Tonight’s Zac Brown Band show at Fenway Park was notable in that it marked the first time a band or performer played three straight sold-out nights at the historic ballpark, a feat that amazingly wasn’t done previously by the Police, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, the Foo Fighters, or anyone else who has performed in the shadow of the Green Monster.
So in the country group’s unfamiliar territory of Night #3 of their record-breaking triple-header at Fenway, Brown and his boys from Georgia brought out something very familiar to Boston: Mr. Steven Tyler.
The homegrown frontman, who has his own country thing going on — when not touring with Aerosmith or texting Lenny Kravitz about penises — was Zac Brown Band’s surprise guest tonight, taking vocal duties on renditions of “Sweet Emotion” and “Walk This Way.”
It’s a much better look than covering Fenway favorite “Sweet Caroline,” which Zac Brown Band did earlier in the weekend — without Neil Diamond.
Check out some fan-filmed video tweets of the performance below…
Steven Tyler!!!! #ZBB #Fenway pic.twitter.com/ulrxN8ACUN
— Rachel Clancy (@JMsBeantownPYT) August 10, 2015
Steven Tyler at the Zac Brown band concert pic.twitter.com/gYuM3wuRIq
— Eric Mason (@EJMasonUSA) August 10, 2015
@universalhub Steven Tyler just came out at ZBB a few minutes ago pic.twitter.com/PYxZkuiEeD
— Steve Curtin (@Steve_CurtinUSA) August 10, 2015
Steven Tyler at the Zac Brown Band show at Fenway Park pic.twitter.com/zatRgOF1IJ
— L (@SleepntheHrding) August 10, 2015
Oh hi Steven Tyler at Zac Brown pic.twitter.com/2E95FWaatM
— Patrick Ball (@_patrickball) August 10, 2015
Steven Tyler joins @zacbrownband on stage at #Fenway! pic.twitter.com/duToQHYHPp
— Scott Boutwell (@scott_boutwell) August 10, 2015
Amazing. Steven Tyler just surprised Fenway & played Sweet Emotion and Walk This Way with Zac Brown Band. #zbbfenway pic.twitter.com/qzSyb3jAKk
— Matt Bosso (@MattBosso) August 10, 2015
Steven Tyler at Fenway for the @zacbrownband concert on a perfect #Boston night! pic.twitter.com/bcfijJ6yZg
— Jennifer Eagan (@Jennifer_Eagan) August 9, 2015
In other news from tonight’s show, the “Free Tom Brady” chant appeared to be a popular one…
The Free Tom Brady chant is deafening at Fenway tonight. (via @scott_boutwell) pic.twitter.com/RUqYmxPZGG
— Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) August 10, 2015