James Durbin - Dio "Rainbow in the Dark" Rock On The Range 2012, Columbus OH 5/20/12 live

[@pennywebb7835]

his performance and singing should be given nothing but praise. he has accomplished a rewarding but difficult and tiring task all why having tourettes and a few other issues. he puts on an excellant performance every time. bought his cd first thing and its great. so everybody lets give him a hands up. most of us will never achieve our dreams and he did even if its just for a little bit

[@FPChris]

He should fire his producers that autotune the shit out of his studio stuff.

[@ramkk512]

Yeah James, Ronnie would be really proud. So much power, You really rock man.

[@definitelynotcainan3353]

I was kinda like... "I don't know"... when I clicked on this. Wasn't expecting much.. I mean.. DIO! Takes some serious balls to have a go at THE voice of metal from the 80's, and ESPECIALLY Rainbow In The Dark.. But Dude delivered!

[@edsteward4363]

The lead guitarist absolutely kills that solo originally performed by Vivian Campbell. Smokin' ! Great vocals Dio would approve.

[@josetenorio6272]

Tiene actitud fuerza y es rocker y q mejor demostrarlo con un tema del pu.o amo del heavy metal 🤟 Ronnie forever

[@robertsmithii273]

Amazing cover... This young man has great vocal range and awesome talent

[@janihorst5474]

That would be 500 "THUMBS UP"!!! One just isn't enough!! WOW...WOW...WOW!!! JAMES DURBIN...WHAT A FANTASTIC VOICE and GREAT ENTERTAINER!!!!

[@Grneyedldy24]

This version is awesome they're all just killing it!!

[@TheUmystifyme18]

James has an immaculate voice filled with passion & emotion no matter what he sings. He's authentic

[@MichelSilvaPersonal]

HELL YEAH!!!!! Amazing job and a really touching hommage to our beloved Ronnie!!

[@francoisyogesh]

He is absolutely fantastic... 💖💖💖

[@met0701]

This is a great cover. JD is awesome.

[@misti1024]

James can sing anything . . . excellent!

[@johnhimes8660]

no matter what james sings cover or his own songs he always is filled with so much emotion that makes his performance that much more enjoyable. thankyou james for reminding many of us what its like to have good music once again. you bring classics back to life and you even manage to hook people with your own songs. keep up the great work.

[@janihorst5474]

That's what I would like to know!!! James totally kicked ass on this song!!! HOW can ANYONE dislike his singing of this great song??? Can you say STUPIDITY and IGNORANCE??? Ronnie would be proud...for sure!!! James puts his heart and soul into "RAINBOW IN THE DARK"!!! GO JAMES!!!! ROCK ON!!!!

[@alanmartin42]

Ronnie would be proud had to do a double take

[@Nebuchadnezzr]

durbin took the route i wish lambert took

[@babesinmusicland8875]

You and me both ! Lambert would have killed it in this ! James did, but so would have Lambert.. I was disappointed!

[@douglayton3498]

Bob Lambert killed it with Queen which may be the toughest front job in rock

[@TonysMusic1974]

Really? Lambert is the lead singer of Queen? How much frickin better can that get?

[@janihorst5474]

ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!! JAMES can sing anything! IT'S about time the media....RADIO STATIONS all over the United States realize just how GREAT and TALENTED this young man is!! PLAY "JAMES DURBINS" MUSIC" not just on U-Tube!! I figure after the tour...they should FINALLY....sit up and TAKE NOTICE!!!!!!!!

[@richardstewart7324]

He is a metal historian we need more people like him! 👍

[@digitalneko7975]

Amazing! There is a future for metal artists. A job well done guys even if this comment is in 2018.

[@likeitis66]

His name is Dylan and his old band Archer toured with Zakk and Black Label Society last year. Zakk is a HUGE influence. Good eye!

[@mulepitproductions8713]

Vocals good. Guitar work FABULOUS!🤘

[@bintang112003]

And this is why I like the guy! He went on Idol with HIS style, stayed true to it, and carried it on afterwards. He didn't try to win votes, public opinion, or the judges favours... he just did what he does. But the biggest reason for me... he didn't sell out for commercial success after!

[@TheRefmaks]

James and musicians are great men!!! Really nice played!!! \\m// ROCK ON GUYS!!!

[@balderodinson4451]

Ive done this as a cover in a few bands back in the 80s and can confirm these guys did this song Justice. Im glad James got a guitarist who could solo.

[@balderodinson4451]

Yeah, James and that guitarist are very good. They did this song justice. It's a shame they won't make it very big in the mainstream though. Mainstream is shit.

