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Sedona Sunrise | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Aerosmith | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Steven
Tyler Joe Perry Jim Vallance |
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| Date Written: | 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Devil's Got A New Disguise (Columbia/Sony, 2006) | ||||||||||||
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Steven Tyler: vocal Joe Perry: rhythm guitar, slide guitar Brad Whitford: rhythm guitar Tom Hamilton: bass Joey Kramer: drums |
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Produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver Canada, April-June 1989. |
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Joe and his wife Billie had recently spent time in Arizona, visiting Joe's mother. They were impressed with the serenity and beauty of the desert near Sedona, and Joe was inspired to write about it. We did a bit of work on the song in my studio in Vancouver, but it wasn't completed at that time. Steven and Joe finished the song later, back home in Massachusetts. The track wasn't released, and I completely forgot about it. Seventeen years later (September 2006) I got a call from the receptionist at Aerosmith's management office: "Do you remember any un-released songs you wrote with Aerosmith?', she asked. I thought it was an odd question -- possibly even a "loaded" question -- but I answered to the best of my ability. "Yes", I replied, "Legendary Child and Anybody Out There". two unreleased tracks from the "Get A Grip" sessions that immediately came to mind. But that wasn't the title she was looking for. "Do you recall a song called Sedona something?", she prompted. "Yeah! ... Sedona Sunrise!", I said, remembering the long-forgotten song. This is how I learned that Sedona Sunrise had been resurrected and would be included on Aerosmith's "Devil's Got A New Disguise" album. In fact, the CD's were being manufactured the following week, and there was a panic to sort out the songwriting credits. Hence the cryptic phone call. Considering how many years had passed, it was thoughtful and generous of Steven and Joe to remember my involvement in the song, and to share credit. A few years later I received a similar but less diplomatic call from manager Trudy Green regarding the song Legendary Child. |
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| Lyrics: | I was a city boy Caught up in a city way A nitty gritty boy I was out all night, and always gettin' blown away There ain't no breeze to cool the heat of love She was a city girl With no responsibility A pretty little city girl All fired up, and what's that got to do to me? Cuz there ain't no breeze to cool the heat of love It's as clear as a sunrise in Sedona Just what it is that's blowin' in the wind It's the fire in her eyes It's the tear when she cries It's the heat when I fall on my knees that I'm thinkin' of There ain't no breeze to cool the heat of love It's as clear as a sunrise in Sedona Just what it is it's blowin' in the wind It's the fire in her eyes It's the tear when she cries It's the heat when I fall on my knees that I'm thinkin' of There ain't no breeze to cool the heat of love Ya - the heat of love Ya - the heat of love |
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