ELF Carolina County Ball Tracks: 1. Hoochie Koochie Lady 2. First Avenue 3. Never More 4. I'm Coming Back For You 5. Sit Down Honey (Everything Will Be Alright) 6. Dixie Lee Junction 7. Love Me Like A Woman 8. Gambler, Gambler Line up: Ronnie James Dio: Lead Vocals, Bass Steve Edwards: Guitar Doug Thaler: Keyboards Gary Driscoll: Drums Record Label: Purple Records Year of Release: 1972 Notes: Elf was a blues-rock band founded in 1967 by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein (Dio's cousin). The band was originally called The Electric Elves, but was shortened to The Elves and finally Elf in mid-1970. Elf disbanded in 1975, after recording three albums. Elf is the first album by Ronnie James Dio's blues rock band called Elf. It was released in 1972. In this album, Dio is listed by his birth name Ronald Padavona. He later explained in an interview in 1994 that he was already using Dio as his stage name years before this album, but he used his birth name on this album as a tribute to his parents so that they could see their family name on an album at least once. After this album, Steve Edwards replaced David Feinstein on guitar, and Craig Gruber took over bass duties, leaving Ronnie James Dio solely as the lead singer. This future lineup, minus Edwards, became the first incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow when guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed it after leaving Deep Purple. Produced by Ian Paice & Roger Glover