2008 – Armstrong and Getty: Cleavelend’s ‘Rock -n- Roll Hall of fame’ annouces ‘Run DMC’, famed for ‘Walk this way’(written by Aerosmith), will be inducted into the hall of fame. Excluded from the nominees are Stevie Ray Vaughn and Bon Jovi to name but a few.
Morning talk show hosts ‘Armstrong and Getty’ displayed their dismay of the announcement reffering to it as the ‘RECTUM OF FAME’ and intimating that Cleveland itself isn’t really the city you think of when you think ‘Rock-n-Roll’. Although, it is argued to be the birthplace of rock because of the DJ who first played it… well why not where it was first recorded… is that Memphis… or Los Angeles… I dunno…
This editor thinks they are greatly in the right by saying so. I think they should make a pre-requistie that you have to know how to play ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the guitar before you can be nominated.
Run DMC before Stevie Ray Vaughn… it should be called the ‘Hall of Shame’.
2001 – James Myers, whose 2-minute, 8-second tune “Rock Around the Clock” is considered the granddaddy of all rock’n'roll songs, dies of leukemia. He is 81. Myers wrote the song with Max Freedman in 1953.
1919-2001
JAMES E. MYERS
a.k.a. JIMMY DeKNIGHT
Posted May 11th – From the Associated Press:
Songwriter James Myers dies;
co-wrote ‘Rock Around the Clock’
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — James Myers, whose two-minute, eight-second tune “Rock Around the Clock” is considered the granddaddy of all rock ‘n’ roll songs, has died of leukemia. He was 81.
Myers, who died Wednesday, wrote the song with Max Freedman in 1953. Bill Haley & His Comets recorded it in 1954, and it soared to the top of the charts in 1955 as the theme song of the teen rebel movie “The Blackboard Jungle.”
With its rockabilly sound, the song was considered a breakthrough for crossing racial barriers by borrowing from rhythm and blues.
Myers, who also wrote under the name Jimmy DeKnight, wrote more than 300 songs and had bit parts in movies and TV shows, but “Rock Around the Clock” remained his most famous work.
He said the melody evolved in his head over a few years before he finally wrote it down. While picking out the tune on a piano at his office one day, his friend Freedman joined him.
“When we finished it he said, `What are you going to call it?’ I said, ‘Rock Around The Clock,”‘ Myers said in an interview with the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Burns, Tenn.
“And he said, `Why rock? What’s that mean? Why not “Dance Around The Clock?”‘ And I said, ‘I just have a gut feeling and since I’m half writer and whole publisher, I’m the boss! Right!’ So, we called it ‘Rock Around The Clock.”‘
The song was No. 1 for eight weeks and went on to sell 22 million copies worldwide. It has been recorded by more than 500 artists, from Mae West to the Sex Pistols, and has been used in more than 40 movies and on TV shows such as “Happy Days.”
“It sounded like nothing else,” said Howard Kramer, associate curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. “The drums and guitar on that song sound like nothing else. The snare drum on that was like a howitzer going off.”
Dick Clark called the song “the anthem of rock ‘n’ roll.” Disc jockey Alan Freed pronounced it “the daddy of rock ‘n’ roll” songs.
A Philadelphia native, Myers was a drummer in his own band before joining the Army during World War II. After serving in the South Pacific, he returned to his hometown to become a songwriter, country music promoter and music publisher.
Marshall Lytle, the bass player who played “Rock Around the Clock” with Bill Haley & His Comets, said he realized how big the song was as the band drove to Boston from New York in Haley’s new Cadillac and turned on the radio.
“It was one of those new car radios, where you pushed a button and it went to the next station,” he said. “I turned on the radio and hit the button and the station was playing ‘Rock Around the Clock.’ I hit the button again and the next station was playing ‘Rock Around the Clock,’ and the next station too.
“Within two minutes that morning, I heard `Rock Around the Clock’ playing on 12 different stations simultaneously.”
Myers estimated he made $10 million in royalties from the tune.
“He figured out that at any given moment, ‘Rock Around the Clock’ is playing somewhere in the world,” Lytle said.
Myers, who lived in Bonita Springs, Fla., for the last year, will be buried in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Myers told the News-Press of Fort Myers last year that he didn’t set out to create a style of music; he just wanted to make people feel happy.
1997 – The first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in Cleveland. Among those inducted are Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Jackson 5, the Bee Gees, Buffalo Springfield, Joni Mitchell, the Young Rascals, and Parliament-Funkadelic (meaning George Clinton).
1995 – A seven-hour concert with dozens of stars, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan, caps the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
1966 – John Lennon can’t win. After he apologizes for his “more popular than Jesus” remarks earlier in the week, the London Catholic Herald brands his apology “arrogant.” Meanwhile, the Beatles play the first rock concert held at Cleveland Stadium before 24,000 people.
1964 – Two years on and things have changed for the Beatles. They’re so popular that at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium, they have to leave the stage for 15 minutes so the hysterical crowd can calm down.
1953 – Tom Petty is born in Gainesville, Fla. He wins a Grammy Award as part of the Traveling Wilburys for the 1989 album “Traveling Wilburys Volume One.”
Thomas Earl “Tom” Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a member of Mudcrutch. He was also a member of the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys under the pseudonym of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jnr. He has recorded a number of hit singles, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Petty is also a vocal critic of the modern recording industry and the disappearance of independent radio stations.
Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with 2006′s Highway Companion
Early life
Tom Petty was born, raised in Gainesville, Florida, USA and attended Gainesville High School. His interest in rock and roll music began at age 11 when he met Elvis Presley.
Petty also overcame a difficult relationship with his father, who found it hard to accept that his son was “a mild-mannered kid who was interested in the arts” and subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis. Petty was extremely close to his mother, and remains close to his brother Bruce, whom he describes as “a prince”.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976–1987)
Main article: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
After working with his early bands -The Sundowners, The Epics and Mudcrutch (the third with drummer Randall Marsh, and future Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench)
Their second album, You’re Gonna Get It!, marked the band’s first Top 40 album
In September 1979, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1981′s Hard Promises became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single “The Waiting.” The album also featured Petty’s first duet, “Insider” with Stevie Nicks.
Bass player Ron Blair quit the group, and was replaced on the fifth album (1982′s Long After Dark) by Howie Epstein; the resulting line-up would last until 1994. In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia’s John F. Kennedy Stadium. The same year, it released Southern Accents, which included the hit single “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” which was produced by Dave Stewart. The song’s video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. It was criticized by feminist groups. The ensuing tour led to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! and to an invitation from Bob Dylan; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers joined him on his True Confessions tour and also played some dates with the Grateful Dead in 1986 and 1987. Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough). It includes “Jammin’ Me,” which Petty wrote with Dylan.
Traveling Wilburys, solo career, and return to the Heartbreakers (1988–1991)
Main articles: Traveling Wilburys and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
In 1988, Petty became a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band’s first song, “Handle With Care,” was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison’s singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second Wilburys album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named Vol. 3 as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2. In recent years, Petty has begun to incorporate Travelling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing “Handle Me With Care” in shows from 2003-2006, and for his 2008 tour making “End of the Line” a staple of the setlist.
Tom Petty was an important part of legendary supergroup Traveling Wilburys .
In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits “I Won’t Back Down,” “Free Fallin’” and “Runnin’ Down A Dream”. It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for “I Won’t Back Down,” but they were actually performed by Phil Jones). Since all the original Traveling Wilburys except Bob Dylan participated on the album, it is sometimes considered the unofficial second Wilbury record.
Petty rejoined with the Heartbreakers for his next album, Into the Great Wide Open, in 1991. It was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles “Learning To Fly” and “Into The Great Wide Open,” the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.
Move to Warner Bros. Records (1991–present)
In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with Warner Bros. Records. His first album on his new label, 1994′s Wildflowers, included the singles “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” “You Wreck Me,” “It’s Good to Be King” and “A Higher Place”. The album, produced by acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, was a huge success and sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.
In 1996, Petty reunited with the Heartbreakers and released a soundtrack to the movie She’s the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Music from “She’s the One”). The album’s singles were “Walls (Circus)” (featuring Lindsey Buckingham), “Climb that Hill” and a song written by Lucinda Williams, “Change the Locks.” The album also included a cover of “Asshole,” a song by Beck. The same year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, for which Cash would win a Grammy for Best Country Album (Cash would later cover Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” on American III: Solitary Man).
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.
In 1999, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo. Two songs were released as singles in the U.S., “Room at the Top” and “Free Girl Now.” The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played “I Won’t Back Down” at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The following year, they played “Taxman,” “I Need You,” and “Handle With Care” (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) at the Concert for George in honor of Petty’s friend and former bandmate George Harrison.
2002′s The Last DJ included several attacks on the music industry, criticizing it for greed, watering down music, and releasing pop music made by scantily-clad young women and reached number 9 on the U.S. charts.
In 2005, Tom Petty began hosting his own show “Buried Treasure” on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.
In February 2006 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled “Highway Companion”, which included the hit “Saving Grace”. It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, becoming Petty’s highest chart position since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking album sales in 1991. In 2006, the American Broadcasting Company hired Petty to do the music for its National Basketball Association playoffs coverage.
During the summer of 2007, Tom Petty reunited with his old bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The quintet recorded a new album together scheduled for release April 29, 2008. The disc contains 14 tracks. “We would play and then we would just talk about the old days,” Tom Leadon says.
In January 2008, it was announced that the band would be embarking on a North American Tour which set to start on May 30 following the appearance at Super Bowl XLII..
On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII (Super Bowl 42) at the University of Phoenix Stadium. During the halftime-show they played “American Girl,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “Free Fallin’,” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” in that order. ‘I Won’t Back Down’ was used in the closing credits of the coverage on BBC2.
In April 2008, Mudcrutch released an album that had been recorded after they reunited in 2007. The band formed in 1967 in Gainesville, FL before relocating to California where they released one single in 1974 before breaking up. The band featured Petty on bass guitar and vocals, future Heartbreakers Mike Campbell on guitar and Benmont Tench on keyboards plus others. The band supported the 2007 album with a brief tour of California in early 2008 before Petty resumed a scheduled tour with the Heartbreakers during June-August 2008.
Acting
Tom Petty’s first appearance in film took place in 1978, when he had a cameo in FM. He later had a small part in 1987′s Made In Heaven, and appeared in several episodes of It’s Garry Shandling’s Show between 1987 and 1990, playing himself as one of Garry Shandling’s neighbors. Petty was also featured in Shandling’s other show, The Larry Sanders Show, as one of the show-within-the-show’s final guests. In the episode, Petty gets bumped from the show and nearly comes to blows with Greg Kinnear. Petty also appeared as The Bridge City Mayor (and from the dialogue it’s implied that he is playing a future version of himself) in the 1997 movie, The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.
