Joe Perry of Aerosmith is recovering at home after a recent emergency knee surgery to correct unforeseen complications that resulted from a previous surgery on the same knee last year. Perry had a complete knee replacement done in March of 2008. The new knee was needed after a degenerative condition developed starting with a stage-fall during a concert in Dallas 23 years ago this week. KZEW's Jon Dillon even mentioned Perry's fall on the air that night, but said Joe had only sprained his ankle, according to the KZEW archives.

I dug up this audio after reading the Dallas mention on the official Aerosmith site and various news sites.

02-20-86-KZEW-Aerosmith Concert Promo

02-20-86-KZEW-Tom Hamilton Station Liner

02-20-86-KZEW-Jon Dillon-Aerosmith Concert Replay

Next, the AEROSMITH guitarist will soon head into the studio with his band-mates to record a much-anticipated new album, for which there are already a “few cool new bits and pieces” in the works, says JOE. And getting back on the road—in late spring/early summer--is very much on his mind: “The last two tours I was in an extreme amount of pain, and it took everything I had to give you the show I know you deserved,” says JOE, who adds: “I am looking forward to playing shows without any pain in my knee for the first time in three years.” For JOE, the train keeps a rollin’ indeed.