Joe Perry sets solo album street date

Columbia Records is set to release Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry's new self-titled solo album Tues., May 3.

The album was recorded at the Boneyard, Perry's basement home studio in Boston. The album's 13 tracks include 11 new Perry originals as well as covers of The Doors' "The Crystal Ship" and Woody Guthrie's "Vigilante Man."

"It didn't occur to me to put this record out until Aerosmith decided to take a year off," said Perry about his new album. "It's as honest a record as you're gonna get. Most of the songs are love songs. Some of them are fast and some of them are slow, that's about it. You sing what you know."

Perry sings all the vocals and plays all the guitars, bass and keyboard parts on the album. He also co-produced the album with Paul Caruso, who recorded and engineered the disc and played drums.

Joe Perry is the fourth solo album from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His previous works—as the Joe Perry Project—include Let The Music Do The Talking (1980), I've Got The Rock 'N' Rolls Again (1981), and Once A Rocker, Always A Rocker (1984), all of which were recorded while Joe was on hiatus from Aerosmith.

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