V I N N Y

A P P I C E

AND

BROTHER CARMINE APPICE

PAY TRIBUTE TO

RONNIE JAMES DIO

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH VINNY APPICE

A special Ronnie James Dio tribute video By Carmine & Vinny Appice will be releasing soon. This Dio video celebration will commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the passing of the late, great singer, who died on May 16, 2010 from cancer. The video will be released on Sunday, May 16, 2020 on YouTube and on the Internet in general.

Besides being a close friend, Vinny Appice was also a longtime musical sidekick of Dio’s, performing with him in Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell.  Vinny also performed with Rick Derringer and, as a sixteen-year old in 1974, met John Lennon at the Record Plant Studios in New York during the recording of Lennon’s classic Walls and Bridges album, adding background hand claps to the hit single Whatever Gets You Through the Night.  And he and his original bandmates from the first Dio lineup reformed in 2012 as Last in Line to record and perform live. A consummate performer and drummer, Vinny also is a brilliant clinician, performing clinics and master classes all across the globe as well as making appearances in films and television.

 He has recorded and co-written songs on over 25 albums and CDs including many multi-platinum records. Touring the world for over 2 decades resulted in selling millions of records!

Vinny's drumming can also be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including Wayne's World 2, Heavy Metal, Iron Eagle and Bedazzled. Vinny, the author of drum instruction book "Rock Steady" and DVD "Hard Rock Drumming Techniques" has performed incredible powerhouse drum clinics around the globe also. Numerous books have been written about Black Sabbath and Dio with the authors always mentioning Vinny's unique powerful drumming style!

Some of the boys that got Vinnie’s drumming blood flowing......John Bonham, Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham and Mitch Mitchell.

For more information about Vinny Appice

Carmine Appice

And Ronnie James Dio

visit … 

Vinny Appice website - https://www.vinnyappice.com 

Carmine Appice website - https://www.carmineappice.net

Ronnie James Dio website - https://www.ronniejamesdio.com

Discography

with

John Lennon...Rick Derringer...

Black Sabbath and DIO

John Lennon

Walls and Bridges (hand claps on "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night"; uncredited) (1974)

Rick Derringer

Derringer (1976)

Sweet Evil (1977)

Derringer Live (1977)

Black Sabbath

Mob Rules (1981)

Live Evil (1982)

Dehumanizer (1992)

Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007)

Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)

Dio

Holy Diver (1983)

The Last in Line (1984)

Sacred Heart (1985)

Intermission (1986)

Dream Evil (1987)

Strange Highways (1993)

Angry Machines (1996)

Inferno - Last in Live (1998)

Matthew Landis

Born July 22, 1969 in Ramapo, New York, just north of NYC. 

Played college basketball for Springfield College, MA. 

Served in the USAF during the Gulf War period in the early 1990s.

Have 3 beautiful daughters and 3 grandchildren. 

Had a great sales career but was suffering from PTSD, depression, anxiety and ADHD. 

Got involved with some bad decisions and needed help. 

Became homeless in 2014 in Georgia.

Lost everything and then the VA in Wyoming picked up a really broken man, and offered help. I went through the treatment program here twice, and on my 3rd attempt, I decided to do something different. I needed a  change...I wasn’t sure what that meant but I met a counselor that had hiked the Pacific Crest Trail and a month later I was in Washington, about to hike 2,653 miles south to Mexico. Along the journey...the course of my life began to change. I met other veterans on trail who were also not well, and are now life-long friends. After the 2018 hike, I decided to hike it again. Another 2,653 miles...but by then, I knew I needed to help other veterans experience what I just did. So in 2019 I hiked the PCT again. And that's when the calling for suicide prevention became what I'm doing now.

Jeffrey C. Hall, a combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War, was appointed National Employment Director for the more than 1 million-member Disabled American Veterans (DAV) on March 31, 2014. From the DAV National Headquarters located in Cold Spring, Kentucky, Hall oversees special employment initiatives and works with private and public sector entities to develop and build partnerships to address joblessness and underemployment as well as facilitate job fairs and lead efforts to connect veterans and employers.

A native of Goodland, Indiana, Hall earned an associate’s degree in fine arts from Vincennes University, Indiana in 1986. He also earned certification in the lawyer’s assistant program from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois in 1994. He graduated from the management and leadership training program at Prince George’s Community College, Largo, Maryland in 1996.

Hall enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1988 and served as a member of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Tiger Brigade, 2nd Armored Division. On March 11, 1991, while serving in the Persian Gulf War, he was wounded when his vehicle struck an Iraqi anti-tank mine, resulting in concussion blast injuries to his lower and upper extremities. Following medical treatment and intensive physical therapy, Hall returned to duty and was honorably discharged in 1992.

Hall joined DAV’s professional staff as a national service officer in 1993 at the Chicago, Illinois, DAV National Service Office. In 1996, he was assigned to the position of National Appeals Officer at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals office in Washington, D.C., and was appointed Assistant Supervisor in Louisville, Kentucky in 1997. In 1999, he was appointed supervisor of the Chicago, Illinois, DAV National Service Office. In 2004, he was simultaneously promoted to Supervisor of the New York, New York, National Service Office and National Area Supervisor of Area 10. He was appointed Assistant National Legislative Director in 2010 and served in that capacity until his current appointment. He is also a member and former President of the National Guild of Attorneys in Fact, Inc.

