INSIDE THE WORLD OF ROCK
the DIRT
“I’m the band’s Mister Common Sense”
Unsung hero Brad Whitford on a new photo book and restarting the Aerosmith machine.
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Whitford: “A band line-up photograph, all sweaty straight after the Sao Paulo show in 2017. None of us knew that the following day we’d be flying back to the States (due to Tyler suffering a seizure), though I was aware of Steven having a health issue. It was easier to treat it in Los Angeles than in South America.”
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Whitford: “Hanging out with Kiss in Sacramento. Both bands started at around the same time period, but what set us apart was the way Kiss presented themselves. At first I thought: ‘Wait a minute, you can’t do that.’ But boy was I wrong. It was a brilliant concept.”
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Whitford: “Here’s Johnny Depp with us at the LA Forum in 2014. Johnny is a very good musician. He has a sound and approach of his own but he fits right in with Aerosmith. I love it when he plays with us.”
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Whitford: “Backstage at the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, on a tour for our 1985 album Done With Mirrors. We were out with Ted Nugent. We did a lot of shows with Ted, who had the same management as us. Ted Nugent and Aerosmith was always a great show.”