“…Dion has lived and breathed this music, so it feels totally genuine. A 45-minute DVD is attached in which he shares personal reminiscences, reaching an emotional peak with a story about giving up his seat to Valens on the fateful 1959 plane crash that killed Valens, Holly, and the Big Bopper. The DVD alone is [...]
Dion Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock (Saguaro ***1/2) It’s the voice, still magnificent as he nears 70, that got Dion DiMucci into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lately, however, the Wanderer has also been showcasing his underrated guitar chops, first with two sets of acoustic blues and now this collection saluting some [...]
Dion is as iconic a rock ‘n’ roller as America has ever seen. Now he is honoring the guitar heroes that inspired him with a new album on Saguaro Road Records, “Heroes: Giants of Early Rock,” due out Sept. 30. The 15 tunes Dion sings were made famous by late rock stars such as Buddy [...]
“I got the feeling that people were looking at the ’50s like this (creatively) light era,” says Dion, whose newest album, “Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock” (Saguaro Road Records), came out last week. It finds him putting his own spin on the music of Vincent, Ricky Nelson, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Roy Orbison and others. [...]
Dion “Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock” 4 stars Did the world need another record of covers of inimitable ’50s rock ’n’ roll classics like “Summertime Blues,” “Be-Bop-A-Lula” and “Blue Suede Shoes”? When that record comes from Dion, the answer is yes. A ’50s rock hero himself, the 68-year-old Dion is best known as a [...]
“The cover of his own “The Wanderer” demonstrates both the passage of time and the immortality of a good song.”
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Dion remembers his heroes on his new album Click-2-Listen By LESLIE GRAY STREETER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Friday, September 26, 2008 There are no Gene Simmons songs on Dion DiMucci’s new album. But he did influence it, kind of. “I was talking to a friend of mine, a record collector, and I asked “Do [...]
Rolling Stone has selected Dion for its special issue on the 100 Greatest Singers (to run in late October or in November). More details to come.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Dion played a song for Paris Hilton. More videos to come. Album in stores 9/30. Preorder here