Portsmouth, New Hampshire Stands Up And Shouts For Dio

“I live in Philadelphia where the Betsy Ross House-in which Ross, who probably didn’t sew the first American flag, may not have actually lived-is considered a national landmark, yet my former home of Portsmouth boasts not so much as a plaque trumpeting it as the irrefutable birthplace of Ronnie James Dio, the Black Sabbath/Rainbow/Dio frontman who not only penned such timeless anthems as ‘Rainbow in the Dark’ and ‘Neon Knights,’ but also popularized the iconic ‘devil’s horns’ as heavy metaldom’s official salute.”
-Portsmouth New Hampshire-born music writer Shawn Macomber insists that his hometown must honor its dearly departed like Cortland, New York-where Dio spent his teenage years-has (since 1988!) with a street called Dio Way. At least one reader agrees. There’s a movement afoot!