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Boston.com
This Wednesday evening may not be the best time for some quiet browsing at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Hingham.
Store manager Rebecca Marble is making special preparations for the book signing by local boy Joey Kramer, Aerosmith’s hard-rocking drummer. The drummer is touring the country to promote his new book, “Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top,” which recounts the band’s heyday filled with epic drinking and drug use, women, depression, and infighting with lead singer Steven Tyler.
Marble said customers will have to wear special wristbands in order to get into the store during the signing, and police have been hired.
“I can’t predict how many will come,” Marble said. “This is the biggest signing this store has had.’’ She noted that Kramer lived on the South Shore for decades and is the first member of Aerosmith to pen a behind-the-scenes look into the band’s partying and hard-living.
She said the store itself can handle 250 to 300 people, who will be lined up on the stairs at the two-story Barnes & Noble in the Derby Street Shoppes. Police will be ready if the line extends out the door and onto the sidewalk.
Wrist bands for the signing will be handed out beginning at 6 and Kramer will greet fans at 7.
Marble, who made sure she will be working Wednesday night, invites fans to come early, buy Kramer’s book—which will be the only paraphernalia Kramer will sign--read books, drink coffee, and sit in the store’s chairs until Kramer hits the streets of Hingham.
“They can spend all day here if they like,” Marble said.
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