Sunday May 16th was a very sad day indeed for the music world. We lost Ronnie Dio a great singer,songwriter performer and human being! First my deepest sympathies to Wendy and his family , He was always the sweetest person you could ever want to meet! Surely one of the greatest singers of all time!

My Dio story goes back to 1980 when I was in a band called Shakin Street. We were supporting Black Sabbath in the U.K. and North America , Two dates into the tour in England Im backstage and over comes Ronnie James Dio introduces himself to me !!! believe that wow ! He started telling me he was a fan of my last band The Dictators and he knew everything about us, CBGBs, and the New York Rock scene. I couldnt believe it ! But the thing was he was so gracious , classy and downright cool ! Then he proceeds to tell me about this guy that was travelling with their genius technician Dawk Stillwell ,his name was Joey DeMaio and he plays bass like you never heard and that I should meet him . Well right after the conversation he introduces me to Joey and I guess the rest is Metal History ! Ronnie R.I.P. brother