In 2002 he appeared on The Simpsons in the episode “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”. In it, he spoofed himself as a “tutor” to Homer Simpson on the art of lyric writing, composing a brief song about a drunk girl driving down the road while concerned with the state of public schools. Later in the episode, he loses a toe during a riot.
Petty currently has a recurring role as Lucky in the animated show King of the Hill.
In 2008, Petty made a guest appearance as himself in the Comedy Central show Lil Bush’s season 2 finale. He is asked to write a song for Bush and his cronies. At the end, he is shown riding off into the sunset in a flying car alongside Iggy Pop, who is a regular voice actor on the series. Petty thus joined various musical guest stars on the show, including iggy, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, and Anthony Kiedis and Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Honors
Petty has been honored with 18 Grammy Award nominations since 1982. In that year he received his first nomination for “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” in the category of Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal. As a member of the Traveling Wilburys, he earned a Grammy Award in 1989 for Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal for Traveling Wilburys Volume One. In 1995 he received another Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for “You Don’t Know How It Feels” and engineers David Bianco, Jim Scott, Richard Dodd and Stephen McLaughlin won the Grammy for Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) for Wildflowers, which also garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.
Other Wildflowers achievements included Best Male Video Award for “You Don’t Know How It Feels” at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers won the same award in 1994 with the video for “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”. At the 1994 ceremony, Petty was also presented with the Video Vanguard Award, citing his longtime contributions to the field. In accepting the award though, Petty denied his work was any more important than anyone else’s, saying that all artistic expression was equally valid.
In 1994, You Got Lucky, a Tom Petty tribute album featuring such bands as Everclear and Silkworm was released.
In April 1996, Petty received the UCLA’s George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement. The next month, Petty won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ Golden Note Award.
Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
In 1999 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contribution to the recording industry.
In 2002, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On December 6, 2005, Petty received the Billboard Century Award for his lifetime achievements. The same year, Conversations with Tom Petty, an oral history/biography comprised of interviews conducted in 2004 and 2005 with Petty by music journalist Paul Zollo, was published (ISBN 1-84449-815-8).
On September 21, 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the keys to the city of Gainesville, Florida, where he and his bandmates either lived or grew up. From July 2006 until 2007 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio featured an exhibit of Tom Petty items. Much of the content was donated by Petty himself during a visit to his home by some of the Hall’s curatorial staff. On October 14, 2007, Peter Bogdanovich’s documentary film on Petty’s career entitled Runnin’ Down A Dream premiered at the New York Film Festival.
Views on artistic control
Petty is known as a staunch guardian of his creative control and artistic freedom. In 1979, he was dragged into a legal dispute when ABC Records was sold to MCA Records. He refused to be transferred to another record label without his consent. In May 1979, he filed for bankruptcy and was signed to the new MCA subsidiary Backstreet Records.
In early 1981, the upcoming Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album, which would become Hard Promises, was slated to be the next MCA release with the new list price of $9.98, following Steely Dan’s Gaucho and the Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu soundtrack. This so-called “superstar pricing” was $1.00 more than the usual list price of $8.98.
In 1987, Petty sued tire company B.F. Goodrich for $1 million for using a song very similar to his song “Mary’s New Car” in a TV commercial. The ad agency that produced the commercial had previously sought permission to use Petty’s song but was refused. A judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting further use of the ad and the suit was later settled out of court.
Some have claimed that the Red Hot Chili Peppers single “Dani California”, released in May 2006, is very similar to Petty’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance.
Personal life
His first marriage, to Jane Benyo, lasted 22 years. He spent most of those years working, on the road or in the studio. He has two daughters, Adria and Anna Kim, by that marriage. Since 2001 he has been married to Dana York, whom he first met years earlier when she came to one of his concerts.
In 1987, an arsonist set fire to Petty’s house in Encino, California. The fire caused $1 million in damage but firefighters were able to salvage the basement recording studio and the original tapes stored there, as well as his Gibson Dove acoustic guitar. Petty later rebuilt the house.
Equipment
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Tom Petty owns and has used a number of guitars over the years. From 1976-1982, his main instrument was a sunburst 1963 Fender Stratocaster. During the 2006 Highway Companion tour, Tom pulled the old workhorse out for a few songs. He has also used a number of Rickenbacker guitars from 1979 onwards, notably the Rose Morris 1993 and 1997 models and the 360/12 and 660/12 models. The Rickenbacker 660/12 was designed by Petty (specifically the neck) and featured his signature from 1991-1998. Petty has also used various Gibson Firebirds, Fender Telecasters, Gibson SGs, a Vox Mark III and a number of different Gretsch guitars. For acoustic guitars, Petty has had a signature C.F. Martin HD-40, and has written virtually all of his songs on a Gibson Dove acoustic.
Petty currently uses a Vox AC-30 and Vox Super Beatle amp.
The Heartbreakers
1976–1982
* Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
* Mike Campbell – lead guitar
* Ron Blair – bass guitar
* Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals
* Stan Lynch – drums, percussion, backing vocals
1982–1991
* Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
* Mike Campbell – lead guitar
* Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin
* Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals
* Stan Lynch – drums, percussion, backing vocals
1991–1994
* Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
* Mike Campbell – lead guitar, mandolin
* Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, percussion, piano
* Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals
* Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals
1994–2002
* Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* Mike Campbell – lead guitar, mandolin
* Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, piano
* Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals
* Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion
2002–present
* Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* Mike Campbell – lead guitar, mandolin
* Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, piano
* Ron Blair – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals
* Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion
Discography
Main article: Tom Petty discography
See also
* List of best-selling music artists
* List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart
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1950 – Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is born in Boston.
