Submitted by Cori on August 20, 2010
When I was 13 years old I went to my very first “Rock n Roll” concert. The band, Aerosmith. Since that day they were the ONLY band for me and the lead singer, Steven Tyler, well, he was and is still a rock God (at least in my eyes). Throughout the years my love for Aerosmith and Steven Tyler has grown, you could even say I am obsessed. I own every CD, all albums that are on vinyl, several collector’s items, even a tattoo.
Last year I had an opportunity to enter a contest where I would have the opportunity to win a meet and greet with the man himself, Steven Tyler. I wrote a story of my struggles thru the disease of addiction and submitted it to the contest. My friends at “In The Rooms” heard about it and knew how much winning this would mean to me so they let me post a link to the voting and lo and behold… I WON!
Well, if anyone is familiar with the Aerosmith “sagas” of the past you will know that the concert was cancelled and so was my opportunity. Well, I didn’t give up. When the new tour was announced I called and asked if my “prize” would be honored for this tour. I was told that it was only for last year’s tour and they would not be honoring it. Still not giving up hope, about 3 weeks before the show I got a call that they would be giving me my prize. I couldn’t believe it. I was really going to meet Steven Tyler. I have been waiting my whole life for this.
August 9th, 2010 was one of the greatest days of my entire life. I spent all day getting ready, Brian in the background laughing at me the whole time. We got to the arena and went to a Pre-show VIP party where the drummer for Aerosmith, Joey Kramer did a Q&A, took pictures and signed autographs. Then it was time to go… it was time to meet Steven. My heart was racing, my palms were sweating, and my knees were shaking. This was better than any drug I ever did. We got to spend a few minutes talking to him after he signed some autographs and took some pictures. I told him how happy I was that he was clean again and that he was back in the rooms, I told him I was also in recovery and he told me to “keep my nose clean”. Brian told him “thanks for keeping my girl crazy for all these years”.
This was one night I will never forget. I want to thank RT, Kenny and Alex for helping me and for all the members of ITR who voted for me and help make one of my dreams come true.
Peace, Love and Aerosmith,
Cori M.