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Time to resurrect the Joe Perry Project.

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Stanley Dugart Dugart-Smith

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Sep 18, 2009, 1:22:23 AM9/18/09
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Joe Perry frustrated over Steven Tyler accident
Aerosmith guitarist says injured lead singer has to get his act together
Chris Carlson / AP file
Steven Tyler, left, and Joe Perry haven't spoken in five weeks.
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Joe Perry is angry that Aerosmith has been sidelined due to
Steven Tyler’s tour injury.
The group had to cancel their summer tour after the frontman suffered
injuries when he fell off the stage during a concert in August.
“The tour was building up to be a great tour, and I was pretty
(upset), you know,†Perry said in an interview on Wednesday.
The guitarist hasn’t even spoken to Tyler recently: “I
haven’t talked to him in over five weeks. I don’t know
what’s going on with him. I hear he’s getting better,
but I don’t know I really don’t know what’s
going on with him.
The 61-year-old Tyler fell off the stage during an Aug. 5 performance in
South Dakota. He broke his left shoulder and needed 20 stitches in his
head. Tyler was ordered by doctors to take the time to properly
recuperate from his injuries.
“I was pretty (upset), because right before that, he had pulled
a muscle in his leg. And we had to take two weeks off and we missed
probably seven dates,†Perry said.
Even though Aerosmith is idle, Perry has been keeping busy promoting his
upcoming album, “Have Guitar, Will Travel.†It’s
the fifth record for his solo endeavor, The Joe Perry Project. Although
the CD was already in the works, he put his full focus on it after Tyler
was injured. It is out Oct. 6.
“The bottom line is that every hole that Aerosmith left I
filled,†he said of the CD.
Aerosmith has been together since the early 1970s, and Perry believes
they’ll be back in action again: “One thing I do know,
there’s still life left in the old band.â€
Still, Perry couldn’t hide his feelings regarding Tyler.
“All I know is he’s got to get his act together. I mean,
he and I haven’t written a song together alone in the same room
in over ten years, so there’s been some changes in paradigm of
what Aerosmith is,†he said.
A representative for Aerosmith did not immediately respond to a request
for comment.


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