Craig Goldy on Ronnie James Dio's Moment of Doubt, "I'm almost in tears" - Interview 

@Geoffrey Bowen Thank YOU!! I'm glad you remember that! It's those kind of moments that most people are not at their best and Ronnie....no matter how he felt or how little sleep the night before.....he would always have time for his fans....no matter what! And he most always blew their minds with kindness!! Thanks!!

@@TCraigGoldy I miss him so bad. I lived in PHX and the Bay Area over the years, I saw him at least 10 times. Never missed a show. When that red can light next to the monitors would light him up and he hammered the crowd with the Horns! Chills!! Thank you again for responding.

@@geoffreybowen4788 Thank YOU brother!! I appreciate you saying the things that you say....and....in the way that you say them! Shows you have a heart like Ronnie! And he would've loved to get to know you as much as you would've loved to get to know him!

do you have any idea how creepy you are? you stalked some celebrity in an airport.

@@Granite165 so his creepiness is genetic then? I knew it

@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631 Thank you for that!! Very cool thing to say!!

@@TCraigGoldy Anytime! Lot's of egotistical people in the music business & you are not one of them. You are a great guitar player as well. Wishing you all the best life has to offer in 2024. ✌️

Agreed 100%. I hate this politically correct nightmare we live in today. Nice to enjoy channels like this that can take us back to simpler times

@@mrmaxaxl I think your troubles run deeper than political correctness....I'm think8ng your just a rebel and have a problem with authority.....and frankly, just don't like being told what to do.........damn it!!! Lol

@@warinsidemyhead8939 You hit the nail on the head 😁

@@mrmaxaxl 🤪😝

@@warinsidemyhead8939 @Max W You guys are great!!

For sure. I also saw him in Roughcutt at a Sacramento club. Then later with Dio. Those were great times.

If it was Rough Cutt opening up on the Sacred Heart tour, then it wasn't Goldy, it was Hager and Derakh on guitars.

@@andyhayes7828 I saw Dio and Rough cutt a few different times..

i am glad now - to have seen goldy with dio in 86 in melb Australia

@Kevin Curry Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad that the interview comes across the way it's intended to on your end!! Thanks for saying what you did and in the way that you said it!!

@El Nino Thank you my friend!!

I also sent that to an 84 in Los Angeles

I have heard some demos here on youtube that sounded great and quite close to the final product so it sounds like this may be true.

@david smith Thank you for that David!!

@Journeyman Thank YOU!! I appreciate you saying that! And I appreciate you!!

Yes times changed and grunge sign of the times had a little to do with a lot but I've always stuck with the dio eras thru thick n thin. So some of the not so popular or should I say deep cuts that rarely made radio airplay are my favs and yes Thomas Goldy is one phenomenal human being and guitarist songwriter with a vision getting stoned once in a while I would rather listen to dream evil or magica and master of the moon resurrection kings or dream child there's no wrong choice of any era of any music man it's cool for all occasions

Mine too! Sucks they split up after Dream Evil. The follow up to that would have been phenomenal. I like Dream Evil more now than Holy Diver and Last in Line.

@@elinino5275 wtf💀said nobody, that album doesn’t even scratch the surface of holy diver, your tripping hard

@@drewmo1109 you obviously don't have a clue about song composition & melody. Dream Evil is just as good or even better than those. It's miles better that sacred heart

@@elinino5275 no dog in the hunt ,but no its not .not even close .but yes sacred heart was a low point

@Super Dave's Guitar Party Thanks man!! I appreciate you saying that! And I appreciate you brother!!

@Stefan Thank you my friend! Good to hear from you again!! And I appreciate your kind words way more than you could ever imagine!! Thanks for that!! Hope all is well and that you're all healthy and safe!!

@@TCraigGoldy I didnt expect to get an answer from you here on this channel, but im of course very happy to hear from you and appreciate your answer very much ! Im ok and i hope you are doing well. Again, i wish you all the best my friend ! 🤘🤘

@@Stefan- Thank you my friend!! I appreciate your kind words more than you know!! Thanks my friend!!

You are 100% right on!!

@Ellison Lowrimore Thank you for that!! Those words really do mean much more than you could ever know!! Thank you!!

That one with his two hands on the fretboard? Live at the spectrum 1986? Once I answered his comment on his instructional video on RU-vid and i mentioned the way he played this solo, he answered me back.

@@luisresplandes6093 That's the one. Helped me through many late nights at work, I would listen to that song for hours. Great that he responded, rare that guys do that.

@@NealVio Hey there!! Well....it shouldn't be rare that we take the time to thank you! You are the reason people still remember! I still put out new material....but it's guys like you two that make it all worth while!! Thank you Neal!! I appreciate you my friend!!

