Rudy Sarzo shares amazing Ronnie James Dio story with fans

Legendary Bassist Rudy Sarzo, who recently announced his return to Quiet Riot, already made history in Rock and Roll music also performing with Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Blue Öyster Cult and more. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the musician recalled an amazing story about how much Ronnie James Dio liked his fans. Sarzo play with Dio from 2004 to 2010.

Rudy Sarzo shares amazing Ronnie James Dio story with fans:

“I’ll tell you a little story. When I first joined the band, we did the only American tour, in 2004. Everything else we did after that was Europe, South America, and Asia. We’re in the bus every night. And after the show, the tour manager would come in and say, “Ronnie, we have some guests here that want to say hello.” He’d go, “I’m tired. … OK, I’ll do it.”

“He’d ask for a beer, but I never saw him drunk and I never saw him finish the pint he had every night. He had it for a prop, I guess. And so he’d go to whoever was backstage. “Hey, Bill, how are you doing? How is your cousin Peter?” He’s naming all these people that aren’t even there that are relatives of this person. I was like, “He must really know that person.”

He continued, saying:

“After doing that for over a week, every single night, I was like, “Wait a minute — this guy remembers every single guy’s name and their relatives. There must be a trick to this. He must be writing down notes, or something.” But no. So he had that memory. He would memorize because people really mattered to Ronnie. He cared about everyone he met. You met him? If you could see him right now and you had talked about the Yankees, he would talk to you about them again. He was amazing.”