to do, its still all I want to ever do" Dio said. I guess Ronnie James Dio was happy with people "knowing him for one thing". Being the greatest hard rock singer ever was good enough for Dio. Which he was. We miss you Ronnie James Dio R.I.P. This one's for you Sebastian Bach

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• Release Date

  Aug 12, 2010

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  09:15