Pops, Aerosmith members in Boston's Independence Day concert
Boston Globe, MA
July 4, 2006
Stubborn clouds and early showers didn't deter thousands of Fourth of July revelers from crowding the Esplanade Tuesday for fireworks, the 1812 Overture and rock-n-roll Hall of Famers from Aerosmith.
"What could be more iconically American than rock 'n' roll?" said Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart hours before he shared the stage with Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry. "Arguably, Boston's two most famous bands are the Pops and Aerosmith."
The aging rockers from Boston-based Aerosmith headlined the show with the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell. It is the first time that Tyler, 58, and Lawrence-native Perry, 55, have played at the event.
Tyler pranced onstage in a black-and-leopard-print open shirt with tight white pants and an American flag bandana flowing from his microphone as he sang Aerosmith standards, wailing during a rendition of the band's hit "Dream On."
Backstage a baby-faced sailor in dress whites slow-danced with a young woman.
Tyler danced with Lockhart during "Walk This Way," singing the line "give me a kiss" and then dead-panning to Lockhart: "not you."
...State police estimated 450,000 to 500,000 people gathered for the concert and 23-minute pyro-musical fireworks extravaganza near the Charles River...
Aerosmith was the big draw.
"I had their albums," said Lockhart, 47. "They're nearing 60 at this point. But they really still perform like their lives depended on it. They eat the stage up..."
July 4, 2006
Stubborn clouds and early showers didn't deter thousands of Fourth of July revelers from crowding the Esplanade Tuesday for fireworks, the 1812 Overture and rock-n-roll Hall of Famers from Aerosmith.
"What could be more iconically American than rock 'n' roll?" said Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart hours before he shared the stage with Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry. "Arguably, Boston's two most famous bands are the Pops and Aerosmith."
The aging rockers from Boston-based Aerosmith headlined the show with the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell. It is the first time that Tyler, 58, and Lawrence-native Perry, 55, have played at the event.
Tyler pranced onstage in a black-and-leopard-print open shirt with tight white pants and an American flag bandana flowing from his microphone as he sang Aerosmith standards, wailing during a rendition of the band's hit "Dream On."
Backstage a baby-faced sailor in dress whites slow-danced with a young woman.
Tyler danced with Lockhart during "Walk This Way," singing the line "give me a kiss" and then dead-panning to Lockhart: "not you."
...State police estimated 450,000 to 500,000 people gathered for the concert and 23-minute pyro-musical fireworks extravaganza near the Charles River...
Aerosmith was the big draw.
"I had their albums," said Lockhart, 47. "They're nearing 60 at this point. But they really still perform like their lives depended on it. They eat the stage up..."
| Permalink | E-mail this post 
