It's a foregone conclusion that anyone who dares to cover Ronnie James Dio is putting themselves on the chopping block. Sure, any effort to do so is meant to honour one of the greatest voices in metal - ever - but there are always going to be a faction of keyboard warriors with a proverbial axe at the ready. Guitarist Paul Gilbert never gave said trolls a second thought as he embarked on his latest musical journey, however, which so happens to be a tribute to the legendary vocalist, entitled The Dio Album.
The record falls in line with Gilbert's previous works released over the last several years in that it's completely instrumental, showcasing classic Ronnie James Dio songs in a brand-new light by "singing" the vocals lines with his guitar. It certainly isn't for everybody, but Gilbert has survived the first few weeks since The Dio Album's release unscathed. In fact, the feedback has been remarkably positive.
Gilbert: "If you become a recording artist, well, I've been on the chopping block since I was 18 (laughs). For me, this is just the start. I made a list of about 40 singers, and I want to cover all of them because as a musician you learn so much from copying singers. Singers do things that instrumentalists often don't even try to do. If an instrumentalist wants to be tricky or sophisticated, often we take the route of 'Okay, I'll play something fast.' Do some exotic scales and that's one way to be sophisticated, but the way singers are sophisticated is deceptively simple. If you write the melody down on paper it doesn't look like there's a lot there, but to bring it to life, all the elements of expression are needed to keep the thing alive. So when I made my list, Ronnie was at the top
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