RIP Ronnie James Dio

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

I was trawling through Billy's (Lowend) links to RJD's past (as a bass player) when I found this, so why not post it...!

Classic!!!


'63??!!!?? Wow~ I was 10 years old.

RJD~RIP

[Hornisse]

That bass was ebayed a while ago by Craig Gruber (Elf's bassist after Ronnie concentrated on singing although there might have been a bass player preceding him). He offered it with the full story.

Speaking of Gruber, he now has his own bass brand "Boomslang":

Gruber was also pictured inside the sleeve of the self titled Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow LP playing a 3 pickup non reverse T-Bird.  We had a photo of it up at the old 'Pit and I though I'd saved it but can't find it anywhere.

[Basvarken]

He says he's 45 on his MySpace site which would have made him about 10 years old when he recorded the 1st Rainbow album - quite a feat!    No wonder Blackmore sacked him, children just can't tour with a rock band! 

Probably just a fan who's decicated a profile to him (or for him)
You see that all the time on MySpace.



Boomslang is a Dutch word. It means tree snake

[Denis]

Probably just a fan who's decicated a profile to him (or for him)
You see that all the time on MySpace.

Boomslang is a Dutch word. It means tree snake

Is that a Whitesnake?

[uwe]

Admittedly, I'm a My Space and Facebook virgin!