The Friend Who Taught Me How to Hear Aerosmith

Dave's Side One · Sep 8, 2026 · 6m

Sometimes the person who changes the way you hear a record becomes part of the record forever. In this episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave begins a week of "Dave's Memory Lane" — The Records That Take Me Back — with Aerosmith’s Rocks. Dave already liked Aerosmith when he first heard Rocks at a friend’s house. His friend was different: he was obsessed. He knew every nuance of the record and kept pointing out riffs, fills, changes and little moments until Dave began hearing the album differently too. A couple of years later, Aerosmith came to Salt Lake City in 1978. Dave had fourth-row floor…