Total Guitar recently spoke with AEROSMITH guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford about some of the band's most famous guitar riffs. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

TG: How did you come up with the riff for 'Love In An Elevator'?

Joe Perry: "That particular riff kind of floated my way during one of mine and Steven [Tyler]'s writing sessions. I was probably listening to Jimi Hendrix on the ride up. I was talking to Rick Rubin once about writer's block and he said, 'Make a CD of all the songs that you fell in love with and made you love rock 'n' roll. Listen to that over and over again and it'll start the wheels going'. So I was listening to a lot of Hendrix, and it was one of those riffs that just played itself. I picked up the guitar and it just started coming out."

TG: At what point did you realise you had a killer riff on your hands?

Joe Perry: "I don't know if you ever do. Sometimes when a record's done I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cos I'm usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I've got to learn them again to play them live and sometimes it takes a while to realise it's a really good record. Even now I'll listen to a record and go, 'I kind of forgot about that riff, it's actually pretty good!'"

TG: Are there any particular techniques you use for playing the riff?

Brad Whitford: "To get it to sound big I use a fairly clean sound. I try to stay very faithful to the way Joe created it because he has a very unique technique that he uses, which is essentially his picking hand – so when it's played correctly it's very powerful."

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As previously reported, after years of playing with artists including ROD STEWART, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, JEFF BECK, STEVIE NICKS, BON JOVI, CLARENCE CLEMONS, LITTLE STEVEN, BILLY SQUIRE and DEE SNIDER - former Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo is ready to return to center stage with his brand new band THE JIMMY CRESPO PROJECT.

Jimmy has assembled a group of noted musicians that includes: Chris Van Dahl (formerly of L.A. GUNS) Phil Varone (formerly of SKID ROW, SAIGON KICK) Kyle Kyle (BANG TANGO) and Michael Ellis (SIN CITY SINNERS).

2012 will mark the 30 year anniversary of the release of Rock In A Hard Place and from now until then Jimmy Crespo and his new band will let the music do the talking. The band is ready to debut a blistering 90 minute show feat. Classic rock hits and Crespo-era Aerosmith songs you can only hear him play live.

The band's first show will be in Las Vegas on October 8th at Club Madrid (inside Sunset Station) The show starts at 9pm and is FREE.

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The Jimmy Crespo Project also has plans to release an album of original material, that promises to pick up where classic Aerosmith left off.

For more visit The Official Jimmy Crespo band Facebook Page here or Jimmycrespo.com.