Anthony Joseph “Joe” Perry (Born September 10, 1950 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He was ranked 48th in the Rolling Stone‘s list – The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Early life
The paternal side of Perry’s family are Portuguese, originally from Madeira. His grandfather changed the family’s name from Pereira to Perry upon arriving in the United States of America. His maternal side is Italian, more specifically Neapolitan.[1]
Perry grew up in the small town of Hopedale, Massachusetts. There, his father was an accountant and his mother a high school gym teacher and later an aerobics instructor. She later retired to Arizona while Perry’s father died in 1975. Perry also attended the prep school Vermont Academy, a boarding school of about 230 students in Saxtons River, Vermont.
Early career
During Joe Perry’s early years he formed a band with Tom Hamilton called The Jam Band. After meeting with Steven Tyler, Joe & Tom would go on to form Aerosmith with him. While initially dismissed as Rolling Stones knock-offs, the band came into its own during the mid-1970s with a string of hit records. Chief among these successes were Toys in the Attic (1975) and Rocks (1976), thanks largely to the prevalence of free-form, album-oriented FM radio. The group also managed hit singles on the AM dial with songs like “Dream On,” “Same Old Song and Dance,” “Sweet Emotion” and “Walk This Way.”
During this time, Perry and vocalist Steven Tyler became known as the “Toxic Twins” for their notorious hard-partying and drug use. Hard core drug dealers made a cash grab following Aerosmith around the country knowing there would be an unlimited supply of customers. Aerosmith’s crowd in these days earned the nickname “The Blue Army”. So called by the band after the seemingly endless amount of teenagers in the audience wearing blue denim jackets and blue jeans. The audience was abundantly male with extremely long hair, one of the loudest of its day.
Following Rocks, the group began to stumble – drug use escalated and the creative process became hampered by strained relationships within the band. They managed another hit record in 1977 with Draw the Line, on which Perry sang lead vocals on the track “Bright Light Fright,” considered by some to be one of the album’s highlights. A fall of ’77 tour was scheduled, but as the crowds got more dangerous, violence followed. An m-80 was thrown onstage in Philadelphia at The Spectrum in October 1977, injuring both Perry and Tyler.
Summer of 1979 saw the band headline over Van Halen, Ted Nugent, AC/DC and Foreigner during the world music festival concerts. An argument backstage in Cleveland resulted in Joe Perry’s wife throwing a glass of milk at Tom Hamilton’s wife. This would prove to be the turning point that saw Perry quit Aerosmith, taking a collection of unrecorded material with him, which would later become the basis of his Let the Music Do the Talking album.
The Project
By the end of the year, Perry had formed his own band – The Joe Perry Project. Their debut record, Let the Music Do the Talking, reached #47 on the Billboard album charts, selling 250,000 copies domestically. While sales and reviews were respectable the group mainly thrived as a live act. It managed to do so even after its second album, I’ve Got the Rock’n'Rolls Again, went largely ignored.
In the end, the Project never solidified a lineup; all three studio releases would feature a different lead vocalist and the entire roster was replaced before their final effort (1983′s Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker.) Even a brief stint with fellow Aerosmith exile, rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford, failed to ignite things again and the group found themselves with minimal label support by 1984.
A compilation album, The Music Still Does the Talking: The Best of the Joe Perry Project, was released by an Australian Indie Record label in 1999.
Return to the spotlight
Equipped with a new record label (MCA Records) and three new band members in singer Cowboy Mach Bell, bassist Danny Hargrove and drummer Joe Pet, the band released Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker in 1983. The album met the same fate as its predecessor, selling a meager 40,000 copies without any promotion whatsoever. Despite the poor sales, The Project went out on a final tour in support of the album, adding then ex-Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford to the line-up. During this tour, The Project performed in a series of co-bills with Huey Lewis and the News. The following year, both Perry and Whitford would rejoin Aerosmith for a very successful reunion.
In 1986, Perry and Tyler collaborated with Run-D.M.C. in a remake of their 1975 hit “Walk This Way,” which brought their band renewed mainstream attention.
After completing drug rehabilitation, Aerosmith went on to collaborate with various big-name songwriters and producers to launch their true comeback. Another string of successful albums (most notably the triple-platinum Pump in 1989) and many hit singles followed. Perry and Tyler resumed their tight friendship, again co-writing songs and performing very close together on stage.
In 1998, Perry helped conceive the group’s first number one single, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” with pop songwriter Diane Warren. It appeared on the soundtrack to the hit film Armageddon.
From 2001 to present, Aerosmith has been heavily active in the music scene, and has toured every year.
In 2006, Perry performed alongside Steven Tyler for a three-song medley (“Dream On”, “Walk This Way”, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”) with the Boston Pops Orchestra as part of a nationally-televised event to celebrate the Fourth of July in Boston, Massachusetts.
Solo album
Perry released his first solo record, the self-titled Joe Perry, in May 2005. Recorded at his home studio (The Boneyard) in suburban Boston, with every instrument but the drums played by Perry himself. Critics also responded favorably; Rolling Stone magazine crowned it with three-and-a-half (out of five) stars, declaring “A Joe Perry solo joint? about time!” He was also nominated for “Best Rock Instrumental” at the 2006 Grammys for the track “Mercy” but lost to Les Paul.