@@luisresplandes6093 Hey there my friend! Good to hear from you again! And thanks for your kind words!! They really do mean more than you know!!

@@TCraigGoldy it's a pleasure to talk to you again here on RU-vid, you are one of the reasons I started to study guitar, and soon I'll buy a guitar to start learning to play. Thank you Craig Goldy. I told my friend who is an English teacher that I talked with an former dio's guitarist and he was astonished. By the way, I always wonder, how did you get that guitar tone you played at the spectrum in 1986? It sounds alike a videogame song or something like.

@The Truth Hurts Thank you!! I'm glad that this came across the way it did!! Going by your YT name.....if it didnt.....you'd say so!! Thanks!!

@@TCraigGoldy you are welcome. I remember reading about your band Giuffria in the 80s. Was interested because you guys were compared to my favourite band Deep Purple.

@@thetruthhurts6652 Thank you my friend!! Deep Purple is my favorite band too!! Then Rainbow!! Thanks!! Very cool thing to say!!

@@TCraigGoldy I went back and listened to your records from the 80s. You guys sounded like Van Hagar before Van Hagar existed. Very good.

@@thetruthhurts6652 Hey there my friend! Thank you for the kind words! Just out of curiosity....which songs are you saying sounded that way? If you don't mind me asking!!

Lol no he wasnt

FABULOUS Show! I enjoyed Machine Head and Megadeth that nite too. I think I drove to San Diego for that one

@@bradchervel5202 He had his faults like everybody else. But he was still a a nice guy.

@@markey412 Viv had a bit of a different experience

@@bradchervel5202 I'm aware. Like I said, he had his faults.

@Jayson Raphael Murdock Thank you for that!! I really appreciate your kind words more than you know and I appreciate you!!

@@TCraigGoldy dude, Dream Evil is my favorite album by Dio. And that riff from Fever Dreams is like musical cocaine it is so addictive

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Hey there! Thank you again for your kind words! They really do mean more than you know! Reading my responses don't truly reflect my full gratitude!! But...I do really appreciate you!! Also, As much as I'd like to take credit for the riff in "Fever Dreams".....that was/is Ronnie's riff.....he did say he used the Dream Evil riff as a guide! And we both always wanted to have a "Man on the Silver Mountain-like" riff of our own!! Thanks man!!

@Ken Edie Thank you for your kind words!! They mean way more than you can imagine!!

Craig is one of my favorite players. His playing with Dio is so perfect,.Craig is a great guitar player .End of story...

@@kenedie4646 Wow! Thank you my friend!! That was a very cool thing to say!!

@Eric Pymm Thank you my friend! You've been such a great source of encouragement and inspiration!! And a great friend! Thanks man!!

@@TCraigGoldy It's always so good to hear from you. I think we must have at least a dozen different conversation threads going on here in RU-vid 🤣! I'm always worried one of us has missed something! And it's difficult to find previous conversations, I dont know if there is a way search or somehow mark certain comments to make them easier to track. Oh well, I'm happy we get to talk at all😃. I got your email and sent a confirmation reply back, so I hope you got that. Take care my friend, as always, looking forward to future conversations and music!

@@MrEricPymm Thank you my friend! I'll be emailing you something soon and look forward to your reply! Take care my friend! And thank you for being such a great source of encouragement and inspiration!! Yes....we do have quite a lot of communication threads! It's easy to keep track in my notifications until those are replaced with current ones! Wish YT didn't delete past notifications, but then I suppose their server would be over worked and it is already!! Thanks my friend!!

@jenny Stryker Thank you for that! Viv will forever be THEE quintessential Dio guitarist!! And your kind words mean more than you know!! Being in Dio wasn't a gig or a step towards reaching the top of my ambitious goals....like some....it was and still is a dream come true! Ronnie and I were friends and we liked to work and hang out together often just the 2 of us!! And I'll never forget that and will be forever grateful!! Thanks Jenny!!

Viv said his main influence was T-Rex. Goldy says his influence was Richie Blackmore. I'll take Goldy

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@Dave G Thank you for that! And I appreciate it and you more than you can imagine!!! Viv is THEE quintessential Dio guitarist there's no question about that! Those first 2 albums were not only the best....but Broke New Ground! That's the important thing to remember!! Ronnie went forward with those until his fans started missing the Rainbow sound! And the Sabbath sound....which is where Dream Evil and Magica come into play! Me being in Dio wasn't a gig towards climbing the ladder of success for my own ambitious goals ...it was a dream come true!!

