Classic Rock Revisited recently caught with Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford to talk about the band’s impending tour with Cheap Trick. A couple of excerpts from the chat can be found below.
Whitford, a longtime fan of Cheap Trick, said that the famed rockers were the best opening act Aerosmith has ever had. “I think Aerosmith and Cheap Trick are my personal favorite package. We’ve had some good openers over the years, but I think Cheap Trick is just amazing. They have so many great tunes and they are a great live band. They bring the house down night after night. It is a great opportunity for them and for us.”
Whitford explained that with such an overwhelming catalog of hits, it would be impossible for Aerosmith to perform all of their classic songs on the tour. “We normally play about two hours in concert and that allows you to do around twenty songs, and that makes it hard to pick. We have 100 plus to pick from and to narrow it down to twenty is not easy. It makes it impossible to play everything that people want to hear, but we try to make it fair and include stuff from most eras of Aerosmith. Some albums get overlooked and certain songs get overlooked, as that is the nature of the beast.”
Tracks to feature in the Aerosmith set will, however, include tracks from the band’s new album ‘Legendary Child.’ “We do one new song called ‘Oh Yeah’ and we have a lot of fun playing that song. It is a song that has a good old-fashioned Joe Perry rock riff and those are always a lot of fun to play,” Whitford said. “We included that song to sort of test the waters and people are liking it. It translates really well live because it is straight ahead rock.”
Whitford concluded by declaring that after four decades in the business, Aeromsith was still on top of their game. “We are all still here and we all still want to do it. Right now, Aerosmith sounds better than I have ever heard us sound. I really think everybody in the band feels like I do.”
Click here to read the full interview.
Aerosmith’s Global Warming Tour dates:
July
19 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
21 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
24 – East Rutherford, NJ – IZOD Center
26 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
28 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
30 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
August
1 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
4 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
6 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
8 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
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