“Janie’s Got a Gun,” 248
Jay and the Americans, 62
Jerett, Elyssa. See Perry, Elyssa Jerett
“Joanie’s Butterfly,” 222, 223
Joe Perry Project band, 219, 233
John, Elton, 9, 184
John Fred and His Playboy Band, 70
Jones, Brian, 45, 49, 50, 59, 62, 373
Joplin, Janis, 2, 38-39, 46, 48, 66, 70, 80, 307, 312, 373
Journey, 209
Just Push Play album, 89, 313, 314
Kalodner, John, 244, 270, 271, 272, 273, 293, 294
Kansas band, 155
Kelleher, Robert “Kelly,” 119, 133-34, 147, 154, 160, 165, 166, 183, 196, 199, 205, 206, 208
The Kettle of Fish, 49
Kid Rock, 250, 320
Killers band, 337
King Bees band, 66
The Kinks, 54, 74, 119, 153, 154, 157
Kipling, Rudyard, 7, 333, 357
Kiss, 145
“Kiss Your Past Goodbye,” 291
Kovac, Allen, 366, 367
Kramer, Joey, 66, 88-91, 101, 103-4, 114, 120, 161, 164, 167, 173, 179, 189, 199, 202, 215, 222, 236, 237, 239, 249, 283, 335, 360, 362, 363, 368
Kravitz, Lenny, 367
Krebs, David, 107, 112, 156, 183, 184, 208, 214, 225, 226, 229, 230, 231, 232
Led Zeppelin, 61, 62, 64, 75, 87, 93, 94, 95, 98, 107, 140, 145, 358, 359
The Left Banke, 57, 58, 62
Lieber, Steve, 107
Lennon, John, 48, 97, 190, 249, 266, 267, 275, 353
Leslie West and the Vagrants, 62
Lick the Boots That Kick You tour, 207
“Lightning Strikes,” 214
Little Richard, 38, 39, 63, 80, 97
“Livin’ on the Edge,” 57, 266
Lonshey, Ruth, 18
Lord of the Rings (book/movie), 19
“Lord of the Thighs,” 153
“Love in an Elevator,” 248, 296, 362
“Love Lives,” 368
Lovin’ Spoonful, 49, 57, 59
“Magic Touch,” 242
Mahogany Rush, 199
“Major Barbara,” 105, 117
“Make It, Don’t Break It,” 93, 105, 117
Mama Concerts, 192
“Mama Kin,” 115, 179
Mastin, Rick, 75, 213
Mazella, Augie, 29, 32
McCartney, Paul, 49, 97, 137, 181, 266, 374, 375
The McCoys, 104
McKeon, Brian, 336, 338, 360
Mean, Truly, 359
Messina, Jay, 176, 177
Metallica, 308
“Mia,” 216
Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag, 110
“Milk Cow Blues,” 188
Montgomery, Billie Paulette. See Perry, Billie Paulette Montgomery
Montrose band, 87
Monty Rock III, 51, 52
Morrison, Jim, 50, 51, 52, 373, 376
Motley Crüe band, 146, 243
Mott the Hoople band, 119, 122, 145
“Movin’ Out,” 92, 93, 101, 115, 118, 131
Murdoch, Justin, 344, 361
“My Fist Your Face,” 234
“My Friend Today,” 58
The New Yardbirds, 61
New York Dolls band, 107, 171-72, 210
Night in the Ruts album, 213, 215
“Nine Lives,” 308
Nine Lives album, 124, 276, 282, 283, 285, 289, 290, 291
“No Surprize,” 112, 213, 215
“Nobody’s Fault,” 174, 175
Nugent, Ted, 139, 142, 153, 159, 199, 209, 219, 260
Oasis band, 77-78
“One Way Street,” 105, 115, 117
O’Toole, John, 107, 120, 215
Page, Jimmy, 61, 62, 64, 94, 95, 99, 100, 120, 160, 167, 263, 266, 336, 358, 359
“Painted on My Heart,” 294
Paul McCartney and Wings band, 181
Paul, Steve, 49, 104, 105
Pearl Jam, 78
Permanent Vacation album, 242, 248, 271
Perry, Anthony “Tony,” 239
Perry, Billie Paulette Montgomery, 228, 275, 313, 364
Perry, Elyssa Jerett, 27, 78, 79, 101, 102, 120-21, 172, 182, 189, 191, 209, 210, 227, 228, 364
