A lot of bands go in and just strip down their show, do eight gigs, and that’s it. So we’d been talking about doing a residency, and how to do it and where to do it. For the last few years, we’ve been on the road off and on, and it was getting a little monotonous just going out and playing some of the same places we’ve played so many times. What led the band to do a Las Vegas residency at this point in its history? (Image credit: Neil Zlozower/Atlas Icons) “One thing that’s for sure,” Perry says, “I don’t see us putting the guitars away anytime soon.” They also talk gear, their guitar partnership, the state of rock in 2019, and what lies ahead, both onstage and in the studio, for Aerosmith. In the following interview, Perry and Whitford give Guitar Player an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Deuces Are Wild. It’s time to do another tour.’ I have to say, this is the first time in a long time that I’ve been this excited about something that involves Aerosmith.” “That’s a different kind of a challenge than, ‘Well, it’s time to make another record.
“The challenge is to keep the grit and the excitement level of an Aerosmith show while at the same putting up a big flash-bang production,” Perry says about Deuces Are Wild, which runs on and off at the Park Theater (with some East Coast dates sprinkled in) through the end of 2019. Accompanied at times by a string section and horns, they rip through their hot-wired, riff-tasic rock and roll with the energy and vigor of hungry 20-somethings destroying a New Hampshire Sheraton stage in 1972. A publicist for Joel declined to comment.And then, of course, there are the five band members themselves: Perry, Whitford, frontman Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer.
A spokesperson for Perry said he will not appear at a scheduled performance Sunday in Florida but is expected to return to the road later this month. Perry is due to begin a tour of 10 dates later this month, according to his website. The group includes singer Alice Cooper and actor Johnny Depp. In 2016, Perry appeared to collapse on stage in Coney Island, New York, during a performance with his group the Hollywood Vampires. It is not the first time the musician has been rushed to hospital after a show. Perry was "treated backstage by paramedics who gave the guitarist oxygen and used a tracheal tube to clear his airway before taking him to a hospital," the statement said, adding that he is now "alert and responsive." Perry, 68, suffered from shortness of breath, according to a statement released by his spokesperson.
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was taken to a hospital in New York on Saturday night after a performance with Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden.
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