[@GPXgirl]

James has made it! He is the new lead singer of Quiet Riot. They were bragging about him in an interview! I'm so happy for him, he deserves it.

[@donaldlindsey8690]

Great singer. James should have won Idol that year !

[@DizzyDez613]

James kicking ass as usual. But can we please take a minute to appreciate the BASS TONE!!! Bad ass. Dio RIP

[@larryrachleff]

Kick-ass Job James! Keep rocking!

[@likeitis66]

I saw them in person too. This is one kick ass band!!! James has the best rock voice I have heard in a very long time, it's even more incredible live. I agree Dylan's hair is beautiful, and I miss Blake's (the other small guitarist on the other end) hair too. It used to be long just like Dylan's.

[@rickyhaze]

This is a near perfect representation of such a great song. Well done sir well done

[@dankester5607]

I was there when he did this. He fucking killed it. Fans went nuts. Is it his forte? No. Is he on my playlists? No. But his band did a good job with one of my fave songs and although he didn't quite hit the notes Ronnie did, he did a great job with it. There's a lot of potential in this young man, and I really hope his label lets himself do more work like this.

[@pvdguitars2951]

Guitarist makes me think of Zakk Wylde when he was young!

[@fendermatt497]

Awesome job! Great song, great cover!

[@CASNY4METAL]

rock on dude !!!! and new gig QR ahead

[@guibox3]

Durbin nails the essence of Ronnie's voice like no other!! He is simply amazing!!! I wish he'd have recorded more 80s metal on his album then the 'rock' mainstream on his first album. Still sounds like a sell out...nothing like what James can really do!! I truly hope he puts out an 80s metal cover album! That would be awesome!!!

[@vincegedeon6583]

Yeah he did good job !

[@AFXMCOM]

Great Cover of "Rainbow in the Dark". Vocal and Band ! James Durbin... Hope this Guy makes a Mark on R&R. It won't be for lack of talent if he does not because he has got it.

[@ashleyk.97]

James has a great talent

[@UNDEN9957]

Great job!

[@janihorst5474]

James's whole band is great! Saw them in person...Dylan.. his Guitarist with all that beautiful hair...alot of woman would die to have that hair!!! James is pretty tall...about 6'2"....Dylan doesn't look it on stage, but, he is fairly short, I would say maybe 5'8"...all that hair makes him appear taller. Funny how so many celebs look much different in person!

[@jaimeres]

Ritchie should have picked this guy for the new Rainbow band.

[@monicecilia1]

Great perfomance.

[@thomashughes5791]

Kick ass cover JD!

[@megat656]

Let me hear u hit the same note range he actually hit in this song..or better yet,try to hit the note range he hit during performing with Steel Panther for the song Sweet Child of Mine...What he really meant very near and dear to them is because Dio is the metal god after all..He's one of the best idol a real metal fan could have..Plus when Dio's wife called him to say Dio would be proud,ur comment is not valid for any arguments anymore..

[@someonehasthisid]

Great lead!!

[@thorodinzon7689]

Sounds great. Cool that he picked up a guitarist who can play. James needs to crank out more tunes this heavy.

[@ubcphilco]

WELL DONE!

[@bintang112003]

I like Lambert as well, but Durbin has stayed true to the rock style he showed us on Idol. Adam won it with glam rock, then went pop on us.

[@buzzman20]

Dude is legit

[@philpeterson4545]

Going to pre-empt my remarks with two acknowledgments: 1. Durbin has chops; definitely gifted. I’ve heard him sing for QR & he sounds more like Kevin DuBrow than Kevin did. 2. This cannot be overstated: RJ Dio’s vocal acrobatics are extraordinarily difficult - if not impossible - for any singer to match, let alone duplicate; I don’t care who you are. I am not speaking of “sounding just like” Dio; that would be a near impossibility (as I think Dio’s soaring vocals & growl were unique to his physiology), not to mention uninteresting. I instead refer to the tremolos, vibratos...the “swoops & swirls” that Dio did with the notes are just incredibly difficult. IMO, if one cannot sound just like Dennis DeYoung, or Steve Perry, or Freddy Mercury (all of whom have doppelgängers), one should at least be able to match the notes in the song they’ve picked to cover. With that out of the way, Durbin’s vocals on this song are, at times, difficult to listen to; sometimes flat, & sometimes sharp. At one point, he sounds like an alley-cat wailing. *shudder* It’s clear that he can hit all of the notes. I’ve heard Durbin perform other songs perfectly (or near-perfect), so it’s not as though he doesn’t know what he’s doing. It would appear, then, that he bit off more than he could chew. That is, he picked a very difficult song, sung by a perfectionist with unearthly singing abilities. Hell, even Dio frequently had challenges executing his own songs live! So I’m not knocking Durbin. I am knocking his execution of RITD in this video. Durbin, if you’re reading this, work on it. You’ll get it. It’s a worthy goal of someone with your talent.