Perry, Joe, 21, 26, 27, 73, 77-82, 88, 90, 92, 94, 100-103, 105, 106, 108, 113, 114, 117, 120-22, 124, 131, 135, 140, 142, 148, 157-58, 163, 166, 174, 175, 182-83, 187-89, 191, 195, 196, 203-5, 208-14, 219, 224, 227, 230, 231, 232-35, 237, 239, 242, 243, 247, 253, 257, 266, 268, 269, 275, 278, 279, 282, 285, 289, 291, 294, 296, 313, 314, 326, 335, 336, 339, 342, 344-45, 359, 363, 365, 370
Peter, Paul and Mary, 194
“Pink,” 124, 214, 287, 289
Pink Floyd, 75, 223
Pinkas, Keren, 364
Pinsky, Drew, 348, 350, 352, 353, 354
Plant, Robert, 266, 307, 358, 359
Plaster Casters, 140
Playboy magazine, 78, 259
Poison band, 251
“Prelude to Joanie,” 222
Presley, Elvis, 37, 40, 60, 298
The Pretty Things, 45, 65, 93
Pump album, 248, 285
Queen, 154
“Rag Doll,” 242, 248
“Rats in the Cellar,” 177
“Rattlesnake Shake,” 78, 80, 93
“The Reason a Dog,” 228
Record Plant, 200
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 337
“Reefer-Headed Woman,” 216, 217
Rich Kids band, 215
Richards, Keith, 46, 47, 49, 70, 71, 74, 79, 80, 82, 100, 104, 184, 188, 220, 266, 312
“Road Runner,” 93
Rock in a Hard Place album, 222, 223, 229
Rocks album, 173, 195
“Roll Over Beethoven,” 39
Rolling Stone magazine, 121, 163, 167, 181, 203, 280
Rolling Stones, 9, 43, 45, 47, 50, 52, 54, 58, 60, 64, 69, 74, 75, 87, 92, 93, 96, 97, 104, 115, 343
Run DMC, 90
“Same Old Song and Dance,” 152, 153, 342
Santana, 199
Santo, Paul, 364
“Seasons of Wither,” 10, 31, 72, 114, 115, 152, 175, 308
The Sex Pistols, 70
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band movie, 199
Sha Na Na band, 121
The Shangri-Las, 42, 62, 308
“Shank After Rollin’,” 308
“Shapes of Things,” 45
Shapiro, Barry, 53
Sherman, Eric, 366-67
The Sidewinders, 120
Simon and Garfunkel, 63
Sire Records, 60
Slash, 312, 343, 351
Sly and the Family Stone, 61
Smith, Chris, 54
Smith, Henry, 50, 54, 61, 64, 182-83, 187, 188, 204-8, 358, 359
Solomon, Don, 41, 60, 65, 68, 164
“Somebody,” 63, 91, 115
“Something’s Gotta Give,” 287
Sonny and Cher, 187
The Soul Survivors, 62
Stahl, Peter, 41
“The Star-Spangled Banner” (Tyler), 340
Sting, 301
Stohmayer, Alan, 41, 50
The Strangers/Strangeurs, 41, 46, 53, 59, 60, 61
“Strawberry Fields,” 297
Studio 54, 200, 201
Studio A, 200
“The Sun,” 60, 117
Supa, Richie, 213, 214, 215, 220, 221, 244, 287, 288, 327
“Sweet Emotion,” 102, 168, 277, 293
Tabano, “Crazy” Raymond, 49, 52, 53, 54, 65, 91, 92, 162-63, 173, 188, 200, 328
Tabano, Susan, 200-201, 338, 339
Tabano, Tommy, 150
Taj Mahal band, 93
Tallarico Brothers band, 13
Tallarico, Chelsea, 9, 18, 111, 257, 263, 277, 285, 301, 316, 376
Tallarico, Cyrind
a Foxe, 105, 172, 191, 192, 200-203, 213, 224-28, 314-15, 375
Tallarico, Ernie, 14, 15, 16, 26, 71
Tallarico, Francesco, 13
Tallarico, Giovanni, 13
Tallarico, Lynda, 7, 8, 11, 16, 29
Tallarico, Mia Abigail Tyler, 111, 192, 202, 213, 228, 280, 301, 320, 321, 375, 376
Tallarico, Michael, 13
Tallarico, Pasquale, 13
Tallarico, Phyllis, 16
Tallarico, Susan Rey Blancha “Susie” (mother), 2, 6-7, 8, 13, 16, 19, 24, 26, 124, 143, 156, 243, 331, 356, 357, 359
Tallarico, Taj, 18, 257, 263, 277, 285, 301, 316, 318, 332, 376
Tallarico, Teresa Barrick, 224, 227-30, 232, 234, 236, 238, 252, 257, 258, 262, 275, 278, 284, 285, 301, 304, 313, 316, 319, 375
