Ross Halfin
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Diary - December 14
At 1am fly with the band to Detroit. Shoot Steven and Joe together and a very nice portrait of Brad Whitford. Arrive at 3am, it is colder than Chicago - I am in hell... Well, at least hell would be warm...
I wake up in Birmingham (a suburb of Detroit), open my curtains to a view of a brick wall with the hotel garbage below - I am not a happy man. I go to the front desk. 'Can I move cells, to a cell with a view?' 'Sorry sir, we are sold out.' Nice to be in Detroit, murder capital of the USA...
December 13
Leave Chicago and fly up to Milwaukee. The food backstage is surprising, instead of prime rib and fish you get sushi, crab, steak, really anything you want. It turns out a culinary school is next to the arena and the students are doing the crew catering...
Rick Neilson arrives to show Joe Perry his Merle Travis guitar. It is one of only three and worth more than a house. Lenny Kravitz comes to see Joe - do some pics of them together.
The band are rather rocking tonight, they add Love In An Elevator instead of Helter Skelter which I find a bit tired (like listening to Smoke On The Water). Now I know you go to a show to have a good time but the crowd are very drunk, the arena floor is a sea of spilt booze, and people are walking into each other like zombies. There is nothing WORSE than a drunk older fan, they seem to think it's their role in life to stand in front of me leering into my camera going "aaaaargh, roooock n' roooooll" as they proceed to spill booze all over me. It was like being with twenty thousand Paul Brannigans. Joe Perry plays acoustic during Seasons Of Wither and it starts the intoxicated dancing. I didn't think of this as a dancing song. The other annoying thing is they all think they are photographers, swaying and trying to take photos on their mobile phones...
I have never seen so many girls climb on stage trying to kiss Steven. Donnie Shiteman was doing his best to intercept, hoping for a kiss... Rick Neilsen played Train Kept A Rollin with the band. They did the slower version - as on Get Your Wings. The encore was Back in The Saddle and Draw The Line, my two fave Aerosmith songs. The band had a great time - I did not enjoy shooting it...
Diary - December 14
At 1am fly with the band to Detroit. Shoot Steven and Joe together and a very nice portrait of Brad Whitford. Arrive at 3am, it is colder than Chicago - I am in hell... Well, at least hell would be warm...
I wake up in Birmingham (a suburb of Detroit), open my curtains to a view of a brick wall with the hotel garbage below - I am not a happy man. I go to the front desk. 'Can I move cells, to a cell with a view?' 'Sorry sir, we are sold out.' Nice to be in Detroit, murder capital of the USA...
December 13
Leave Chicago and fly up to Milwaukee. The food backstage is surprising, instead of prime rib and fish you get sushi, crab, steak, really anything you want. It turns out a culinary school is next to the arena and the students are doing the crew catering...
Rick Neilson arrives to show Joe Perry his Merle Travis guitar. It is one of only three and worth more than a house. Lenny Kravitz comes to see Joe - do some pics of them together.
The band are rather rocking tonight, they add Love In An Elevator instead of Helter Skelter which I find a bit tired (like listening to Smoke On The Water). Now I know you go to a show to have a good time but the crowd are very drunk, the arena floor is a sea of spilt booze, and people are walking into each other like zombies. There is nothing WORSE than a drunk older fan, they seem to think it's their role in life to stand in front of me leering into my camera going "aaaaargh, roooock n' roooooll" as they proceed to spill booze all over me. It was like being with twenty thousand Paul Brannigans. Joe Perry plays acoustic during Seasons Of Wither and it starts the intoxicated dancing. I didn't think of this as a dancing song. The other annoying thing is they all think they are photographers, swaying and trying to take photos on their mobile phones...
I have never seen so many girls climb on stage trying to kiss Steven. Donnie Shiteman was doing his best to intercept, hoping for a kiss... Rick Neilsen played Train Kept A Rollin with the band. They did the slower version - as on Get Your Wings. The encore was Back in The Saddle and Draw The Line, my two fave Aerosmith songs. The band had a great time - I did not enjoy shooting it...
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