@@TheHighwayDreams Viv is THEE quintessential Dio guitarist there's no question about that! Those first 2 albums were not only the best....but Broke New Ground! That's the important thing to remember!! Ronnie went forward with those until his fans started missing the Rainbow sound! And the Sabbath sound....which is where Dream Evil and Magica come into play! Me being in Dio wasn't a gig towards climbing the ladder of success for my own ambitious goals......it was a dream come true!!

@@TCraigGoldy you’re a bloody icon too mate.. dream evil is in my top 3 DIO releases. Such a big part of my younger days growing up. Cheers and respect Herr Goldy 💪💯

@DTM 1864 Thanks my friend!! Very cool thing to say! I gotta admit....one of the proudest and saddest moments in Dio history has to do with that very thing a bit! At one point in time....Ronnie's doctor gave Ronnie a clean bill of health and told him and Wendy that he could do whatever he wanted to do! We all thought he'd go back with the Mob Rules Sabbath line up of Heaven and Hell....he was back in the 20,000 seat arenas again and they were making money hand over fist....and we thought he'd want to sock away as much as he could for his retirement.....so when Wendy asked him...."What do you want to do?" Ronnie said...."I want to write with Craig" Ouch!! And WOW!! We did write a song for Magica II....and he wrote more of the story.....so, I'm assuming that this song will surface some day! Thanks my friend! Good to hear from you again!!

@@TCraigGoldy If you don't mind me indulging for a few minutes; there were a few things that would hypnotize me when I was a young. One was anything Jimi Hendrix, the other was the Hear N' Aid VHS tape that I would watch in my college dorm. As I got older and analyzed people's playing more, I understood why you were chosen to open up the guitar solo section of the song. The genius of Ronnie, Vivian, Appice and Bain's work is right out there in front for everyone to hear, but choosing the guitar parts to go on record must have been a gargantuan task considering who was in that studio. Every one of those amazing guitar players would have came out like gang busters if given the opportunity to start it off. But among the amazing, Craig Goldie, did not do that. What you did was tap the beast on the shoulder, like waking up the dragon and watching him crawl around before he goes buck wild, (Wo Wah A Woo, Wo wah wo wah wah)... Damn, I call that genius. Buck Darma also nicely puts the button at the end of the solo section. That is a lesson music dynamics in one song. I try and use that whenever I play or conceive a solo part.

@@DTM-ch7jy WOW! Thank you for such kind words!! Whenever I did something that Ronnie liked he would grab my arm and say "That's right, that's right" or "Nice one Goldy"...in the good sense! You and Ronnie are the only ones so far that picked up on that! In fact that's why Ronnie flew me in from a couple days off from the Giuffria tour! And when I played the opening solo bit....once I stopped and wanted to try again....aa he's grabbing my arm he's says "See, that's why I had you go first....I knew you would start out with a theme and not start noodling around"! That was a really cool moment of so many that I'll never forget!! Thank you for noticing! Do you play guitar or are in a band? Do you have any links you could share so I can get a good idea of where you are at this phase of your life? Maybe I can help! It would be for free! But anyhow...thanks for the kind words!! And I hope all is well and that you're all healthy and safe!!

@@TCraigGoldy I could only imagine what a Magica 2 would have been like. Magica, Master of the Moon and the Dream Evil albums are permanently on whatever CD music player, or phone music app I'm using. As for me, I haven't played out in about 20 years. I was part of a large 15 piece Jazz ensemble . Ironically I'm not a jazz minded guitar player. Pop and Rock are my thing, but I was available, adaptable and my work supervisor commandeered my services knowing it would be a good education for me. Still till this day Jazz is a mystery to me. There are also a few failed attempts at starting bands with friends and family over the years; not really the way to go. What's also ironic is that I love the sound of my guitar playing yet I haven't recorded much of my playing. I dislike the sound of my voice which is common; most people don't like the sound of their voice.... but I love hearing my guitar playing from a recording, yet I've done so little of it. I'm currently finishing up a Christian Baptismal song that I always ask other people to sing for me, and a few instrumentals. I also quit my career job about a year ago (semi retired) and took on a regular job just so I can make myself happy. The pandemic changed the mindsets of a lot of people. I promised myself, I would spend my time becoming a better guitar player, work on some new guitar build projects and learn to play drums, which is also a mystery to me. Thanks for responding back. You have no idea how that makes my year. I brag to my friends about it all the time.

