Ex-DIO Guitarist Craig Goldy On Touring With DIO DISCIPLES - "It's Like A Memorial Service In Every City And Country We Go To"
August 9, 2013, 11 years ago
Former DIO and current DIO DISCIPLES guitarist Craig Goldy is featured in a new interview with Greg Prato for Songfacts.com. An excerpt from the discussion is available below:
Greg Prato: How has it been touring with Dio Disciples so far?
Craig Goldy: "It's good. For those who love Ronnie and miss him, which all of us do, that's the hard part. And then the easy part is seeing people enjoy the music again, because the main key was to keep Ronnie's memory alive. So the people that go with us, like Tim Ripper Owens and Oni Logan, and at the beginning Toby Jepson, they all had a heart for Ronnie, because they were either close friends or close to the inner circle of the Dio family. So with that heart, they performed that music that way. And it would come across."
"So we never knew when, but there was always going to be a special moment when a group of people gather together in the same room for the same purpose with the same heart, mind, and spirit. Something very special happens because of that. That's usually what happens during the performances: there's a moment when the band and the audience connect as one and you can see people just singing to the sky and tears rolling down their cheeks, because they miss him so much, and the music has made such an impression on them because it's been a big part of their lives throughout the years. It's like a memorial service in every city and country we go to. That part of it is really amazing."Go to this location for the complete interview.
