Draw the Line (song)

"Draw the Line" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and was released in 1977 as the first single (and title track) from the album Draw the Line. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was included on their album Greatest Hits.

Song information

The song encompasses many of the typical things Aerosmith is known for, including the strong rhythm backbeat by Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer, the back-and-forth interplay between guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. The song slows down before building to a climax showcasing Steven Tyler's trademark scream.

A stereo remix of this song is available on the Pandora's Box and O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits compilation.

In concert

Lately in concert, however, the chief focus is on lead guitarist Joe Perry, who plays an extended guitar solo before the song's climax, and makes use of the open tuning used for the song by performing a number of tricks made possible by said tuning. These include placing the guitar on the floor & beating it with his shirt and having drummer Joey Kramer beat a rhythm over the strings with his drumsticks. The song appears as a hidden track on Live! Bootleg following their cover of James Brown's "Mother Popcorn".

Draw the Line

Draw the Line may refer to:

Draw the Line (Aerosmith album)

Draw the Line is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released December 1, 1977. It was recorded in an abandoned convent near New York City, rented out for that purpose.

The portrait of the band was drawn by the celebrity caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

Kerrang! magazine listed the album at #37 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".

Background

By 1977, Aerosmith had released four studio albums, the two most recent - Toys in the Attic (1975) and Rocks (1976) - catapulting the band to stardom. However, as the band began recording their next album, Draw the Line, their excessive lifestyle, combined with constant touring, began to take its toll. "Draw the Line was untogether because we weren't a cohesive unit anymore," guitarist Joe Perry admitted in the Stephen Davis band memoir Walk This Way. "We were drug addicts dabbling in music, rather than musicians dabbling in drugs.

Recording and composition

According to Steven Tyler's autobiography Does the Noise In My Head Bother You, David Krebs suggested that Aerosmith record their next album at an estate near Armonk, New York called the Cenacle, "away from the temptation of drugs." The plan failed miserably, however, with Tyler recalling, "Drugs can be imported, David...we have our resources. Dealers deliver! Hiding us away in a three-hundred room former convent was a prescription for total lunacy." Largely due to their drug consumption, both Tyler and Perry were not as involved in the writing and recording as they had been on previous albums. According to Perry:

Draw the Line (Ghetto Mafia album)

Draw the Line is the debut album by rap group, Ghetto Mafia. It was released on May 20, 1994 through Ichiban Records and was produced by Sedric "Swift" Barnett and Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey. Draw the Line managed to peak at #79 on the Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

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