RODGERS CONFIRMS AEROSMITH OFFER
BAD COMPANY and FREE rocker PAUL RODGERS has confirmed he was considered = as a replacement for STEVEN TYLER after the frontman exited AEROSMITH las= t year (09) - but chose to tour the U.K. with band guitarist JOE PERRY’s = side project instead.
Rodgers explains he spoke with Perry shortly after Tyler announced plan= s to take a two-year hiatus in November (09) and the Aerosmith star offer= ed him the job of stepping in for the departing singer.
The All Right Now singer, who previously fronted Queen for a world tour= , declined the offer.
He says, "I’ve never really joined a band other than joining forces wit= h Queen, during which we were playing my songs and their songs.
"I did speak to Joe in London. He discussed some of the problems and we= talked about music.
"The upshot is that he’s gonna be bringing his solo band in support of = the Bad Company tour in the U.K." Rodgers admits he’s glad to hear that Tyler, who is currently undergoin= g treatment for a painkiller addiction in a California rehab, could be ba= ck behind the microphone for Aerosmith as early as this summer (10), when= the group co-headlines Britain’s Download festival.
He adds, "I have enormous respect for all those guys and I really hope = that they iron out their problems and Aerosmith sticks together because t= hey’re such a great band." Meanwhile, Rodgers might not be hooking up with Aerosmith, but he does = have other supergroup plans.
He tells TheRockRadio.com, "I was just down in Maui and I had a jam ses= sion with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. We just did whatever came to min= d, a lot of blues, actually.
"I remember watching Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac at the Marquee and clu= bs all over London way back in the old days… and we did exactly that th= ing. We just played and jammed. Maybe it is on the cards to do something = very stripped down and basic (with them)."
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