Two for the Show!
It’s been a crazy week. Last week Joe finished rehearsals in Connecticut and drove to NYC to catch the final show of Cream at MSG. We got there early and ended up waiting for his son Tony for a few minutes outside 8 Penn Plaza. In the 3 minutes we were there, Rolling Stone head honcho, Jann Wenner, Sting and Lance Armstrong all walked by - each stopping to chat with Joe before heading in. The show was great but the band played too many of their hits from their late 80’s Geffen albums. Hold on a second - I’m getting my bands mixed up. Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were spot on but I think Eric Clapton’s head was in Antigua instead of Manhattan.
Back to Aerosmith - The guys then moved out of their Waterford sound stage and into Mohegan Sun. The place must hold about 7,000 people so it made for a nice intimate setting to kick off their World Tour. Leg number one will have the band out until Dec. 17th and then leg number two will have them out until March. We will keep you posted about leg number 3.
Ah the set list! The set list is an ever-changing thing.
(See "Infamous Set List" pic, right.)
The boys are constantly tweaking the damn thing until all 5 guys feel they have something. This tour is no different than others only in the fact that they are not touring off a studio album. No new songs to promote. I forgot to mention the guys did Lightning Strikes in rehearsals so hopefully it will make it into the set.
The first show went surprisingly well for the first show in over a year. There were some sound and light glitches but other than that the guys performed better than could be expected. The stage is so vast it looks like they are starting to get their sea legs. Brad took a little trip out there the other night and looked like he needed a Mohegan Sun courtesy van to get him back to Ground Zero.
Monday night saw the debut of Jesse Kramer. ("Krame Pup Cometh" pic, below.) It wasn’t since Adrian Perry jammed on Stop Messin’ in Germany a bunch of years ago that an Aero Kid played with the big boys. Jesse played on Jaded and Shakin’ My Cage. On the latter song it seemed like Joey had one two many of chef Jamie Laurita’s cappuccinos backstage while waiting to come on. The Krame-Pup did a great job and gave Dad a breather mid-set. Joey came back and just crushed through the rest of the set.
Finally, hats off to Lenny Kravitz! This guy is unbelievable! Get to the shows early. You are not going to want to miss what a great night of music that’s in store for you. As most of you already know, Lenny’s father, Sy, passed away the day before the first show. He is the ultimate professional thus, I am sans hat……..
Mahalo!
See you on the Road,
John B.
