LAS VEGAS (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The iconic song, All my rowdy friends are coming tonight, sung by Hank Williams Jr. has been the theme to Monday Night Football since 1989 and was recently re-recorded with an all-star cast (Little Richard, ?uestlove, Joe Perry, Clarence Clemons, Rick Nielsen, Bootsy Collins, Charlie Daniels and Steven Van Zandt) when the sporting event moved to ESPN.
Now Aerosmith is following suit. They are entering into a deal with NASCAR and ESPN to record a special live version of their hit song “Back In The Saddle” that will be an integral part of the network’s NASCAR broadcasts in 2007. The recording will take place on Saturday, November 4 during the band’s concert at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
“Besides being an astronaut, there are two things I can think of that can give you the same excitement as sitting on a rocket: driving straight down Talladega at 200 miles an hour and being the lead singer for Aerosmith,” said Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, “Aerosmith and NASCAR on ESPN and ABC couldn’t be more appropriate.”
This isn’t Aerosmith’s first involvement with NASCAR. The group sponsored a car, the No. 55 Chevrolet, driven by Kenny Wallace in 1999. – CelebrityAccess Editors.
