A tune Tyler told us was derived from a 1976 Whitford guitar riff, “Last Child,” brought out some of the classic Aerosmith guitar grit, and it’s chorus of “Home Sweet Home” obviously had special resonance. All the stage lights turned “Pink” for that song, which had Tyler seeming to struggle with the phrasing even as he hit some vintage yowls. “Living on the Edge” featured recent news clips played on the video screens, concluding with one of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (Later on, a keyboardist did join the band and was announced.) Hmmm. “Fallin’ In Love (Is So Hard on the Knees)” was another big vocal from Tyler, although the song itself seemed to have keyboards when none were visible. It turned out the video narrator was Denis Leary, who appeared onscreen to introduce “Aero-bleeping-Smith!” as the curtain rose on a blistering run through “Train Kept A-Rollin’.”ĭuring “Love in an Elevator,” some hydraulic squares over the stage went up and down, with their own smaller video screens showing babes in bikinis as Tyler belted it out. The band’s first breakup was explained by Joe Perry being traded to the Cardinals, while fellow guitarist Brad Whifield supposedly went to Montreal for the immortal Stan Papi. Mainly it sounded as if both bands were playing at the far end of a long tunnel.Īnd with the stage set up in center field, and the baseball infield roped off, many fans were a long way from the action.Īerosmith opened with a four-minute video history, humorously interweaving their band history and an early rehearsal space near Kenmore Square with Red Sox lore. All the instruments were in the mix, but when you can’t hear the guitars in Aerosmith as clearly as you can hear the mid-song conversation in the next row, it’s a problem. The volume perhaps could have been higher, judging from our seats by the right field foul pole. If there was a general drawback to the night it was the sound, which seemed heavy on the bass end. Both singers reminded one and all what showmanship is all about. Geils’ frontman Peter Wolf, resplendent in a gold sharkskin sportscoat to start the night, jogged through the crowd on the field at a couple points, and took a foray up the ramps into the empty bleachers above the visitor’s bullpen at another. Tyler was prancing and dancing from one side of the stage to the other all night, in a floor-length Red Sox-themed cape/coat, and had several warm moments of embracing his bandmates in mid-song.

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