Family life
Perry was married to Elyssa Jerret from 1975-1985, a union that gave him a son, Adrian. The couple had a turbulent relationship,[citation needed] and she once bit him in the face during an altercation.[citation needed] Perry is now married to Billie Paulette Montgomery Perry; they have two children together, Tony and Roman, and she has a son from a previous relationship, Aaron. They married in 1985 after meeting on the set of his “Black Velvet Pants” video in 1983. Billie appears on one of Joe’s guitars, which is dubbed “The Billie Perry Guitar.” Tony and Adrian Perry are both founding members of the band TAB the Band. Perry’s first grandchild, Austin, was fathered by his stepson Aaron, who is also the CEO for the Joe Perry’s Rock Your World hot sauce brand.
Joe’s sister-in-law is Diana Minor, a well-known pool player. Perry is one of her sponsors.
Perry is also known to bring his entire family with him on several of Aerosmith’s concert tours in the recent past.
Equipment
The main guitar associated with Joe Perry is the Gibson Les Paul. He has used many different types of Les Pauls since the 70s, including Les Paul Juniors, Les Paul Standards, and Les Paul Customs. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Gibson issued a Joe Perry signature Les Paul guitar; this guitar was customized with an active mid-boost control, black chrome hardware, and a translucent black finish. However, in 2004, this model was replaced by another Joe Perry signature Les Paul, the Joe Perry Boneyard Les Paul. This guitar is characterized by Perry’s custom “Boneyard” logo on the headstock and a figured maple top with a green tiger finish, and is available with either a stopbar tailpiece or a Bigsby tailpiece; Perry typically uses a Bigsby-equipped Boneyard model in Aerosmith and solo live shows. The Gibson Joe Perry was a present from his wife Billie and then he was allowed to manufacture it. Perry has also endorsed an affordable replica version of the Boneyard guitar made by Epiphone that carries the same USA made Burstbucker pickups as the Gibson model.
Perry also uses other Gibson models. Another model he uses frequently is a customized Gibson B.B. King “Lucille” guitar; however, instead of the black finish and “Lucille” signature on the headstock, Perry’s guitar features a white finish, a “Billie Perry” signature on headstock and an image of Billie Perry on the front of the guitar. He has also used Gibson SGs, Firebirds, ES-175s, ES-335s, and ES-350s at various points in his career.
Perry has been known to play guitars of other luthiers and manufacturers. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Perry frequently used various Fender Stratocasters; many of these guitars were left-handed Strats turned upside-down and appropriately restrung. One of these “upside-down” models is still played occasionally by Perry onstage, usually for “Sweet Emotion”. Perry also uses Fender Telecasters, some modified with neck humbuckers. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Perry (along with fellow Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford) endorsed B.C. Rich guitars, and frequently used the Mockingbird (such as in the performance of “Come Together” in the film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) and 10-string B.C. Rich models. He has also been photographed playing what looks like, judging by the headstock logo, a custom built Spector guitar during the 80s.
The six-string bass guitar is a trademark of Perry’s guitar sound; instead of playing it like an ordinary bass guitar, he uses it like a regular guitar, playing riffs, chords, and solos. The six-string bass helped to create the characteristic growl of Aerosmith’s “Back in the Saddle”, “Combination”, and “Draw the Line”. In the past, Perry used Fender Bass VI and Danelectro six-string basses; he also used a Gibson EB-6 for the bass solo on “King of the Kings” on the Joe Perry Project’s Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker album (as indicated by the album’s liner notes). Perry currently uses an Ernie Ball MusicMan six-string bass onstage.
For amps, Perry uses vintage 200 watt Marshall Major amps on stage. In the studio he uses various vintage low wattage tube amps.
For slide work, Perry typically uses a Dan Armstrong Lucite guitar, such as for “Draw the Line”.
Joe has also been known to use a Pro Co RAT Distortion Pedal, a Klon Centaur overdrive, a talkbox, a Crybaby wah and a Digitech Whammy pedal.
Joe Perry currently has a collection of over 600 guitars.[citation needed]
Perry
Joe Perry has spearheaded the creation of an entire line of hot sauces entitled Joe Perry’s Rock Your World Hot Sauces, which are featured widely in the marketplace. A quesadilla featuring a flavor of the namesake hot sauce is available as an appetizer at Hard Rock Cafe. Additionally, Perry was featured in a television episode of Inside Dish with Rachael Ray on a recent stop on Aerosmith’s tour, in which he prepared a meal, displayed his passion for knives, discussed his hot sauce brand and cooking, and gave insight into what goes into meal preparation on Aerosmith tours.
Perry, along with Aerosmith band member Steven Tyler and other partners, until recently co-owned Mount Blue, a restaurant in Norwell, Massachusetts.
Influences
He is a huge fan of early Fleetwood Mac, particularly their first lead guitarist, Peter Green, which explains the occasional inclusion of the FM classics “Stop Messin’ Round” and “Rattlesnake Shake” in Aerosmith’s sets. Steven Tyler has even mentioned that hearing Perry play “Rattlesnake Shake” brought them together.
He is also a huge fan of guitarist Jeff Beck and looked at him as one of his influences. Beck played onstage with Aerosmith in 1976, as a ‘birthday present’ for Perry.
