Category: RIAHP follow up

“WRITTEN IN STONE” the Rick Dufay riff the band jammed to while on the tour bus

27 January, 2022

“Written in Stone” is a song based on a Rick Dufay riff that Aerosmith used to jam to while on their tour bus. It was part of a few pre-production sessions that took place after RIAHP was released, but with the replacement members (Crespo and Dufay), thinking of the “next album” for THAT lineup of … More “WRITTEN IN STONE” the Rick Dufay riff the band jammed to while on the tour bus

The Lost Follow-Up to Aerosmith’s “ROCK IN A HARD PLACE” SEQUEL alt line up album sessions

26 January, 2022

By late 1983 the alternate Aerosmith lineup of Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay was running out of road. Rock in a Hard Place (August 1982) had stalled at #32, the tour had wound down that summer, and Columbia, still unrecouped on the album’s $1.5 million cost, refused to advance … More The Lost Follow-Up to Aerosmith’s “ROCK IN A HARD PLACE” SEQUEL alt line up album sessions