Died Ronnie James Dio
 

Yesterday on the 68 th year of life died Vocalist Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell Ronnie James Dio.

Ronald James Padavona was born on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth. Since childhood, he studied music and to twenty years in time to change the tube on the bass guitar, and it in turn to the microphone. Group, which began to sing Ronnie, now hardly anyone will remember - the name The Vegas Kings, The Prophets and Electric Elves is unlikely there will now familiar even to experts. When the last group (in fact - the next edition of the previous) slashed its name to the short-Elf, a life of its lead singer happened fateful meeting with Ritchie Blackmore, while still playing Deep Purple.
Soon, in mid-1970, almost simultaneously took their parting with major groups, and together they formed the core Rainbow - the first important "job" Ronnie James - then already Dio.
Despite today's glory eternal guest vocalist Dio from the outset took an active part in the activities of groups that took place at the microphone. Exactly for this reason, with Blackmore soon began to be differences. The vocalist grew songwriting ambitions, and the voice demanded that the movement in the direction of the emerging heavy metal, Blackmore, in contrast, tended towards classical forms of music.
In general, in 1979, Dio had resigned from the Rainbow, to sing on the album Black Sabbath «Heaven and Hell».
Ozzy Osbourne's undoubted talent at that time had already been buried in the eyes of colleagues under a thick layer defects. On the replacement was needed vocalist is not necessarily a smaller range and greater discipline. Ronnie, whose ambitions were located mainly in the music, but not shocking in the plane, these requirements fully consistent. The results of this cooperation are the two albums in the 80's, one - in the 90's. Fans groups are still unable to reach agreement on the question as to who was better - Dio or Ozzy - and the very fact already spoke about the impact of Ronnie. In addition, it is in these years, he coined the famous "goat" - the most famous in the world of heavy metal gesture.
The singer told us that since folded fingers of his grandmother, chasing away the demons that Dio in their texts devoted, of course, a place of honor.
By 1983 the artist's individual style has persistently demanded that the full realization - resigned from Black Sabbath, he created his own group, called simply a logical manner - Dio. Already after the first recordings critics have noted the desire Dio is unusual for the genre of pop melody, which, coupled with a powerful voice gave the world heavy metal one of the major hit-makers.
The last stage career as a musician started relatively recently - in 2006 the leader of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi invited Ronnie to support the fashion of the supergroup, teaming up with once again abandoned Ozzie counterparts. In order not to spoil relations with Osborne, the new ensemble was given the name Heaven and Hell.
Within this group, Dio, and spent the last years, and last summer in this part of it (not the first time), visited Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Izvestia that Dio had cancer of the stomach, appeared in autumn 2009. March 12 his wife and manager of singer Wendy reported that Ronnie has passed 6 sessions of chemotherapy and is recovering. Yesterday at the official site of Ronnie James Dio was reported by his wife Wendy. White letters on a black background indicate that the heart has stopped Dio on May 16 in 7.45. According to the singer's widow, he died surrounded by many friends and relatives, each of which he heard the last kind words, and then quietly left. "Peace" - because "quietly" in relation to the holder of one of the strongest voices in the history of heavy metal does not seem too appropriate.
This style is one of the fathers who became Dio, music has long been at the forefront, but still a vast municipality in its clad in black leather and studs fans have long been objects of jokes. Such was himself Dio - the diminutive middle-aged metalhead in breeches and with thinning mane.
Nevertheless, his every appearance on the stage caused not only smile and unfailing respect.
The point here is this. He managed to literally live 50 years on stage and did not turn into a media doll, as happened with the same Ozzy. And most importantly, the singing of the seventh top ten songs about dragons, magic and chivalry, he remained primarily a sly old man with an incredible voice, who taught the world to grandmother's trick by adding in our lives a little more, well, yes, that same magic.
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He was a good singer, but in the history of rock will, unfortunately, as an understudy really stars.

Agree. Even a genius ...
I disagree totally! "The Replacements" does not collect full "Olympic"

Dio was a great singer long before the "Olympic." Listen to his ballads with "Rainbow" from s1975.On because almost all texts pisal.Eto a great loss to all lovers of good old harda.Dio this superzvezda.A in the Union for its records real Salvage had to pay a <!--~ ~-->.

And before Rainbow was a band Elf ...

Bad joke COP deleted ...

Yes, there Ritchie Blackmore invited this extraordinary singer, when the elves played razogreve.Imenno a singer he wanted to perform new songs with a gothic slant.

 Full Olimiysky not a criterion. A concert of our popsyatiny, I think it can muster. And the same John Lee Hooker - blues pillar of the world, experiencing times when he was not in vogue quietly playing with a his music in small bars.

 And generally in small clubs now where as more good music than stadiums.
 
 Again, do not agree, I was there at the same Deep Purple heard more than once. In my understanding is even the primary group.

 Although in my understanding of music, the blues is primary, and the whole rock is secondary in relation to the blues, because it turned out

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 It agrees, many quite well-known musicians like little concerts, there reigns a completely different atmosphere.

  One of the few favorite inoyu groups playing rock, although they are very heavily involved in the blues.
 It is like a solo album, Jon Lord, in which he, in my view, is revealed as a great musician.

 Here, for example, listen to the second moments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5AIJYJCeGI