Joe Perry
Even at 70, the Bad Boy from Boston is still the baddest — and coolest — guitar slinger on the block.
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THERE’S A REASON that, for decades now, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has introduced the man to his left onstage as “Mr. Joe fucking Perry.” It’s because the Massachusetts-bred Perry plays guitar, to put it one way, like a mutha. Whether keeping it tight and funky on “Walk This Way,” groovy and heavy on “Sweet Emotion,” fast and frantic on “Toys in the Attic,” or bluesy and deep-in-thepocket on “Same Old Song and Dance,” he tackles every riff, lick and lead with unmatched cool, class and charisma. As he’s said, “It’s all just attitude.”