Perry was also strongly influenced by Jimi Hendrix as evidenced in particular by some of the playing on the Joe Perry Project track song “The Mist Is Rising”, and his covering the Hendrix classic “Red House” both with the Project and later with Aerosmith.
He was a huge influence on Slash, in fact Slash owned Perry’s old 59 Les Paul, but later returned it as a birthday present.
Not commonly known, he was quoted on Entertainment Tonight saying that another one of his small influences was the legendary Keith Richards.
Guest appearances
Played on the 1978 solo album by Gene Simmons.
Played on two tracks of the 1978 debut solo album by David Johansen.
Perry is one of the few non-Kiss members to guest on stage with the masked band, as he wore a pair of Paul Stanley’s boots and jammed in the song “Strutter” during a date of an Aerosmith/Kiss tour. Pictures can be viewed here.
Perry played on the guitar super-ensemble CD Merry Axemas Volume 1 with his own track Blue Christmas, the album also features Rush’s Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck and others.
He played the guitar solo in Eminem’s “Sing For The Moment“, Joe Perry liked the use of sample and said once “It’s great. The song lives again in another form.”
He also appeared in the Nelly video “#1″
He performed a duet of “You Really Got Me” with Sanjaya Malakar on American Idol 6.[2]
He played with Tom Jones and later in a duet of Tom Jones and Joss Stone in the Concert for Diana on July 1, 2007.
He was part of an all-star lineup–including Little Richard and Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen– that recorded the 2006 version of the Monday Night Football theme song with Hank Williams, Jr.
Miscellaneous
He is left-handed, but plays the guitar right-handed.[3]
He sings lead vocals on the Aerosmith songs “Bright Light Fright” (Draw the Line – 1977), “Walk On Down” (Get a Grip – 1993), “Falling Off” (Nine Lives – 1997) “Drop Dead Gorgeous” (Just Push Play – 2001), “Stop Messin’ Around” (Honkin’ on Bobo – 2004), and “Back Back Train” (Honkin’ on Bobo – 2004), and a lead duet with Steven Tyler on “Combination” (Rocks – 1976)
Steven Tyler often drops Joe Perry’s name in song lyrics. On record, this includes the songs “Shame on You” (1985) “Reefer Head woman” (1979) and “F.I.N.E.*” (1989), as well as a live version of “Movin’ Out” (from 1987′s Classics Live II). In concert, noted examples include “‘Perry’ was all over the floor” in the song “Draw the Line and in “Hangman Jury”, “If I could I surely would, stand on the rock ‘Joe Perry’ done stood.”
Before reuniting with Aerosmith in 1984, Perry was planning on joining forces with Alice Cooper.
An achievement in the Xbox 360 version of the game Guitar Hero II, is titled the “Joe and Steven Award” in tribute to Joe and fellow Aerosmith member Steven Tyler. It is awarded to two players who can get a 500 note streak in cooperative mode.
The video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is mainly centered around Joe Perry.
Perry is often referred to onstage by Steven Tyler with the tmesis “Joe-Fuckin’-Perry.”
1947 – Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh is born in New York. As a solo artist he has four top 20 albums, including “The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get,” which reaches No. 6 on Chart Toppers’s pop album chart.
Biography
Early life
A native of Wichita, Kansas, Walsh and his family lived in Columbus, Ohio for a number of years, and subsequently moved to New York City. Later, Walsh moved to Montclair, New Jersey and attended Montclair High School there. He spent time in various bands playing around the Cleveland area, including The Measles, while attending Kent State University.
In 1969, he replaced Glen Schwartz as lead guitarist for the James Gang, an American power trio. Walsh proved to be the band’s star attraction, noted for his innovative rhythm playing and creative guitar riffs. The James Gang had several minor hits and became an early album-oriented rock staple for the next two years. In November, 1971, Walsh left the group and formed the group Barnstorm, although their albums credited Walsh as a solo artist. Walsh and Barnstorm released their debut, the eponymous Barnstorm in 1972. The album was a critical success, but it only sold moderately. The follow-up The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973) was a commercial breakthrough. The first single “Rocky Mountain Way”, received heavy airplay and reached #23 on the US top 40 charts. In 1974, Barnstorm disbanded and Walsh continued as a true solo artist.
Over the next two years, Walsh would release a studio album So What and a live set, You Can’t Argue with a Sick Mind. These would be his last solo albums until 1978. In 1976, he joined the highly successful rock band the Eagles as Bernie Leadon’s replacement. His addition pushed the band toward a harder-edged sound and away from their early country-style work.
As the Eagles struggled to record the follow-up to their highly successful album Hotel California, Walsh re-ignited his solo career with the well-received discs But Seriously Folks (1978) (which featured his hit comic depiction of rock stardom, “Life’s Been Good”) and There Goes the Neighborhood. Joe also contributed “In the City” to The Warriors soundtrack (1979), a song penned and sung by Walsh that later appeared on The Eagles’ “The Long Run” album.
Following the Eagles breakup in 1980, Walsh continued to release albums throughout the 1980s, but sales were poor. Musical trends had passed him by and he maintained a low profile until the mid-1990s. He toured with Ringo Starr in 1989, alternating a handful of his best-known songs with Ringo’s tunes, as did all the members of the “All Starr” band. Walsh sang the US National Anthem at the beginning of game four of the 1995 World Series. In 1989, Walsh recorded a MTV Unplugged with the R&B musician Dr. John.
