Butch Walker honors his rock heroes Aerosmith by covering their 1987 power ballad 'Angel' with country singer Ashley Monroe.
“I have such fond memories of growing up a long haired rock n roll kid in the rural south, listening to, and every record that followed those,” he wrote. “When they cleaned up, made up, and reformed in the 80’s, they were a fucking FORCE and were not gonna be upstaged by all the current younger rock n roll bands that literally formed because ofand it destroyed me. It had everything. Groove. Hooks. Swagger. Sex. Humor. Heaviness.
He went on to recall seeing them play “Angel” with his girlfriend at the Omni Arena in Atlanta as a teenager. “Sometimes memories just stick with you through all the years and all the insanity,” he wrote. “Steven’s voice on this jam is arguably one of the best performances of his life. Most dudes in their 20’s couldn’t sing with that much power, range and emotion that he was doing in his 40’s at the time.
The reaction to the cover was so positive that he cut a proper studio version of the song alongside country singer, which he released on Wednesday — the anniversary of his father’s death from cancer (Walker chronicled in his grief in the superb 2015 LPon Instagram. “He told the family before he died, that he would always be our Angel, and would always be watching over us.
Walker is also known today for his role as a producer who has worked with everyone from Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Pink to Fall Out Boy, Weezer, and Green Day. But he’s recently gone back to his roots as the leader of rock band Marvelous 3. They’re touring now in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their, the record that established him as a solo artist following the breakup of Marvelous 3.
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