Cryin' ...

[uwe]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/03/aerosmith-retire-touring-steven-tyler-vocal-injury

The Bostonians had some god-awful cheesy third-party penned material in their later oeuvre (and if truth be told, then Cryin' was among them ...), but Tyler was always a hell of a singer and frontman.

So you can actually sing your vocal cords to shreds. Enjoy your (deserved) wealth and we're awaiting that baritone-sung solo album, Steven!



(OMG, a young Joe Perry makes even Slash seem accurate and neat in his soloing! But for some reason, Aerosmith always encapsulated for me what was good about Amercan rock that came with an edge.)

I remember hearing about Aerosmith first in Europe in 1976 (it took a while for them to reach popularity here) when I read some 1975 CBS press blurb where Steven and Joe voiced their admiration for the New York Dolls in a mock interview around the time of (brilliantly-monikered) Toys in the Attic. This was pre-Punk Craze and no one, absolutely no one dared to like the New York Dolls in Europe then, they were deemed inept. And I thought, wow, these guys actually don't mind saying that they like them (and have lifted a bit off the NYD image in passing)! Mind you, it was either Joe or Steven who canvassed their fandom in the caveat: "But unlike with the Dolls, our success is based on the music alone!" 

[gearHed289]

I too first heard of them in '76 (I was 12). I made a new friend who brought over Toys in the Attic, and I became an instant fan. Never a super fan, but I love their 70s stuff. I was lucky to see them in '78 on the Draw the Line tour at a relatively small venue called the Aragon Ballroom (AKA the Brawlroom for very real reasons). That was the last album of theirs that I bought. For me, they peaked with Rocks. I wish them the best in whatever the future brings.

[uwe]

I only learned recently that the guitars on their second album were not played by Perry/Whitford, but - you'll guess it if you consider that Bob Ezrin and his engineer Jack Douglas were involved - by, yes, Hunter/Wagner. Called in at the last minute to achieve what Joe and Brad had issues with. Ezrin deemed Aerosmith so mediocre, he let Douglas become the producer.

Seriously, did we listen to anything in the 70ies from the USA that did not have Steve Hunter (glasses) and Dick Wagner (beard) secretly playing on it? 

[Pilgrim]

I only learned recently that the guitars on their second album were not played by Perry/Whitford, but - you'll guess it if you consider that Bob Ezrin and his engineer Jack Douglas were involved - by, yes, Hunter/Wagner. Called in at the last minute to achieve what Joe and Brad had issues with. Ezrin deemed Aerosmith so mediocre, he let Douglas become the producer.

Seriously, did we listen to anything in the 70ies from the USA that did not have Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner secretly playing on it? 

Or the Duck, or Carol Kaye?

[ajkula66]

Dick Wagner and Greg Arama...1972...