Since there was still work to be done on Night in the Ruts

Since there was still work to be done on Night in the Ruts , Aerosmith needed fill-in musicians to take Perry’s place on the songs that needed to be recorded to complete the album. Guitarist Brad Whitford took over some of the lead parts, and Richie Supa , the band’s longtime writing partner, filled in where needed until the band was able to hire Jimmy Crespo to take over as the next full-time guitarist. Night in the Ruts was released in November 1979, but managed to sell only enough records to be certified gold at the time, although it would eventually sell enough copies to be certified platinum by 1994. The only single the album spawned, a cover of ” Remember (Walking in the Sand) ” by the Shangri-Las , peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100.