Times-Dispatch has issued the following report from Melissa Ruggieri:

Steven Tyler maintains a reputation as the mouthpiece of AEROSMITH, but Joe Perry is no silent wallflower.

The blues-rockin' guitarist of Boston's most famous musical export has experienced the lows of irrelevance and the highs of sold-out arenas and multiplatinum albums.

He's been around long enough to understand that in an increasingly fickle music market, irrelevance could overtake the sellouts as fast as you can whisper High School Musical.

So, unlike many of his lesser-esteemed industry peers, Perry is happy to talk, not for an instant giving the impression that he's a we're-not-worthy guitar god with better things to do than answer questions about American Idol.

Read the full story/interview at this location.