Perry playing every gig like it's the last
Boston Globe, MA
November 21, 2006
Aerosmith out to pasture? You never know, says Joe Perry. Talking to a Florida newspaper over the weekend, Aerosmith's ax man said the bad luck that's befallen the band recently has made him question whether this train can, in fact, keep a-rollin'. Not only has screaming Steven Tyler had throat surgery, but Tom Hamilton's being treated for throat cancer, and Perry himself just suffered a nasty head injury. "I was so [ticked] off -- really, really [ticked] off," Perry said of the Nov. 4 mishap at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas. Barely three songs into the band's 90-minute set , Perry was hit by a camera boom, and suffered a concussion and severe bruising. As a result, the guitarist says he's begun treating each show as if it could be his last. "That feeling of wondering when you're gonna play again is what does it," said Perry, 56. "I gotta think there's a sense of immediacy that all this stuff brings. When I play these cities I can't help but think: Who knows, this might be it."
November 21, 2006
Aerosmith out to pasture? You never know, says Joe Perry. Talking to a Florida newspaper over the weekend, Aerosmith's ax man said the bad luck that's befallen the band recently has made him question whether this train can, in fact, keep a-rollin'. Not only has screaming Steven Tyler had throat surgery, but Tom Hamilton's being treated for throat cancer, and Perry himself just suffered a nasty head injury. "I was so [ticked] off -- really, really [ticked] off," Perry said of the Nov. 4 mishap at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas. Barely three songs into the band's 90-minute set , Perry was hit by a camera boom, and suffered a concussion and severe bruising. As a result, the guitarist says he's begun treating each show as if it could be his last. "That feeling of wondering when you're gonna play again is what does it," said Perry, 56. "I gotta think there's a sense of immediacy that all this stuff brings. When I play these cities I can't help but think: Who knows, this might be it."
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