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November 21, 2009

‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s’

Michael J. Fox and Steven Tyler perform onstage during The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s 2009 Benefit, ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s’ at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel on November 21, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MJF/WireImage for The Michael J. Fox Foundation)

(L-R) Musicians Gregg Allman, Elvis Costello, and Steven Tyler attend The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s 2009 Benefit, ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s’ at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel on November 21, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MJF/WireImage for The Michael J. Fox Foundation)

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JoePerry.com
November 21, 2009

Joe Perry will be a presenter at the 2009 American Music Awards. Be sure to tune in to ABC, Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 8pm ET. Word has it Joe will be presenting the 4th award of the night.

The Windsor Star, Canada
November 20, 2009

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WINDSOR, Ont. — Joe Perry wasn’t about to let anyone off the hook Thursday at Caesars Windsor’s Colosseum.

The guitarist for Aerosmith brought his part-time rock band, the Project, to Windsor for an old-fashioned, balls-to-the-wall rock show that featured a smattering of Aerosmith, and a whole lotta rock love.

He was backed by the band that appears on his latest solo album, Have Guitar, Will Travel.

He opened with the title song from the first Joe Perry Project album in 1980, Let The Music Do The Talking, delivered with screeching intensity by lead singer Hagen Groag.

Hagen, as he prefers to be known, was a discovery on YouTube by Perry’s wife, Billie. He hails from Germany and told the audience it was his first visit to Canada.

Perry switched guitars like Celine Dion changes dresses, hauling out an array of axes to suit every musical occasion.

Now and then, he also showed a prowess for slide blues, as in the song Vigilante Man, from the self-titled 2005 album.

As might be expected at a gig where Perry was front and centre, not the singer, every song was geared to show off different aspects of his guitar playing.

The new song, Somebody’s Gonna Get (Their Head Kicked in Tonite), was an extended series of Chuck Berry riffs, but amplified to deafening proportions. It also gave keyboardist Paul Santo a chance to shine with some boogie-woogie breaks.

Santo was also featured along with Hagen on the Joe Perry Project song from 1980, Rockin’ Train, a funky, hard-pounding bit of business that also had a monster bass guitar solo by longtime Perry sideman, and sometime Aerosmith member, David Hull.

The rest of the band stood back and admired Hull’s single time in the spotlight.

Also in the band was drummer Marty Richards, who was borrowed from the J. Geils Band for the solo album and tour.

Perry has been telling everyone who’ll listen that Aerosmith is still going strong, and that may explain why the Colosseum wasn’t sold out. Caesars even tried to pad the audience in the days leading up to the show with discounted ticket prices.

Those who took a pass missed a terrific, inspired and passionate rock concert.

For good measure, Perry threw in a version of Dream On, Aerosmith’s signature song. It was to a reggae beat with Hagen hitting the familiar wailing, early Steven Tyler-like high notes near the end.

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