Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography
Written by Ronnie James Dio, Mick Wall and Wendy Dio
Narrated by Daniel Thomas May
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About this audiobook
As Ronnie contemplates the achievement of a dream, he reflects on the key aspects that coalesced into this moment-the close gang of friends that gave him his start in music, playing parties, bars, frats, and clubs; the sudden transition that moved him to the microphone and changed his life forever; the luck that led to the birth of Rainbow and a productive but difficult collaboration with Ritchie Blackmore; the chance meeting that made him the second singer of Black Sabbath, taking them to new levels of success; the surprisingly tender story behind the birth of the Devil Horns, the lasting symbol of heavy metal; his marriage to Wendy, which stabilized his life, and the huge bet they placed together to launch the most successful endeavor of his career . . . his own band, Dio.
Everything is described in great detail and in the frankest terms, from his fallout with Blackmore, to the drugs that derailed the resurrection of Black Sabbath, to the personality clashes that frayed each band.
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio was the most acclaimed heavy metal singer of his generation, and the only rock star to achieve multi-platinum success in not one, but three bands: Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio. For Tenacious D’s Jack Black, Dio was “the Pavarotti of heavy metal.” For Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Dio was “one of the main reasons I made it onto the stage...” And for heavy metal fans all over the world, there were three words that summed him up: “Dio is God.” He died in 2010.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love this guy what a great singer and an even greater person R I P Ronnie...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This gave some insight into Ronnie James Dio's life. Really good biography!