[Vick]

No it's not commercial success

It's what works for me and my taste in musicianship (how most everything is in key, A-Smith does a lot of english blues inspired call and answer stuff, how they work in vocal and instruments you'd never know were there but add to the sound)

Funny thing is the english blues were in part inspired by American Delta blues (See Led Zeppelin or Jeff Beck and Willie Dixon)

But the NFL did have Aerosmith play the halftime show (Before the wardrobe malfunction year) and kick off the next years season. Hell even Britney Spears came on stage with A-smith at the halftime show

There's only a few years between you and I PD but you may have grew up on the Stones while I grew up on A-smith and then got to really enjoy their later success after the extreme drug years

A sort of nice parallel on a personal level for me

Plus I love a good blues rock fusion with a great guitar sound

and what the Stones did help pave the way and inspire what we were able to do