"He's a great musician, and that's one of the things about him that people probably don't realize. Yes, obviously, he was one of the greatest singers of all time, but he knew music. He played trumpet, he was a bass player as well, he could play guitar, and he had a great musical mind and a great musical catalog inside of him. He had so much to draw on that musically he was very, very, very, very capable. And just great instincts. As a musician, there was never any question that he was able to stand on his own with anybody."
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Jeff Pilson, as quoted in "Dokken Bassist Speaks on How Dio Treated Musicians in His Band, Explains What Many People Don't Realize About Ronnie", Ultimate Guitar (March 24, 2021)
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona (10 July 1942 – 16 May 2010), more famous as Ronnie James Dio, was an Italian-American rock musician, who was a vocalist in the bands Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and later Heaven & Hell.
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