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Music Appreciation

Different Drummer

(9,083 posts) Fri Aug 18, 2023, 08:45 PM Aug 2023

Rainbow -- Man On the Silver Mountain

The late, great Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

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Rainbow -- Man On the Silver Mountain (Original Post) Different Drummer Aug 2023 OP

omg how I loved Dio Skittles Aug 2023 #1

I was a big Dio fan, as well. Different Drummer Aug 2023 #3

Great song. captain queeg Aug 2023 #2

What A Voice! ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #4

Agreed! Different Drummer Aug 2023 #5

Skittles

(172,822 posts)

1. omg how I loved Dio

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 08:47 PM

Aug 2023

I like to relay my story of attending a Rainbow concert and people coming up to my date saying, WOW, YOU LOOK JUST LIKE RONNIE JAMES DIO......and me privately wondering if that was a good thing

he DID have that wild hair......

Different Drummer

(9,083 posts)

3. I was a big Dio fan, as well.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 19, 2023, 01:44 PM

Aug 2023

Loved every group he was in, from Rainbow to Black Sabbath to the band that bore his name.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

2. Great song.

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 08:50 PM

Aug 2023

ProfessorGAC

(77,255 posts)

4. What A Voice!

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2023, 02:28 PM

Aug 2023

Great range & magnificent power!
Incredible.

Different Drummer

(9,083 posts)

5. Agreed!

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 19, 2023, 06:50 PM

Aug 2023

Ronnie was truly special.

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