@@DTM-ch7jy Ahhhh! Thank you for that ending statement! But to get to the point... It's never too late to go after your dream! If you can be brutally honest with yourself....and I know you just said you don't like to record yourself...but, it IS really important to record yourself for a number of reasons!! What I want to say is too long! Send me a private message on FB....letting me know that you are DTM 1864, with your email address and I'll get your some help! But I need to know what level you are at....so, I'll need to hear a recording of yourself so I can "diagnose" where you are and where you want to be....and how to get there! There's nothing wrong with a 4th quarter win!! If your life was the Super Bowl...you might've been behind in the first 3 quarters. Music career-wise.....but as we've seen in many actual super Bowls how a team behind wins in the 4th quarter!! I too am a 4th quarter win!! Hope to hear from you soon! And I'll do as much for you as I can for free!! Take care my friend and say hello for me to your friends! Thank you again for all your encouraging comments!

Absolutely correct!!

Yeah I've only ever heard good things about him, his Mrs on the other hand heard some dodge shit about her but not like Sharon Osbourne shit though.

Vivian and Ronnie had issues for years but in Dio's later years they publicity in the press moved on through their harsh words against each other.

@patrickarrington738 Wow!! Thank you my friend! You really have become quite a great source of encouragement and inspiration for me and I truly appreciate it!! Thank you my friend!!

Man how do I miss your replies but I visit sometimes

Whereas Ozzy liked American guitarists

Robert Taylor!! You are right!! Ronnie did prefer European Guitarists over American Guitarists! Ronnie always said that Brittish Guitarists just go for it and to hell with what happens afterwards....whereas American Guitarists are all too often trying to prepare for what comes after before they even start! I had a bit of that in me! And Ronnie got most of it out of me during the Rough Cutt recordings!! And I understood what and why he took that approach! And glad he tried teaching that ( out of many things ) to me!!

@Ed Morones Thank you my friend for your kind words!! And I appreciate that more than you could ever imagine!! And I appreciate you!! I've had my fill of really bad YT videos where the Dio band no longer had the tour budget to bring our own amps along with us and the promoter would skimp on the backline to save money and I'd get a really crappy amp to play through which hindered my abilities across the board and people see those videos and quite honestly I can't blame them for thinking I suck! Cause I did....under those circumstances!! Oh well!! Thanks Ed!!

@@TCraigGoldy ROCK ON DUDE!

@@i5150v1 Thank you my friend!! Appreciate you brother!!

@@TCraigGoldy I’m not sure if this is the real Craig Goldy, if it is, could you give me a hint at playing the main riff from overlove, haha I know, but that thing is sick and I haven’t been able to get it. Anyways, continue to rock on, I just subscribed to your channel and digging the tunes.

@@i5150v1 Thank you my friend! The thing about the intro to "Overlove" is that I was experimenting with accents....making the fast part like a figure 8 with the accents on the curves and like the fast sound of when people gargle with mouthwash.....it's rather a fast sound that comes from their throats as they gargle. I was trying to incorporate that, accents and the figure 8 into the intro. Otherwise it would just be fast notes with a clean guitar sound. That's the best way I can describe it! I'm getting ready to do private lessons and sessions on Skype cause people have been asking about that.....sometimes just to show them how certain things were done cause they were actually quite good on their own and did not need lessons.....just a private session! Let me know if that is of any interest to you and we can make it happen! I do not charge very much because my aim is to help....being expensive is not helpful!! Thanks Ed!

@Christopher Gordon Exactly!! But that was the whole point! It was so mind blowing that he pulled me aside and as we listened to the whole album from start to finish again...he shared a moment of doubt. And I thought this album was a no brainer hit...and it was!! But he and I were friends and throughout the years we often would go off to the side and just talk the 2 of us! I'll never forget those times and will be forever grateful!! Thanks!!

Ronnie may have heard some of Slide it In, which was a great album, and Coverdale was already a monster frontman.

@Boogaloo It doesn't go into why Ronnie said that about Coverdale in this section of the interview.....what Ronnie was worried about was his looks of all things! He said that He didn't look like the "Greek Gods" like Coverdale and others...and didn't write about "Love" or do many "Love Songs" as they did....that's what Ronnie had said to me about Coverdale! Ever since Holy Diver....the record companies were always trying to get Ronnie to do more "commercial" type songs....and he knew that would happen eventually and he just didn't think he fit that mold nor did he want to....and in that moment before Holy Diver was released it was those things that he knew he would have to do battle with. I knew he would win.....no question!! But he just had a moment of doubt...and I was blown away that he turned to me in those times! There are videos where Ronnie starts out the 1st verse with the wrong lyrics and runs over to my side and when we bump shoulders it's like he knows ( like sometimes on stage he'll ask me what's the lyrics to the next line? And I'll tell him and we look like we're just joking around from the crowds point of view! ) I'll remember!! And it's really quite cool to have that unspoken trust!!

@@whamsie4022 Much of what you say is true....if you feel like it....read the reply to Boogaloo! Thanks!!