Whole Lotta Rosie, with Rowan Robertson age 15

Whole Lotta Rosie performed by 'Shoot the Moon' and guests in Saffron Walden, England around 1988. Rowan Robertson on guitar (before joining Dio), also, Booga- guitar, Jim Peacock- vocals, John Starr- bass, Crispin Turkentine- drums

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[romneya7]

Thanks for watching! Rowan's my brother. Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[cheese0tron]

@romneya7 can you tell him to release the work he did with dio that was shelved he one of my favorite guitar players but he only did one album with dio and i would love to hear more of his work and more of dios.

[ACEDIMEMUSTAINE]

@cheese0tron YES BRING THOSE TAPES BACK FROM THE GRAVE AND LET US HEAR EM? PLEASE!!! ROWAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG INFLUENCE ON MY STYLE, "WILD ONE" IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DIO SONGS EVER.

[alexkopela]

I also want to say about this video that it is great to watch a band that plays really well together and has a good vibe/chemistry. Everyone's performance in Shoot The Moon is 100% on the money. Great stuff and the energy is wonderful!!! I say this because nowadays I see so much tension in bands and experienced some bad vibes on stage myself in the past!

Thanks for posting this!!

[alexkopela]

I have said this before, but I will say it again. Rowan Robertson was one of the best guitar players Ronnie James Dio ever worked with. He has that thing in common with Vivian Campbell,Doug Aldrich which is that Rowan can play the blues. That stylistic diversity is why he bought in such power into Dio. A real shame he did not do more albums in that band. And I did meet Rowan with my sister back at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1990 and I have the photo to this day.

A totally great person. Best wishes

[rallyivan1234]

@romneya7 what's your name?

[smudgeridoo]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Glad Dad's home videos are bringing back good memories for you! I wasn't at the gig myself but I bet Iza Blue rocked too.

[susoni17]

Yey, mate I never thought I'd see this again! Brilliant. I was in the band that played before this lot! Or was it Thaxted?! Tell Rowan that Lui from the Iza Blue band says HI! And I see a young Booga too. Dan went on to play with Rythmn Department, and Crispin joined a band that won the Cambridge rock comp around1989/90. Cheers for the memory dude.:-)

[69louca]

Amasing! Spent most of my late teens with these guys. Still have photos of them all. I remember the last jam that Rowan did with the band in Thaxted before he went to join Dio. They played Jump, and oh my god still gives me goose bumps now when I hear it. Hi to Dan B, Jon etc. Where are you now? Often to be seen with Hugh Turner!

[FellaW4]

Wow - stumbled upon this by mistake! I was in the audience, loved Shoot the Moon - was good mates with James Free, the vocalist (not here), and the rest.

They did a bit of a reunion gig a few years back in some pub in Saffron Walden with John, Crispin and Dan on guitar. They were a good band, shame the never made it big.

[ReneeNme]

Have you given a listen to the DC4 / Explode CD which includes Rowan in the bands line up ? Good lawd it's SMOKIN.