Let me nail this sucker.” And Rhett was walking in and within 20 minutes, we had a song and it was just unreal. Rhett picks up this guitar and says, “I’ve been playing the same lick for 30 years, every time I pick up a guitar.” And I said, “Well did you ever put it in a song?” and he goes, “No.” And I said, “Well we’re going to wrap a song around that.” And the next thing you know, we’re in a room and throwing lyrics around and an hour later, we’ve got “Only Heaven.” And when Rhett walked out for a minute to take a pee, I said to Chris, “Get me a mic. I sat in a room with Chris DeStefano, great songwriter, and Rhett Akins. What was it like working with all those Nashville songwriters? That was one of the magic things of Aerosmith was that I could write a song like “Dream On” and then have other rock and roll songs like “Movin’ Out” and “Make it” and “One Way Street.” While I was writing these songs, it wasn’t to write a country record it was just to write a song with somebody that I had never written with before really. It wasn’t “Tyler goes country!” In fact, I didn’t want to tell anybody that I was doing a country record. When I started writing, I wasn’t going to go down and start yodeling. I just fell head over heels in love with Nashville.ĭid you have any initial hesitations about going country? It was just one magic moment after another. I’d love to write with some of these people.” So I rented a house and springtime came and the songs started coming. And I thought, “Maybe I can write with a bunch of people.” I just started meeting some crazy people and feeling and hearing great songs and thought, “Shit. He said, “What are you doing?” And I said, “Well I’m thinking about doing a solo project.” And he said, “Well it just so happens I have a label down in Nashville and if you ever want to do something, come on down.” And I went down and I did a couple of shows for CMT and I fell in love with this place. I met Scott Borchetta at a fundraiser for MusiCares with Carole King and he came up and he introduced himself. What?” And then the Everly Brothers, their harmonies. I kind of felt that funny feeling, the way he sang that song about women. I didn’t know what sex was and I wasn’t really looking at girls at that age. “All for the Love of a Girl” was a huge song to me when I was 13. My first album was Johnny Horton and The Battle of New Orleans. We’ve got banjo and ganjo and I’ve got a violin player in the band now, Jenee Fleenor. It’s the same kind of family but we put together a band down here to deliver it differently. Marti and I wrote “Jaded” together and Marti and Joe Perry and I wrote a bunch of songs together. I want to take her on tour with me and Aerosmith. Rebecca Lynn Howard sings bluegrass and Suzie McNeil had an album on her own and she sings so good, so much like me. And I thought, “What if I write something and put it into a band that I created?” So Marti put together and it was something we talked about for years. Every time I write something, I put it into Aerosmith. The band inspired me to go do a solo project because Joe Perry has done about four of them, Brad has done a couple of solo projects. And the country band is a new band, it’s a new album, it’s all new. With 40 years being in a band, you always have to put up with 40 years of caca. We’re all such good friends, it’s ridiculous. My God, we all kiss on the lips before we go on stage. I’m still doing all the singing with Loving Mary but there is so much background and beauty and fun and love. It’s a little harder doing two hours and doing all the singing. I never feel better than being home at Christmas with the kids or on stage with Aerosmith. My first and foremost love is with Aerosmith. How is touring on your own different than when you’re out on the road with Aerosmith? You’re out on the road now in support of your debut solo project, We’re All Somebody from Somewhere. caught up with Tyler to discuss his decision to make a solo album, the magic behind the album’s songwriting sessions, and the process of sprucing up classic Aerosmith tunes with the help of a little banjo. Tyler is currently on the road, spreading his new country sound around North America with the help of backing band Loving Mary. Teaming up with Southern hitmakers like Rhett Akins and Hillary Lindsey, it is no wonder his new album, We’re All Somebody From Somewhere, came out a bit country. He hit pause on Aerosmith, went down to Nashville, worked with some phenomenal songwriters, and recorded 15 songs. And after meeting Big Machine Records President and CEO Scott Borchetta at a MusiCares event, Tyler decided it was the right time. For years, the GRAMMY-winning frontman has dreamed of crafting a solo record. After four decades of making music with Aerosmith, Steven Tyler wanted to try something new.
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