Joe Perry’s new solo album “Sweetzerland Manifesto”  is out (as of the 19th), and to kick it off, he did quite the star studded concert Tuesday night at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. Now while I’m still “researching”…the concert ending MAY have had a tie to Boise! Here goes my bad case of “premature evaluation” once again, but bear with me for a minute. The set list was impressive, from Aerosmith classics like “Toys in the Attic” and “Come Together”, to other classics like “Fortunate One” and “Sick and Tired”. Perry was backed by the likes of Slash, Chris Robinson (Black Crowes), Dean and Robert DeLeo of STP, Johnny Depp and others. Gary Cherone (Extreme) had lead vocal duties on the Aerosmith tunes, while Robin Zander, Terry Reid, and David Johansen did vocals for the tunes they sang on the new album. The final song of the night was one of my all time favorite Aerosmith tunes…when it’s done RIGHT, “LIVE”…Train Kept A Rollin’! Now here’s the POSSIBLE Boise tie-in…at the end of “Train…” Perry smashed his guitar to pieces. He told Rolling Stone magazine,”Everything was screaming; the amps were going, I didn’t know what else to do. All of a sudden my guitar was in pieces. It was a really a nice guitar, and the guy who made it for me was in the front row. That’s why I’m feeling bad about it. It was not anything I planned. It was just that the energy was overwhelming.” NOW…right here in Boise is the home of BOLIN GUITARS, and John Bolin was one of our fine judges at the Next To Rock finals a few months back. John (and company) have made guitars for NUMEROUS rock superstars…including, yes…JOE PERRY! So…COULD IT have been a “Bolin” guitar that Perry smashed…and might that “guy in the front row” who made the guitar, have been Boise’s own John Bolin!!? Stay tuned for a follow up on this fine piece of “investigative journalism”, lol.  ~ Ron 

And here’s a video of that final tune from the show…”Train Kept a Rollin”…including the guitar smash ending!