The first video that pops up for them on YouTube is Call To The Heart. I remember that song. I'm sure I haven't heard it since that radio station died in the 90s.

And yes, I like it. :-)
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I've seen The Rainmakers, Primus and Eric Johnson open for Rush. All good. I saw Mr. Big open for them a couple of times - not a fan. Of course, I preferred 3 hour long an evening with Rush format the best.

I saw Cheap Trick open for the Moody Blues (awesome). And a bunch of nobodies open for Cheap Trick over the years outside of The Get Up Kids which was a lot of fun.

The BoDeans opening for U2 was pretty good, but most opening bands I've seen have been pretty meh.
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I was friends with Doug Aldrich back in the mid-90's and while he wasn't a "member" of House of Lords, because they were kind of an "Open Door" gig in terms of guitarists, he played on the Blind Faith cover of Find My Way Home, which is an awesome version, IMO.

I never met the other guys. Ken Mary and Lanny Cordolla bolted for Christian Rock music after Guiffria (although they both appeared on HOL albums) so we weren't running in the same circles by the time I moved to Hollywood in 1993.
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Yeah, they had a couple of albums for MCA Records in the 80's.

The first album found quite a bit of radio and MTV success but the second album, in which several band members were replaced, didn't do much in terms of record sales and radio play. The band signed with Geffen after their second album but the third album was never completed or released.
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Were you still friends with Doug when he started playing with Ronnie? Killing The Dragon is one of my favorite Dio albums.
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I realized why I never heard of them back in the day - they were together from '85 to '87, the years I was on my ship. Being out to sea back then was like being in outer space from a cultural standpoint. And when the ship was in Norfolk, I was generally working 12+ hour days and was so goddamn poor that I could barely pay the bills and eat, let alone buy new albums. There are tons of songs, TV shows and movies from those years that to this day I've never seen or heard of. Sometimes, like today, I discover them by accident.
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We hung out quite a bit from 1994-1996. He was in Lion at that time and also had a few other bands but none really broke through.

And yeah, I'm with you on his only Dio album - it's my favorite, by far, and it's a damn shame he didn't get to record another with him before his death in 2010.

His two albums with Whitesnake are awesome, IMO, as well. He was the only guy to take what John Sykes did on the 1987 album and run with it.
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I have pretty much everything Dio has recorded save for some of the Elf stuff and before. My big 3 are Dio, Sabbath, and Judas Priest. Between then I’m only missing 3 studio albums now. And of course since Dio was also in Sabbath, that makes H&H and Mob Rules my 2 favorite albums, period.

And that brings me full circle in this thread. I really regret not making an effort to see the 2009 H&H tour. Nobody knew Ronnie had less than a year to live. :-)
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Giuffria does a song "Call to the Heart', which I think was their biggest hit. It's one of those songs whenever Hair Nation plays it on XM Radio I've got to turn it up. The singer was David Glen Eisley who married the actress Olivia Hussey and I believe they're still together. He had a great voice similar to Survivor's late singer Jimi Jameson. The band had some chops, as mention Greg Giuffria was with Angel, guitar was Craig Goldy who also played with Dio and bassist was Chuck Wright who was with Quiet Riot.

Here's Call to the Heart live in Japan 1985



I saw on the news a few years ago that Greg Giuffria was doing quite well living in Las Vegas running casinos and developing properties. In fact they did a reunion tour in 2015 and the band with his name, he was the only one not to show up. David Glen Eisley apparently can no longer hit the high notes. This is from a show in England in 2015, that's David Glen Eisley in the ball cap and it's almost painful to listen to him trying to sing.


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Ronnie Dio & the Prophets, Ronnie James Dio was a doo whop singer when he was about 21. He was born July 10, 1942, I can always remember his birthday because I was born on July 10 and my wife was born in '42, that just sticks in my head. He got the stage name early, his real name was a little too long "Ronald James Padavona".


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Dude you seem to be on the same wavelength I am. I love rock/metal history and playing the whole “6 degrees of” game. I mean, just start with the band you have in your name and that tree is absolutely insane.
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Yeah, I don’t have any of the Prophets stuff because it’s so hard to find.
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