In 1994, Walsh reunited with the Eagles for a highly successful reunion tour and live album, Hell Freezes Over. Walsh has toured regularly with the Eagles since then and the group released their first new studio album in 28 years, Long Road Out of Eden, in 2007.
In June 2004, Walsh performed live before a huge crowd at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, Texas. He was also featured in September 2004 at The Strat Pack, a concert held in London, England to mark the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar.
In 2006, Walsh reunited with Jim Fox and Dale Peters of James Gang for a 15-date summer reunion tour. The tour lasted into the fall. Some of his most recent compositions, such as “One Day At A Time”, deal with his struggles with substance abuse, particularly alcoholism. He is now a teetotaller and has been sober since 1995.
In 2008, Walsh appeared on the “Carvin 60th Anniversary Celebration DVD” as a Celebrity Endorser. In the recorded interview, he highly praises Carvin guitars and claims that the bridge design is “just like the first Les Paul models. I can’t even get Gibson to reissue it.”
Notable appearances
Walsh has produced albums for artists such as Dan Fogelberg and Ringo Starr. He was a background musician (1st guitar solo) on Eagles bandmate Don Henley’s 1982 hit “Dirty Laundry” (listed as such in the liner notes of I Can’t Stand Still and Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits).
Walsh played lead guitar on the song “Green Monkey” which appeared on America’s 1973 album Hat Trick
Walsh co-wrote and played lead guitar on the song “Split Decision” which appeared on Steve Winwood’s 1986 album Back in the High Life.
Walsh would reunite with former Eagles bandmates Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit as background musicians on the 1987 Richard Marx hit “Don’t Mean Nothing”.
Walsh played a prisoner in The Blues Brothers. He is noticeable as he is the first prisoner to get on the cafeteria tables during the Jailhouse Rock song at the end. Joe was a close friend of John Belushi, who starred in the movie.
In the mid 1980s, Dallas/Ft. Worth DJ Redbeard (Doug Hill), KTXQ/Q102, went on vacation. Walsh sat in for him during that week. During this period, he would do guest DJ spots for a week or two annually where he dished inside information on the music industry, and entertained listeners with his antics and music at other stations including KLBJ in Austin, TX.
Walsh appeared as a mystery guest on the Howard Stern show on August 8, 1989, along with Pat Cooper. He has appeared numerous times on Stern’s show since, more recently with the James Gang to promote their summer 2006 tour.
Walsh played guitar alongside Laura Hall in a surprise appearance in Drew Carey’s pay-per-view presentation of “Drew Carey’s Improv All-Stars” in Las Vegas. He participated in one game in each show, the ending game “biography.” He sometimes made guest appearances on the Drew Carey Show as Ed, a laid-back guitarist in a bar band.
Walsh appeared as a featured performer at the 1992 Seville Expo Guitar Legends with on-stage featured guitarists Nuno Bettencourt, Brian May, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
Walsh sang the National Anthem of Chile at a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball game in 2003.
Walsh appeared in the television series Duckman, as medical video actor in episode 315 – “They Craved Duckman’s Brain”. Walsh also plays a version of “Life’s Been Good” in a Duckman episode. He also appeared on Mad TV in 1995 as a customer at an air guitar shop, and on the comedy game show Street Smarts. Walsh appeared in the audience on the April 10, 2008 episode of the MTV show Rock the Cradle as a surprise for his daughter Lucy.
Walsh appeared with the James Gang in the motion picture Zachariah (1971).
Walsh commenced 2007 with an appearance at Dear Mr Fantasy – A Celebration For Jim Capaldi: a charity gig being held at London’s famous Roundhouse where he appeared alongside Steve Winwood, Jon Lord, Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman, Paul Weller and many others.
During 2007, Walsh has appeared at selected shows with country-rock star musician Kenny Chesney on his Flip Flop Summer Tour 2007. “I don’t think there’s anybody in the world who doesn’t know ‘Life’s Been Good’ or ‘Rocky Mountain Way’ if they’ve listened to any rock radio at all,” said Kenny. Walsh also played a number of solo dates during late summer. Walsh has collaborated with Chesney on several occasions, most notably producing the song “Wild Ride”.
Walsh performed the National Anthem on guitar at the Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers game on November 5th, 2008 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Personal life
Walsh holds an Extra Class Amateur Radio License. His station callsign is WB6ACU. In 2006 he donated an autographed guitar to the ARRL for its charity auction. He has also been involved with the group’s “Big Project,” which brings amateur radio into schools. Walsh has included Morse Code messages in his albums on two occasions: once on the album Barnstorm (“Register and Vote”), and later on Songs for a Dying Planet (“Register and Vote for Me”).
Walsh is known for his guitar and keyboard skills, but also plays/has played bass guitar, harmonica, bagpipes, oboe, and clarinet. His mother was a classically trained pianist.
Walsh’s daughter, Lucy Walsh, is also a musician; she has worked with Ashlee Simpson, among others, and is releasing her debut album, Lost in the Lights, in spring 2008.
Walsh’s oldest daughter, Emma Kristen, died as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident on her way to nursery school in 1974. Her story inspired the track “Song For Emma” on his album So What released later that year. In her memory, he had a fountain and memorial plaque placed in a park in which she played, North Boulder Park in Boulder, Colorado. While touring with singer Stevie Nicks in 1984, Walsh took Nicks to the park’s fountain; Nicks subsequently immortalized this story in her song “Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You” on her 1985 album Rock A Little. Nicks stated in a 2007 interview with the UK Telegraph that Walsh had been “the great love of her life.”
