WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp and his ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCUZ band has created a beautiful tribute of epic proportion, to the late RONNIE JAMES DIO (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, ELF).

According to a press release, "the song clocking in at almost nine minutes long, takes you through a magical journey of RJD’s life, and you will be left breathless at the end. Those who have already heard the song, calls it The Ultimate tribute ever. The track will premier September 27th on Eddie Trunk's satellite Radio show in USA and Canada. And immediately following the broadcast, fans will be able to download the nine-minute track from Eddietrunk.com exclusively for the following week. There after Mike Tramp permits anyone to place the song on their website for free download.

Tramp got to tour with Dio in 1993 and speaks of Ronnie as a gentle man who wouldn’t hurt a fly and who spoke from the heart and made you feel welcome in his company. Tramp is an enormous Rainbow fan because of Ronnie James Dio and the same goes for Sabbath. Ronnie brought so much melody to heavy metal, it was a great change. Tramp says that with Ronnie gone, so is the space and throne he occupied, and no one can and will replace him or even fill his shoes.

Tramp wrote and recorded the song while recording his new Rock’n’Roll Circuz album 2nd Act, due out next year. Tramp says that the song always needed to stand by itself and never felt that he could include it in any form for commercial album."

Says Tramp, "this song belongs to all of Ronnie’s fans, it’s not just a tribute, it’s a hymn, something much more sacred to fit the man with the true voice of rock’n’roll."

For more info visit Miketramp.com.