Tuesday, August 9, 2011

VIDEO: Steven Tyler rocks Scituate’s Heritage Days

Looks like Steven Tyler need to stretch his legs and get some air.

While spending much of his summer in the studio working on the next Aerosmith album, Tyler stepped out Sunday for a surprise appearance – and performance – at Scituate’s Heritage Days in Scituate, Massachusetts.

The Patriot Ledger reports heavy rainfall Sunday morning spawned feelings of frustration, anxiety and despair for live music organizer Gerry McMorrow, who said the wet weather significantly delayed the performance schedule, forced two acts to cancel and seemingly washed away any hopes of ending the festival on a high note.

Enter Steven Tyler, whose surprise appearance Sunday afternoon drew thousands of fans to Scituate Harbor and helped salvage an event that, only hours before, had all the makings of a washout.

“Everybody was numb, hardly believing what they were seeing onstage,”
McMorrow, the owner of the Scituate Music Center on Front Street, said of Tyler’s impromptu performance.

The Aerosmith front man took to the stage – on the corner of Otis Place and Front Street – at approximately 5 p.m. He joined the James Montgomery Blues Band and Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford for two songs: the blues standard “All Your Loving” and the Aerosmith hit/cover of “Train Kept a Rollin’.” Tyler also joined The Family Stone later that evening for a couple of songs.

McMorrow said Tyler’s surprise visit to Scituate led to “one of the most electrifying musical moments” he had ever witnessed. “To have things fall into place like that, into this sort of Walt Disney-type ending, you couldn’t have foreseen that in the morning.”

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James Montgomery Blues Band – Train Kept A Rollin'
With guests Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford
Scituate Heritage Days – Scituate, MA – August 7, 2011


alternate angle:

James Montgomery Blues Band – Train Kept A Rollin'
With guests Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford
Scituate Heritage Days – Scituate, MA – August 7, 2011


James Montgomery Blues Band – All Your Loving
With guests Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford
Scituate Heritage Days – Scituate, MA – August 7, 2011


Steven Tyler - hanging with fans
Scituate Heritage Days – Scituate, MA – August 7, 2011


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