Tallarico, Victor (father), 11, 14-15, 27, 362, 367
“Taste of India,” 285, 308, 332
Ten Years After band, 65
10th Street Entertainment, 366
Thin Lizzy, 209
Timmons, Bob, 276, 277, 279-80, 283
“Tits in a Crib” (alternate title for “One Way Street”), 117
Tokyo Spiders, 188-89
Townshend, Pete, 48, 80, 99
Toxic Twins, 157, 209, 247, 336, 354
Toys in the Attic album, 90, 156, 157, 159, 171
“Train Kept a-Rollin’,” 62, 79, 91, 93, 94, 153, 155, 175, 297
The Trampers, 108
Twitty and Smitty band, 63, 123
Tyler, Liv, 129, 218, 282, 294, 301, 321, 375, 376
U2, 291
Vanilla Fudge band, 116
Velvet Underground band, 115
Ventures/Dick Dale, 40
“Walk This Way,” 90, 159, 364, 365
Walk This Way album, 231
Walk This Way (Davis), 202
“Walkin’ the Dig” (misprint title), 117
“Walkin’ the Dog,” 105, 110, 117
Warren, Diane, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295
“When I Needed You,” 60, 63, 75
Whitesnake band, 154
Whitford, Brad, 92, 102, 105, 108, 114, 167, 174, 189, 195, 213, 215, 219, 237, 239, 249, 282, 289, 290, 335, 359, 360, 362
The Who, 45, 52, 68, 75, 97
“Who Do You Love,” 39
William Proud band, 50, 63, 72, 73
Woodstock Festival, 65, 66, 67, 68, 101, 173, 362
“Write Me,” 115
The Yardbirds, 43, 45, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 79, 82, 87, 93, 326, 358
“You Should Have Been Here Yesterday,” 63, 75
The Young Rascals, 57
Zappa, Frank, 169-70, 327, 376
Zeitels, Steven, 305-6
About the Authors
Born Steven Victor Tallarico on March 26, 1948, in Yonkers, New York, STEVEN TYLER is the iconic songwriter, composer, and voice of Aerosmith—America’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band—and is considered one of rock’s most recognizable and dynamic frontmen. Rolling Stone magazine has cited him as one of the greatest singers of all time.
After coming together in Sunapee, New Hampshire, in the late sixties, five musicians made the decision to move to Boston, live together, and become the band we know today as Aerosmith: Tyler as frontman, guitarist Joe Perry, bassist Tom Hamilton, guitarist Ray Tabano, later replaced by Brad Whitford, and drummer Joey Kramer. The band has sold more than 100 million records across the globe and won numerous prestigious awards—multiple Grammys, American Music awards, Billboard awards, and MTV awards—and was inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Aerosmith has infiltrated rock history with their memorable appearances in Wayne’s World and The Simpsons, at the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, and in their own Aerosmith version of Guitar Hero. Their number one single, “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” was nominated for an Academy Award® for best song for the movie Armageddon. In December 2010, Tyler performed for President Obama and the First Lady in a special tribute to Sir Paul McCartney at the Kennedy Center Honors. In January 2011, Tyler joined Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson, and host Ryan Seacrest as a judge on the Fox TV phenomenon American Idol.
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