set list:
Turn Up the Night (Sabbath song)
Holy Diver (Dio song)
I Don't Know (Ozzy cover)
Children of the Sea (Sabbath song)
Mob Rules (Sabbath song)
The Sign of the Southern Cross (Sabbath song)
Neon Knights (Sabbath song)
War Pigs (Sabbath cover)
Iron Man (Sabbath cover)
Stand Up & Shout (Dio song)
Heaven & Hell (Sabbath song)
Caught In the Middle (Dio song)
We Rock (Dio song)
Rainbow in the Dark (Dio song)










Jim was super nice and I shook his hand and said
"Well, you're with the right Vinnie now - not Vincent but Appice!"

He laughed and said "You know about that? Ha!"

He said that Vinnie was not a good guy.

Interesting.....very interesting.....

And look!!! A band that is out there playing!! What an amazing concept!!!

Genebaby wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 7:41 pm Interesting.....very interesting.....

And look!!! A band that is out there playing!! What an amazing concept!!!

Indeed!

You know, as I was standing there having a great time I could not help but think to myself
"This could have been you Vinnie and then some."

IF he had pulled off the Nashville thing like he should have (weather it be the Creaturesfest thing or the previous thing with Jim, Carmine and Tony) he could have made a new start and toured and made a nice little career for himself.

I mean, the Arcada holds around 1, 000 and easily had he reproved himself again could have toured those size venues and sold them out.
It was obviously NOT what he wanted.

Vinny Appiece signed my Strange Highways booklet and that was cool because I had Ronnie's signature from that tour on it.

Unlike these guys, and so many others, Vinnie's legacy is littered with missed opportunities and outright damn stupid decisions.

He was going to play Graceland FFS!!!! How cool would that have been?