Aerosmith Tribute Band .. Draw The Line
This tribute band is the only endorsed Aerosmith band worldwide. Draw The Line boast accolades from Steven Tyler & Joey Kramer as well as family and friends of the legendary rock group. This is as authentic as it can ever get!
A powerful transformation of character far beyond just an Aerosmith tribute group, Draw The Line gives you goose bumps with memories of the 70s, the feel of the 80s and the exuberance of the 90s.
Draw The Line hails from the city that boasts the Red Sox, the New England Patriots and the Celtics. With over 2,000 performances in over 100 cities Draw The Line, together as an Aerosmith tribute band for more than twenty years has performed in all, but two U.S. States including shows in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories. They have also toured other countries such as England, Canada, South America and Japan. The band plays anywhere from 75-100 gigs a year. Most of their gigs are festivals, casinos, cruise ships, corporate and private events.
In January 1998 during an interview, legendary Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler singled out Draw The Line as the best of the Aerosmith tribute bands. On Boston's biggest rock station 104.1 WBCN, disc jockey Nick Carter was quoted as saying, "I've seen Draw The Line! They ARE Aerosmith!"
Neill Brynes as Steven Tyler
Draw The Line band lineup consists of the following members:
Neill Brynes, lead vocals, harmonica, percussion (Steven Tyler)
Gino Caira, lead guitar (Joe Perry)
Jim Dennis, lead guitar (Brad Whitford)
Phil Cefalo, drums (Joey Kramer)
Justin Hunt, bass guitar (Tom Hamilton)
Back in 1991, at the request of an agency that just picked us up, we changed the name from Mass Production. After long discussions we decided on Draw The Line. We felt that the caricature on the front of that Draw The Line album cover was one of the bands most iconic images and we could represent ourselves in a very similar fashion. This would be unmistakenly recognizable to Aerosmith.
In an interview with TCS (The Creative Spotlight) Neill was asked this question: Early on, Neill, did you think that you looked, sounded or moved like the legendary Steven Tyler or was it something that you discovered over time?
"My friends used to tease me on how much I looked like Steven Tyler, but I just shook it off not really paying attention to it. It wasn't until the same friends convinced me to enter a local Boston area radio station sponsored Steven Tyler lookalike contest that I paid attention to it. After winning the contest, the notoriety from it made it impossible to dismiss. It wouldn't be until a year later that I set on the journey of transforming into him. I studied for ten years with Tyler's own vocal coach, Mark Baxter, during my college tenure at Northeastern University, worked out constantly, viewed hours of video tape, took aerobic classes, gymnastic classes, piano lessons and I worked my butt off in order to be able to do this at the level at which I thought I needed to be."
Neill continues to hone his craft by keeping up with Tyler's wardrobe and stage antics. Just two months into Draw The Line, Neill met Tyler at that lookalike contest. Tyler was so impressed by Neill's raw talent he referred him to the vocal coach, Mark Baxter!
Neill was asked at what age did he become interested in music? And who or what inspired him to pursue a career as a musician?
"My first influences in music were from my parents. They were from the big band era. They were into artists like Tommy Dorsey, Lawrence Welk and Frank Sinatra. It was the Lawrence Welk Show that turned me on to my first instrument, the trombone. I was exposed to Rock n' Roll through friends and cousins. The Beatles, Kiss, Rolling Stones, The Who .. great 60s and 70s bands. I was probably eight or nine when I started on the trombone. After being introduced to great theatrical rock bands and the response from the audience these people were getting, I knew that was what I wanted to do."
Neill continues to hone his craft by keeping up with Tyler's wardrobe and stage antics. Just two months into Draw The Line, Neill met Tyler at that lookalike contest. Tyler was so impressed by Neill's raw talent he referred him to the vocal coach, Mark Baxter!
Neill was asked at what age did he become interested in music? And who or what inspired him to pursue a career as a musician?
"My first influences in music were from my parents. They were from the big band era. They were into artists like Tommy Dorsey, Lawrence Welk and Frank Sinatra. It was the Lawrence Welk Show that turned me on to my first instrument, the trombone. I was exposed to Rock n' Roll through friends and cousins. The Beatles, Kiss, Rolling Stones, The Who .. great 60s and 70s bands. I was probably eight or nine when I started on the trombone. After being introduced to great theatrical rock bands and the response from the audience these people were getting, I knew that was what I wanted to do."
Steven Tyler's "twin", Neill Brynes not only naturally looks like the infamous rock icon, but his voice naturally sounds like Tyler! He has the tone, the mannerisms and the attitude of America's favorite rocker. Brynes was born and raised in the Boston area and has been a musician since the age of nine! Starting with the trombone, then drums, then bass and eventually graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music.
This tribute band would have appeared on the floating stage today, August 8, 2020.
Be Safe.
Pat Locke
Maestro Muse
