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Music Trivia

Posted:
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:33 pm
by jimmydanger
Who played the leads on the song "Train Kept A-Rollin" on Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" album?

Posted:
Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:32 pm
by jimmydanger
No takers? Damn, I thought somebody here would know this. OK, go Google it.

Posted:
Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:44 pm
by ColorsFade
Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner.

Posted:
Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:07 pm
by jimmydanger
Excellent! Can you name some other famous tunes they played on?

Posted:
Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:23 pm
by gbheil
Where was Joe Perry?

Posted:
Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:13 pm
by jimmydanger
Joe was playing the rhythms, along with Brad. But they brought in a couple of gunslingers to lay down the leads.
In an interview Steve Hunter was asked to recall playing on the track (he does the first "studio" lead, Dick Wagner does the second "live" lead"). He said he just played along with the song to warm up. At the end of the tune he said he was ready to record and the producer said "you're done, we already recorded it". So what you hear is just him warming up!
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner also played the leads on Lou Reed's live "Sweet Jane" and Alice Cooper's "Billion Dollar Babies", as well as Peter Gabriel's first album. Bad mofos.

Posted:
Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:55 am
by gbheil
Thats odd. I,ve been singing Billion Dollar Babies at work all day today.
AARRRRGGHHH Get out of my head Jimmy !!