Hall is a life member of DAV Chapter 19 in Cold Spring, Kentucky. He lives in Union, Kentucky, with his wife, LeeAnne, and their three children.

LUCINDA MONROE KING

Singer Songwriter at Universal Music Publishing, Lucinda Monroe is a shamanic practitioner, healer and facilitator of Earth Healing techniques. Using a variety of healing instruments: Shamanic Sami drum, Ancient Egyptian Harp, vocal toning & 7 Crystal Tones Alchemy singing bowls she uses to blend together to create a unique healing sound journey that is as magical as it is healing.

GINA PERO

Gina Pero is the CEO and Founder of Gina Pero LLC and Embracing You. She is a Professional Speaker, ICF Certified Life Coach and Certified Movement Specialist.

She received a BFA from the University at Buffalo. Gina has been featured at the Velocity Dance Convention, in Dance Informa Magazine, in My Vegas Magazine, on the cover of Holistic Fashionista, and in numerous podcasts and media.

Gina is a highly regarded leading expert, trainer, & speaker traveling to over 30 cities a year. Also, she is the host of her own popular podcast “The Gina Pero Show.” Due to Gina overcoming scoliosis as a teenager and becoming a professional dancer, a Radio City Rockette, and healing her own brain and spinal injury holistically, Gina’s expertise in teaching high achieving performers and creatives, adds a new kind of lifestyle in health, business, and career.

Gina is passionate about empowering her audiences and high achieving clients with her step-by-step systems so they can easily implement and perform with ease and confidence. Plus, with her proven techniques, her clients and audiences learn how to live an aligned and abundant lifestyle right now. Gina has a life-long commitment to being the Best of the Best for her audiences and clients. Whether she is speaking to a group of twenty or hundreds, Gina ignites and activates the atmosphere, with her mastery in communication and innovative approach.

HARRIET TINKA

As a Turning Point expert, Harriet Tinka is a perfect example of someone finding a need in the community and filling it. Despite dealing with obstacles in her life, she has overcome those hurdles and has found success by inspiring thousands of audiences reach their full potential.

Though stabbed, kidnapped and left for dead, she turned that horrifying experience into motivation. She has inspired and given hope to women who are faced with domestic violence. She is known by her students as a “Powerhouse Role Model” who makes being genuine the most powerful thing of all.

Harriet is an invigorating transformational speaker, passionate life coach, blogger, Chartered Professional Accountant, Football Official, and an ultra-marathon runner. She is the founder and CEO of the award-winning Social Enterprise, Empowered Me Inc, a company whose mission is to inspire and empower girls and women.

Harriet has received numerous awards including YWCA Woman

of Distinction, Global Woman of Vision, Afro- Canadian Community Woman of the Year, Action for Healthy Communities Youth Empowerment Award, Rotary

Integrity Award and Daughter’s Day Award just to mention a few. She is a tireless philanthropist, and a Toastmaster Divisional Champion.

Harriet feels blessed to have her journey supported by her partner Steve and her three lovable children Tristan, Rhiannah and Aaliyah

Jonathan Tyler musician

Tiffany Daniel joined the US Army in 1986,retiring in 2014,and is a CombatVeteran.She is presently in the US Army Inactive Ready Reserves. Her first combat tour was with the 115th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) in support of Desert Shield/Storm. She started as a Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)going on recovery missions later becoming an Automated Logistical Specialist (92A). Both positions held mainly by men. The main mission for the Mobile Hospital was to recover abandoned vehicles. Tiffany later became a combat medic for her Mobile Support Team (MST). From the onset of deployment Tiffany soon realized that her life had a bigger mission,and she has been determined ever since to submit to it. Tiffany has evolved into a woman of God created in His greatness daily pursuing her purpose driven life.Tiffany is an Analyst by trade and an Inspirational Health and Wellness Coach by purpose. She is a member of the following organizations: Federally Employed Women (FEW), a non-profit organization working as an advocacy group to improve the status of women employed by the federal government. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW),a non-profit organization that supports veterans to ensure they are respected for their service, always receive their earned entitlements, and are recognized for the sacrifices they and their loved ones have made in the community and for our country.With the VFW she held the positions of Chaplain, Past District and Post Commander.Heal a Woman Heal a Nation, member, a community-based organization that promotes holistic wellness for women and families through education,physical and mental health, economic and self-empowerment. In choosing to become an Ambassador, she decided to make the commitment to stay focused and support the leaders that activate change in our communities. On One Accord Ministries, Inc.,a faith based non-profit organization assisting women as they transition from Victims of Domestic Violence, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Rehabilitation and Returning Citizens, to getting their life back in order. Catherine Foundation Pregnancy and Crisis Center, a faith based non-profit organization that educates women on healthy lifestyles, gives support, counseling,and referrals (shelter, food, clothing etc.) to assist them during and after their pregnancy.PresentDirector for Women Veterans United Committee, Inc. (WVUCI).Tiffany has two loving sons and three darling grandsons. She is a native Washingtonian, attended Margret Washington Vocational High School where she graduated from the Licensed Practical Nursing Program to pursue a career in nursing. Tiffany holds a BS in Psychology, Institute of Intergrative Nutrition Alumni, Cleveland Clinic Certified in Behavioral Health and Wellness and graduate of Spirit of Faith Bible Institute, Ministerial Studies.Tiffanyhas now put all this dedication and experience together to assist her as she operates in her passion.She was the owner of the Independently Owned Curves of Fort Washington, MD a franchise for women’s health & fitness.