Scratch Aerosmith off the list of groups planning to tour in 2016 — at least in North America.
The group was slated to play in both early 2016 and during the summer, but that’s been put on ice by frontman Steven Tyler and his solo album plans, according to guitarist Brad Whitford. “Steven doesn’t want to do it,” Whitford, who’s readying a new album of his own with Ted Nugent singer/guitarist Derek St. Holmes, tells Billboard. “It’s unfortunate. We kind of feel a little bit abandoned by him. I guess he seems to think his solo career is going to go great guns, and he doesn’t seem to realize that — in my opinion — his fans around the globe want to see him in the context of Aerosmith and don’t really care for whatever he thinks he’s gonna do…I don’t know if he gets that but, hey, that’s what he wants to do. I can’t put a gun to his head. It’s just pretty disappointing.”
Tyler has been recording his country-leaning album in Nashville, with plans for a 2016 release. His first single from the set, the Dann Huff-produced “Love Is Your Name,” came out in mid-May and peaked at Number 19 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and he’s been making the rounds of the assorted country music awards shows.
…The reunited Whitford St. Holmes — which the two launched in 1980 and released one self-titled album the following year — hits the road November 12th in Milwaukee for a 10-date tour. It’s a bit of a silver lining for Whitford and will see the release of a new album, Reunion, in the near future.
“Derek and I now live in the same town [Nashville] and we’ve been great friends since the mid-’70s, and once we were hanging out here together it was just the natural evolution of us sitting around and creating music and we just got to the point of, ‘Wow, we’ve got to do something with this,'” Whitford says. They recorded Reunion over a two-week period at Castle Recording in Franklin, Tenn., with Beau Maxwell and a band that includes Tesla drummer Tony Luccketta and Aerosmith touring keyboardist Buck Johnson, among others.
“It’s a classic rock album — modern classic rock,” Whitford says.
…Whitford and St. Holmes wrote all nine songs for Reunion and plan to return to the studio after the tour to start recording more material they’ve come up with.
Thu 11/12/15 Milwaukee, WI
The Northern Lights Theater
Fri 11/13/15 Westland, MI
The Token Lounge
Sat 11/14/15 Chicago, IL
Reggies Rock Club
Sun 11/15/15 Saint Charles, IL
Arcada Theatre
Tue 11/17/15 Boston, MA
The Wilbur
Wed 11/18/15 New York, NY
B.B. King Blues Club
Thu 11/19/15 Ridgefield, CT
Ridgefield Playhouse
Fri 11/20/15 Londonderry, NH
Tupelo Music Hall
Sat 11/21/15 Amityville, NY
Revolution Bar & Music Hall
Sun 11/22/15 New Hope, PA
Havana New Hope PA
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
Jzfunk I remember the Whitford/St. Holmes album. One of my buddies had it back in the day. Speaking of Whitford ... He's a great player often overshadowed by Joe Perry in Aerosmith. On Great Gypsy Soul the Tommy Bolin Tribute produced by Warren Brad's take on "Wild Dogs" is my favorite cut on the record. Brad rips.
On Great Gypsy Soul the Tommy Bolin Tribute produced by Warren Brad's take on "Wild Dogs" is my favorite cut on the record. Brad rips.
I have yet to hear that cd. It kinda turned me off to hear that the artists were on top/with Tommys tracks. I thought it was just going to be a straight up "tribute" where the musicians were giving their interpretations. I will have to check it , Wild Dogs is a great song.
Tommy Bolin - Wild Dogs (Acoustic Demo)
This probably one of my favorite songs of Tommys and a great version.
He just smokes the whole thing. His band is rockin also.
Tommy Bolin and Friends "Crazed Fandango"
Ebbets Field 1974
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
Great Gypsy Soul like Touched By Magic, the Tommy Bolin biography, both sound horrible on paper; however, both are really good. Let's talk about the latter first. Touched By Magic is comprised of nothing but interviews - no narratives, no third person, etc. But it's a great read that paints a pretty good argument that Tommy was actually murdered. Great Gypsy Soul has various artists such as Frampton, Lukather, Nels Cline playing over and along with various Tommy tunes. All I can say is that it works perfectly and in some cases sublime. Warren is the producer and does a great job. Somehow the modern and the vintage meld together like that's the way it was suppose to be. Both the book and the Cd are a must for Tommy fans.
i need that whitford st holmes album
