LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 1, 2019…BACK ON THIS DATE IN 1977 AEROSMITH CAME OUT WITH THE ALBUM ‘DRAW THE LINE’ . THIS WAS THE GROUP’S FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM AND ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR AEROSMITH LISTS THE RELEASE DATE AS DECEMBER 1, THE ACTUAL RECORD WAS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 9,1977. LOOKING BACK AT THIS ALBUM, JOE PERRY SAID THIS RECORD WAS “the beginning of the end” FOR THE GROUP. IN THE BOOK “WALK THIS WAY” PERRY SAID WHEN THE BAND WAS MAKING THIS RECORD “Draw the Line was untogether because we weren’t a cohesive unit anymore, we were drug addicts dabbling in music, rather than musicians dabbling in drugs. Draw the Line was the beginning of the end and the decay of our artistry…” ACCOUNTING FOR STREAMING, DOWNLOADS AND ACTUAL ALBUM SALES ‘DRAW THE LINE’ HAS SOLD THE EQUIVALENT OF 3,250,000 MILLION COPIES. HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF THE TITLE TRACK FROM A CONCERT IN 1978
