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Producer ROB CAVALLO Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO

May 25, 2010

Producer Rob Cavallo (GREEN DAY, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, PARAMORE, FLEETWOOD MAC) has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW):

"Ronnie was the first major artist to take me seriously as an A&R guy and a producer. I have so many amazing stories about the man, his character and musicianship they could fill a book. He truly was a giving and caring individual and I was blessed to have met him.

"Here's one short story: I was with Ronnie, Tony [Iommi], Geezer [Butler] and Vinny [Appice] at Rockfield studios in Wales. We had just finished the song 'Time Machine' for the 'Wayne's World' soundtrack and we were starting on the follow-up LP, 'Dehumanizer', with Reinhold [Mack] producing. I was totally jetlagged and half passed out on the living room couch. The studio tracking room door was open and I could very clearly hear Tony's guitar and Ronnie's voice working out a new track. It was awesome, so I got up to tell them so. When I got there, I saw Tony plugged into a Marshall 50-watt half stack with no master volume cranked to full. And I saw Ronnie standing there singing... with NO MICROPHONE! Yep, his voice was that pure and that ripping and that LOUD without a PA! When I expressed how amazing that was, they just kinda laughed at me (like it was a normal thing) and then kept on working.

"It's one of my fondest musical memories... They sounded so amazing together!"

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