1980:
Kerry Livgren's Seeds Of Change

Members

Ronnie James Dio	Vocals
Barriemore Barlow	drums
Phil Ehart	drums
John Thompson	drums, gong
Paul Goddard	bass
Gary Gilbert	bass
Bobby Campo	trumpets, percussion, tambourine, horns
Jeff Pollard	vocals
Steve Walsh	vocals
Mylon LeFevre	vocals
Davy Moire	vocals
David Pack	vocals
Brad Aaron	backing vocals
Davy Moire	backing vocals
Steve Venezia	backing vocals
Victoria Livgren	backing vocals
Donna Williams	backing vocals
Steve Walsh	backing vocals
Jeff Pollard	backing vocals
Mylon LeFevre	backing vocals
John Fristoe	backing vocals
Joey Jeff	backing vocals
The Moaning Multitudes	backing vocals
Kerry Livgren	guitars, piano, synthesizers, bass, organ, vocals, mongo drums, clavinet, fender rhodes, percussion
Darryl Kutz	harmonica
Robby Steinhardt	violins

History

Kerry Livgren, guitarist for Kansas, started to think about making a solo album in early 1979. He had written lots of material which didn't fit to Kansas' style and he considered to release it on his own album. However, as he became born-again Christian, he wanted to make a Christian album. He gathered several musicians and singers he knew for the album, as well as one previously unknown singer to him, Ronnie James Dio. He had seen him singing for Elf several years ago and thought Dio had enough power and range, as well as expressiveness in his vocal style to sing on the album.

At the time of Livgren's project, Ronnie James Dio was singing for Black Sabbath, a band which is generally considered as Satanic band amongst various religious groups. This has been rumored as one of the reasons why Livgren wanted Dio to sing two tracks on the album - Livgren supposedly wanted someone earthly to sing on his album to prove the power of the God. Some interviews also claim that Ronnie James Dio didn't know about the Christianity of the album before it was released, but this is most likely not true.

Discography

Discography