I try to forget those days, thanks a lot.

I’ve been following ever since Elf, way back when. I’m actually quite a fan of yours Ronnie. We want to take it as many places as possible.įrom what I’ve been hearing about it it’s quite a mindblower there. May as well get all the mileage we can out of it, cause it’s such a great show. But this one, especially with the stage set that we’ve got, it seems kind of a shame to only use it for three months out of a year. I think the next longest one was with Sabbath, we were out for about nine months. We still have the dates in Canada to do, some more in the States, then we’re doing Australia, followed by a British tour, European tour, and then back for about three more months in the States. No, the tour doesn’t end until probably August again. Uh, we’ve got a little bit of a break now, which is a nice part of it I think, because we have been on the road since August the 10th, and we have only been off for about a week now, and we just have this brief little Christmas encounter, and then we’re gonna come to you straightaway, on the 28th.

Here’s the complete transcription, from hello to goodbye. We also talked about magic (black and white), Ritchie Blackmore, and his work with Black Sabbath. At one point I made the mistake of asking Ronnie what it was like stepping into Ozzy’s Osbourne’s shoes, and that didn’t go over so well.įor some reason the interview was never actually published, so it’s just been sitting unheard on a cheap, 30-year-old cassette tape. We talked about his Hear ‘N Aid project, his love of sports and classical music, his favourite singers, and the dreaded PMRC–which was making headlines at the time for its attempts at censorship. The legendary heavy-metal artist was doing press promoting his Sacred Heart tour, which was scheduled to play Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum on December 28, with guest Yngwie Malmsteen. On December 20, 1985, Ronnie James Dio called me up at home and we chatted for 20 minutes or so.

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