Tracy G (born Tracy Grijalva on January 3, 1959 in Whittier, California) is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his time with Dio from 1993 to 1999. His first band was with his father, called the Grijalva Brothers. He had a few guitar instructors when he was little, and was told by one of them that he would have a hard time playing because "his fingers were too small". Grijalva, being the determined musician that he was, would practice until his fingers hurt. He would later play in a variety of bands, including with future member of Great White, Jack Russell. He also put together the bands Love/Hate with singer Jizzy Pearl, and Swift Kick. He would play at almost any club he could find to get his publicity out. He also played with vocalist Rudy Torres and drummer Audie Desbrow (Great White) in Riff Raff, a very popular band around southern California in the early days of hard rock and heavy metal. Tracy then joined Dio. In his six years with the band, Tracy G was featured on two studio albums, (Strange Highways and Angry Machines), and one live album (Inferno: Last in Live). He left the band in 1999 when he was asked to play rhythm guitar while Craig Goldy took lead. Dio decided to bring back Goldy, who had played with him on the Dream Evil album. Tracy G formed The Tracy G Group, which included Jeremy Masana on bass guitar, Donnie Rodriguez on drums and, respectively, Tracy G on guitar. Further, Tracy G is in the band Goad-ed. They have released two albums and Tracy has released numerous solo albums as well. Tracy G. is working with members of Barren Cross in a new project called Gale Force. The album is called Subhuman and was released in 2021 --- An excerpt from the biography found on his website: Tracy eventually hooked up with drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain, and Ronnie James Dio in the legendary band 'DIO'. They toured, wrote, and recorded with 'DIO' for six years. During this time, he continued to write alone and with others. He kept his wheels spinning, recording and experimenting all the time. --- <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tracy+G">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.