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Billboard's
"The Daily Noise" recently spoke with
AEROSMITH guitarist
Joe Perry about his upcoming solo album, new
AEROSMITH music, and the recent struggles faced by the band. Watch the interview below.
Perry's fifth solo album,
"Have Guitar, Will Travel", will be released on October 6 via
Roman Records. The hard driving, ten-song, in your face, collection features
Perry's trademark rock and blues ferocity. Recorded this past spring at the
Boneyard,
Perry's state-of-the-art home studio, where
AEROSMITH's
"Honkin' On Bobo" and
"Just Push Play" were recorded,
"Have Guitar, Will Travel" is entirely written and produced by
Perry.
"Have Guitar, Will Travel" track listing:
01.
We've Got a Long Way To Go02.
Slingshot 03.
Do You Wonder 04.
Somebody's Gonna Get (Their Head Kicked In Tonight)05.
Heaven and Hell 06.
No Surprise 07.
Wooden Ships 08.
Oh Lord (21 Grams) 09.
Scare The Cat 10.
Freedom Check out audio samples at
this location.
"We've Got A Long Way To Go", the CDs first single, showcases the voice of a young German singer known as
Hagen, found completely by chance on
YouTube by
Joe's wife
Billie. "I first called him from Cleveland when I went to perform at the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame jam with
Jeff Beck,
Jimmy Page,
Ron Wood,
Flea and
METALLICA," said
Perry. "It took several minutes to convince him that it wasn't a prank call, but a true invitation to audition to sing on the CD."
Hagen mans the microphone for five tracks, while
Perry sings lead on four. The remaining tenth song is an instrumental entitled
"Wooden Ships".
A six-week
Twitter search was conducted to find the CDs title. The winner, out of nearly 2000 entries, was
Joe Piscitelli, who used a play on the old
CBS television program
"Have Gun – Will Travel".
The release of
"Have Guitar, Will Travel" follows self-produced solo releases including
"Let The Music Do The Talking" (1980),
"Once A Rocker, Always A Rocker" (1983),
"I've Got The Rock 'N' Rolls Again" (1981) and 2005's
"Joe Perry", which received universal critical praise and earned
Perry his first solo
Grammy nomination for "Best Instrumental Song" (
"Mercy").
