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Hanging with Joey Kramer!

Last week, two lucky Aero Force One members, Robin and Beth, got to hang out with Joey Kramer at his photo shoot in Boston!

The two die-hard Aerosmith fans and their guests arrived in Boston's typical pouring rain and wild wind. Robin flew all the way from Missouri and Beth drove in from Pennsylvania. That's dedication! Even the soaking weather couldn't get these girls down for a second (although we all had some worries about our hairstyles). AF1 reps Nicole & Matt met up with Beth, her son Kevin, Robin and her guest Brooke, at the legendary Hard Rock in Boston for lunch. From there it was off to the gleaming Hornick Grivlin photo studio in South Boston -- a huge warehouse with killer rock photographs all over the walls.

Check out Joey's drumkit!

The group arrived to find awesome photog Rob Shanahan (below) setting the scene - and what a scene!

Joey's drumkit from the Rockin' The Joint Tour sat proudly in the middle of a room draped in all white. The drumkit itself was immaculate in white with silver glitter drumheads. Joey's longtime drum tech, McGee,was there and explained the finer points of setting up Joey's drums. Then Rob and his lovely assistant Hilary showed us all the other drum ads that will be part of this greater series for "Drum Workshop" -- all of them featured a monochromatic backdrop with the drumkit in the background and the drummer sitting in a chair in front of it. The ads included Dylan session musician Jim Keltner, Abe Laboriel Jr. from Paul McCartney's band, and Josh Freese from A Perfect Circle &Nine Inch Nails.

From left to right - Rob, Beth, you-know-who-Kramer, Robin, Brooke and Kevin -

Joey arrived around 2:00, and hugged the fans with hellos and thank you's. His bag of "props" for the photo shoot included some wild sneakers that outglittered his drumkit! For two hours the fans watched Rob and Joey finesse an incredible round of photos. There was lots of goofing around in between. Then Rob took pictures of Joey with the fans on the set, and Joey autographed items for all of his special guests. Each fan also got an autographed, banged-up drumstick!

Joey's sparklin' sneaks and Joey strikes a pose with "Kramer's Girl," Robin!

At 4:00, Robin, Beth, Kevin and Brooke hugged Joey goodbye and piled into the car to head to the airport.

By all accounts, everyone had the day of their life!

AF1, be on the lookout for the amazing Joey Kramer Drum Workshop ad in the mags!And be sure to check out www.robshanahan.com!