Little Joe Perry Bit In Guitar World
Thanks to FutureJP
There's a little bit on Joe on page 35 of the September 2005 issue of Guitar World mag. It's nothing really that's not known already.
What inspired you to play guitar?
My Portugese uncle would play folk songs on a homemade ukelele at family gatherings. I was just six or seven years old, and I always wanted to get my hands on it. Shortly thereafter, I got a cheap guitar and plinked along to Roy Orbison songs and other stuff on the radio. After I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, I knew I wanted to devote my life to music and started playing the guitar seriously.
What was your first guitar?
A Silvertone acoustic with a phony, painted-on Sunburst finish. It cost $12 and came with a 45 [rpm] record that told you how to tune it.
Do you remember your first gig?
When I was 16, I was in a garage band that actually played in a garage! On Saturday afternoons we'd open the garage door and people in the neighborhood would stop by and listen to us badly play songs by the Animals and the Dave Clark Five.
What's your favorite piece of gear?
My Centaur pedal, which is made by a local guy in Boston. Many years ago he sent me and [Aerosmith coguitarist] Brad [Whitford] one to try out, and I've been using it ever since. It's a combination overdrive/boost pedal that doesn't color the sound too much.
What advice do you have for guitarists?
It depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to be in a band, you gotta stick with it. It's tough. It's not much different these days than when I was coming up. You have to get your live show together and build up a local following. The one thing you can control is how good you are onstage. Just keep playing, because eventually you'll get better.
There's a little bit on Joe on page 35 of the September 2005 issue of Guitar World mag. It's nothing really that's not known already.
What inspired you to play guitar?
My Portugese uncle would play folk songs on a homemade ukelele at family gatherings. I was just six or seven years old, and I always wanted to get my hands on it. Shortly thereafter, I got a cheap guitar and plinked along to Roy Orbison songs and other stuff on the radio. After I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, I knew I wanted to devote my life to music and started playing the guitar seriously.
What was your first guitar?
A Silvertone acoustic with a phony, painted-on Sunburst finish. It cost $12 and came with a 45 [rpm] record that told you how to tune it.
Do you remember your first gig?
When I was 16, I was in a garage band that actually played in a garage! On Saturday afternoons we'd open the garage door and people in the neighborhood would stop by and listen to us badly play songs by the Animals and the Dave Clark Five.
What's your favorite piece of gear?
My Centaur pedal, which is made by a local guy in Boston. Many years ago he sent me and [Aerosmith coguitarist] Brad [Whitford] one to try out, and I've been using it ever since. It's a combination overdrive/boost pedal that doesn't color the sound too much.
What advice do you have for guitarists?
It depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to be in a band, you gotta stick with it. It's tough. It's not much different these days than when I was coming up. You have to get your live show together and build up a local following. The one thing you can control is how good you are onstage. Just keep playing, because eventually you'll get better.
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