“I made it on my Tascam four-track, and on track one I put on Last in Line, and then I soloed along to it on track two.
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My head was full of that, so I sent a demo tape to Dio’s record label. I was a big fan of Steve Vai at the time, and I was dreaming of getting my big break the way he got his break with Frank Zappa. “Yeah, it’s a fairy tale, isn’t it? It was 1988 and I read in the metal magazines that Craig Goldy was no longer in Dio. It’s been more than 30 years since Lock Up the Wolves came out.
(Image credit: Ronnie James Dio/Facebook) But Robertson’s story has become the stuff of metal legend – and one that any musician with aspirations bigger than their britches can appreciate.Īs most of us daydream about having any gig right now, Rowan Robertson (who landed on his feet and has since worked with Bang Tango, Billy Ray Cyrus, Raiding the Rock Vault, and his own group, DC4) looked back and regaled Guitar World with the truly uncanny tale of landing his dream gig as a teenager, and how he learned the business on-the-fly in the company and care of a heavy metal legend. Following the album’s tour cycle, Ronnie James Dio got the call to reunite with Black Sabbath for the first time in a decade to make Dehumanizer, and the Lock Up the Wolves lineup of Dio never worked together again. Sadly, Lock Up the Wolves would be the only Dio record to which Robertson contributed.
From the fluid legato soloing on album opener Wild One to the bluesy, melodic work on Night Music, Robertson’s guitar playing and songwriting on Lock Up the Wolves sounds like that of a seasoned pro. Lock Up the Wolves has since found its place among Dio devotees as a unique and well-loved record that highlighted the strength of Ronnie James Dio’s powerful vocals over mid-tempo, riff-focused songs, which were a real contrast to the high-octane fare that defined the band’s early records.įor Rowan Robertson’s efforts, Lock Up the Wolves bristles with absolutely killer guitar work, made all the more impressive by the fact that he was just a kid when he wrote and recorded these songs, and had no prior experience in a professional recording studio.
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