[@cindyjensen2185]

I dont think he is trying to be Ronnie, it's a tribute from a breath of fresh air, Durbin brought metal back when it was slowly dieing off, you are right Dio is a legend, no one could touch his sound, but.... there are people like James who can do it justice, I'm a huge Judas Priest fan and to hear him do Halford is amazing but not Halford, I mean who can be besides Halford?? But to hear this man do various metal bands makes my heart smile, he us living the dream, and if you have heard his own albums, this man can sing. But as far as the tributes or covers he us the closest to the originals by far.

[@balderodinson4451]

I think you can get away with it if you have a second guitarist playing the notes. I used to use a small casio KB in a cover band, while the rhythm guitarist played the rhythm. But had I not had the KB, I woulda just noted it on the guitar. It's only like 6 notes.

[@boulder89984]

Great performance. Nailed if for sure. Every time I see big roadies like that standing there I remember this five foot 90 pound blonde girl that ask one to move over so she could see. He was about six foot four and just blew her off. She stood there for twenty minutes then just punched him in the gut so hard he hit the floor. Took two roadies and two cops to remove her. Good times and long live rock!

[@ironsight333]

I hear a little Sebastian Bach in His voice. Pretty cool

[@digitalneko7975]

I agree!

[@bigboycombo6342]

He does have a video of him singing I remember you

[@michelle1374]

Scott walters and I met Tracy G.at afriends BBQ and he went on about being in DIO's band . great guitarist! scott was mad tracy G tried to kiss me lol.. ah rockstars

[@bintang112003]

@Av3nged112 I would love to respond but your apparent lack of grammar prevents me from writing anything too complicated. instead I will simply say I too have all Dio's albums, I also have all Maiden's albums... but how can you say "this style of music is bad for the future"? It's a Dio tune! I thought you'd have noticed that. some people can't even troll properly.

[@raps17]

You can call him a poser but 70% of the crowd does not know who dio his but he does so his not a poser

[@gnisnot]

Until he broke out the tambourine...

[@salifm6919]

Name of the guitarists?

[@bintang112003]

How the fuck can this get dislikes?

[@bintang112003]

I can, yes... STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE!!! Couldn't agree more!!

[@Steele_Hard]

It's a good performance, but you can not play Ronnie James and his particular vocal range simply emulating his melodic tones, you cannot ignore the fact that this Young man, has not yet aged his voice, intones and sings well, but to interpretate DIO with accuracy You must sound like a man not a boy, otherwise it takes away all it´s personality and sense, anyway, great job, Hold On! \m/

[@balderodinson4451]

You do know Priest was on American Idol, right? Here's a little bit of insight Ill share wityh you. Theyre all in it for the money. Anyway, I dont watch the show. Dont like the catalog. I did watch it when James was on. Didnt like all his selections. But I understand the producers had him on a leash. That's how the biz is. They make you and can break you. If you want it bad enough, you compromise some of your artistic integrity. That's just how it is. Dio even tried to go commercial

[@MrAKROADKILL]

his guitar player looks like zakk wylde in his early days

[@corkystorky]

19 jazzlovers got in the wrong page

[@lloydmunga4961]

Just 1 minute in .... wayyyy too much weight on the vocals .... can he keep up? Edit: yes he can .... I'd like to hear what his next two songs would have been after this .... he tired himself out on this one. It's a hard song to sing ....

[@raps17]

He looks more like randy rhodes

[@jrock2264]

Guitarist is blunting the riff a bit doesn't sound right....

[@balderodinson4451]

Ill take a Gibson Les Paul over a Jackson or ESP any day. Much better guitar. I have 2. A Custom and Standard. I had a Charvel once. Hated it. My friend has a Jackson Soloist. Things a freakin log with strings.

[@Grimior00]

Is the guitarist Zak Wylds younger brother? Jeesh, the dude looks and acts like Zak on stage. I mean he even plays a Les Paul. Unless your in a cover band how about not trying to look and act like some one else. I mean the dude cant change his looks butt atleast pick up a Jackson or ESP to do something to not look like a total want to be.

[@nortonsux]

very near and dear to them? He makes it sound like he actually knew them! The band is good the singer not so much. Sounds like some metal head kid playing rock star in front of the mirror! Sings loud and proud just not very good!