Read by Christopher Ragland.

Ronnie James Dio was a heavy metal icon and frontman of three of the best-selling, most influential and famous rock bands in history: Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his own multi-million selling band, Dio.

Rainbow in the Dark is a rollercoaster ride through the extraordinary highs and lows of Dio's life, and takes us from his early days as a street gang leader and Doo-wop singer in '60s Vegas through to his breakout success with Rainbow and Black Sabbath in the '70s and the stadiums of US metal in the '80s - ending in Dio's dressing room at Madison Square Garden, in June 1986, at the peak of his worldwide fame with Dio.

Tragically Dio passed away from cancer in 2010, but had already begun writing a memoir before his death. Edited by the world-renowned music biographer Mick Wall, with the involvement of Dio's wife of over 35 years and personal manager Wendy Dio, Rainbow in the Dark will honour and feature Dio's never-before-seen original manuscript, while drawing on the extraordinary collection of print and audio interviews with the man himself to produce a vivid, raw and faithful portrait of one of the world's greatest ever rock legends.

Rainbow in the Dark by Ronnie James Dio with Mick Wall & Wendy Dio (Audiobook extract)

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All songs by Selwyn Birchwood, Selwyn Birchwood Music admin. by Eyeball Music, BMI

Selwyn Birchwood: Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Background Vocals, Bass Guitar on “Underdog” and “Swim at Your Own Risk”
Regi Oliver: Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Donald “Huff” Wright: Bass Guitar
Byron “Bizzy” Garner: Drums, Percussion
Ed Krout: Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes

Background Vocals: Charlyce Simmons, Vanessa Hawkins, Eric Green

“ILa-View” and “Call Me What You Want”
Josh Miller: Rhythm Guitar
Andrew Gohman: Upright Bass
Jim McKaba: Piano
Jon Buck: Drums

Produced by Tom Hambridge
All songs written and arranged by Selwyn Birchwood
Recorded by Aaron Gandia and Pete Lutringer at Phat Planet Studios, Orlando, FL
Mixed and mastered by Michael Saint-Leon at Switchyard Studios, Nashville, TN

Selwyn Birchwood endorses Gibson Guitars.

Thank you to God for blessing my journey to and THROUGH music! Thank you to my family for supporting my crazy dream of sharing my life through sounds, especially “Maria” Birchwood! 
	
Thank you to my band for lending their talents on this record. I am blessed to to be surrounded by world-class musicians: Regi Oliver, Huff Wright, Byron Garner and Michael Hensley. Thank you to Bruce Iglauer and the exemplary staff at Alligator Records for their efforts, day-in and day-out, pushing my passion to the masses! Thank you to the All-Star cast at Intrepid Artists for loading our tour schedule and allowing my sounds to be performed worldwide! Rick Booth, Jake Lankheit, Will Johnston, Michelle Kiser, Kevin Hopkins, and Rennie Pincus will tell you Selwyn Birchwood can be found “Only at INTREPID!” My sincerest thank you to Charlyce Simmons, Vanessa Hawkins, and Eric Green for lending their voices to the project! Thank you to Ed Krout and the Phat Planet Studios team for giving us a home for three albums! Aaron Gandia and Pete Lutringer always go above and beyond to get it done! Much appreciation and thanks to Josh Miller, Andrew Gohman, Jim McKaba and Jon Buck for gracing this album with some old school swagger. A huge thanks to Tom Hambridge and Michael Saintleon for mixing the medicine! A final “thank you” to all the fans that have supported this band from Day One! We are here because y’all have been “there” for us! Thank you!

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The drum kit used is the "VXO Bubinga BTH" of the VEX-Origins pack from vexpressions limited.

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