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AEROSMITH ‘NIGHT IN THE RUTS’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 1, 2019..ON THIS DATE FORTY YEARS AGO, AEROSMITH RELEASED THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘NIGHT IN THE RUTS.’

FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,AEROSMITH WAS ON FUMES WHEN IT CAME TO THIS ALBUM. THE GROUP MADE THIS RECORD WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GRUELING TOUR AND WHILE GOING THROUGH HORRIBLE DRUG PROBLEMS. RUH ROH ! THE SITUATION WAS SO UGLY GUITARIST JOE PERRY WALKED OUT AND QUIT THE BAND HALFWAY THROUGH THE RECORDING OF THIS ALBUM. THE GUITAR WORK ON THE ALBUM FELL TO BRAD WHITFORD AND 3 STUDIO MUSICIANS. OH, AND AFTER THE ALBUM CAME OUT, WHITFORD LEFT THE GROUP AS WELL. THAT’S A DOUBLE RUH-ROH!

THE ONLY REDEEMING ASPECT OF THE ALBUM WAS IT PRODUCED A REMAKE OF THIS SONG ‘REMEMBER(WALKING IN THE SAND)’