The 5th Annual March of DIMEDAY is moments away from starting and every year it's a labor of love for me!  It's the one time a year I get to use my job and those four billion dollar satellites for the sole purpose of paying homage to one of my idols and member of my all time favorite band of my life, Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott from Pantera.

For 24 hours Liquid Metal on Sirius XM becomes Dime's personal metallically twanged out jukebox with nothing but bands that Dime would want to hear if he had his own radio station!  You'll hear tons of Pantera, Damageplan, Rebel Meets Rebel, rare solo material, collaborations, Slayer, Ozzy, Priest, Kiss, David Allan Coe, Metallica, Maiden, Sepultura, Hellyeah, Black Label Society, and tribute songs from Cross Canadian Ragweed, 2 Cents, God Forbid, Shinedown, and more!

It's the one day I schedule every single element by hand for a whole 24 hours!?!  That may sound easy, but it's not.... but it IS a fuk load of fun and I love it!!!!!  Who would have thought when I was kid getting my 1st tattoo, a CFH on my right shoulder when I was 16, that I would be able to give back so much in return to what his guitar playing and his band did for me.

Besides all the music Dime touched and praised, we air thoughts and words from his family, friends and fans... Vinnie Paul, Rita Haney, Zack Wylde, Kerry King, Gene Simmons, Rob Halford, Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne, Bobzilla, Jamey Jasta, Dave Ellefson, Big Val, Charlie Benante, Scott Ian, Buddy Blaze, and a shit load of "Dime Lines" from various sources...

Actually now that I'm done w/ this... I thought was going to be short blog entry ended up ending at exactly 3am ET... the start of Dimeday... Happy birthday bro, your music, spirit and energy forever lives on... here's to the pink beard in the sky!  Thanks for inspiring all of us... now and forever!

Hellyeah!

P.S.  We just got a new dog, my 1st since i was a kid, and we named him Rocky Dimebag Mangin, and my daughter's fav guitar player is... I'm just passin' it on yo...