Walsh ran a mock campaign for President in 1980, promising to make “Life’s Been Good” the new national anthem if he won, and running on a platform of “Free Gas For Everyone.” Though Walsh was not old enough to actually assume the office, he wanted to raise public awareness of the election. He then ran again for vice president in 1992 and was unsuccessful.
Walsh gave his main guitar, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst, to Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
Kent State University awarded Walsh an honorary degree in music in December 2001.
Albums
James Gang
* Yer’ Album (November 1969)
* James Gang Rides Again (October 1970)
* Thirds (July 1971)
* James Gang Live in Concert (December 1971)
Eagles
* Hotel California (December 1976)
* The Long Run (September 1979)
* Eagles Live (November 7 1980)
* Hell Freezes Over (November 1994)
* Long Road Out of Eden (October 30, 2007)
Barnstorm
* Barnstorm (September 1972)
* The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (June 1973)
Solo
* So What (December 1974)
* You Can’t Argue with a Sick Mind (March 1976)
* But Seriously Folks (May 1978)
* There Goes the Neighborhood (March 1981)
* You Bought It, You Name It (May 1983)
* The Confessor (1985)
* Got Any Gum? (July 1987)
* Ordinary Average Guy (January 1991)
* Songs for a Dying Planet (May 1992)
Compilations
* The Best of Joe Walsh (November 1978)
* Rocky Mountain Way (September 1985)
* Look What I Did! (May 1995)
* Joe Walsh’s Greatest Hits – Little Did He Know… (1997)
Other appearances
Albums with REO Speedwagon
* Ridin’ The Storm Out (1973) (Slide guitar)
Albums with Ringo Starr
* Old Wave (June 1983) (Walsh both played on and produced this album)
* Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (October 1990)
* Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux (September 1993)
* Vertical Man (June 1998)
* VH1 Storytellers (October 1998)
Other
* Andy Gibb — (Love Is) Thicker Than Water (1977)
* Manassas — Down the Road (1973) (slide guitar)
* Frankie Miller– Long Way Home (2006)
* Dan Fogelberg — Souvenirs (1974) (Walsh both played on and produced this album) and Face The Fire from Phoenix (1979)
* Jay Ferguson — Thunder Island (1977) and Real Life Ain’t This Way (1979)
* John Entwistle — “Too Late The Hero (1981) (Walsh both played on and produced this album)
* Carl Palmer — “L.A. Nights (1977)
* Michael Stanley — “Rosewood Bitters” (slide guitar)(1973)
* Bob Seger — “The Mountain” (1991)
* Joe Vitale — “Roller Coaster Weekend” (1974)
* Joe Vitale — “Plantation Harbour” (1981)
Eagles songs
Eagles songs written by Joe Walsh
* “Life in the Fast Lane” on Hotel California (co-written with Don Henley and Glenn Frey)
* “Pretty Maids All in a Row” on Hotel California (co-written with Joe Vitale)
* “The Sad Café” on The Long Run (co-written with J.D. Souther and Henley/Frey)
* “In The City” on The Long Run (co-written with Barry De Vorzon)
* “Last Good Time In Town” on Long Road Out of Eden
Eagles songs featuring Joe Walsh on lead vocal
* “Pretty Maids All in a Row” on Hotel California
* “In The City” on The Long Run
* “Guilty Of The Crime” on Long Road Out Of Eden
* “Last Good Time In Town” on Long Road Out Of Eden
Note: Other songs in the Eagles catalog that were sung and written by Walsh include “Life’s Been Good” and “All Night Long”, from Walsh’s solo career, which were included on Eagles Live and “Funk 49″, from Walsh’s days in the James Gang, was included on the fourth “Millennium Concert” disc of the Eagles box set Selected Works: 1972-1999. These are not Eagles songs however, since the studio cuts did not originate under the Eagles name
Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 MNSTR UK Singles
1970 ”Funk #49″ (w/ James Gang) 59 - - James Gang Rides Again
1971 ”Walk Away” (w/ James Gang) 51 - - Thirds
1971 ”Midnight Man” (w/ James Gang) 80 - - Thirds
1973 ”Rocky Mountain Way” 23 - - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
1974 ”Meadows” 89 - - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
1975 ”Turn To Stone” 93 - - So What
1977 ”Rocky Mountain Way” - - 39 Rocky Mountain Way EP
1978 ”Life’s Been Good” 12 - 14 But Seriously Folks…
1980 ”All Night Long” 19 - - Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
1981 ”A Life of Illusion” 34 1 - There Goes The Neighborhood
1983 ”Space Age Whiz Kids” 52 21 - You Bought It, You Name It
1983 ”I Can Play That Rock & Roll” - 13 - You Bought It, You Name It
1985 ”The Confessor” - 8 - The Confessor
1987 ”The Radio Song” - 8 - Got Any Gum?
1987 ”In My Car” - 14 - Got Any Gum?
1991 ”Ordinary Average Guy” - 3 - Ordinary Average Guy
1991 ”All of a Sudden” - 13 - Ordinary Average Guy
1992 ”Vote for Me” - 10 - Songs for a Dying Planet
2007 ”Wild Ride” (w/ Kenny Chesney)A - - - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Kenny Chesney album)
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