Thursday, November 26, 2009

Get well soon, Ronnie

I learned this evening the news that Dio has stomach cancer. I hope he slays the dragon quickly! Dio sang in his own bands Elf and Dio, but has also been a vocalist in Rainbow and Black Sabbath and latterly the band Heaven and Hell with his Black Sabbath bandmates. Dio has an incredible range to his voice and I love the mythology he employs in his lyrics. There’s a taste of his solo work in the video below.

3 comments:

Tara said...

Yikes, I wish him a successful recovery!

laura b. said...

Oh, I hadn't heard that! He is a true rock and roll legend. I really hope he can recover.

FW said...

Tara: I hope so too, I think they caught it early so hopefully he'll have a good prognosis.

L.B.: He's one of my idols, I do wish him the best.