Al Dexter

Dexter is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dio's line-up consisted of Ronnie James Dio on vocals, Craig Goldy on guitar, Rudy Sarzo on bass, Simon Wright on drums, and Scott Warren on keyboards. Other hits from the 1940s include "So Long Pal", "Triflin' Gal", "Guitar Polka" and "I'm Losing My Mind". The bands Fireball Ministry and Anthrax opened for Dio on this tour. In the 1930s, he had owned a bar and helped to popularize the style of country music known as honky tonk. tour ran from September to October. Al Dexter (May 4, 1902 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) is an American country musician and songwriter, best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama", a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War 2 years. The U.S.

In 2004, Dio toured Europe from July to August, and South America in August. Goldy returned to Dio in the summer of 2003, to join Dio on a tour with Motörhead and Iron Maiden. Goldy returned in 2000 for Dio's eighth studio album, Magica, but subsequently left before completion of Dio's ninth effort, Killing the Dragon, which was released in 2002 through Spitfire Records. The album also features the return of Craig Goldy on guitar, who previously left the band after the Dream Evil tour.

Pilson had earlier played with Dio in the 90s. The album features multi-instrumentalist Jeff Pilson (ex-Dokken) on bass duties. In 2004 Dio released their tenth studio album, Master of the Moon on September 7, 2004 in America through Sanctuary Records, and on August 30, 2004 in Europe through SPV Records. On July 21, 1987 their fourth album Dream Evil was released.

In 1986 Vivian Campbell left the band to join Def Leppard and was replaced by Craig Goldy. Several songs were recorded during the tour for that album; they were to be released along with the studio-recorded "Time To Burn" on the "Intermission" EP. Now a five member band, they released The Last in Line on July 2, 1984, followed by Sacred Heart on August 15, 1985. To avoid having the vocalist stuck behind a keyboard in concert, the band recruited keyboardist Claude Schnell.

In May 1983 they released their debut album Holy Diver, on which Ronnie James Dio played keyboards. In addition to Ronnie, Vivian Campbell played guitar; Jimmy Bain, bass; and Vinny Appice, drums. Dio is a hard rock band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath.