it is the first big weekend of the season. we re going to have some of the big games and tell you what you can expect weatherwise in terms of scores, it s a toss-up. throw out the records the first day of the season. everybody is undefeated today. everyone is undefeated. what a special thing it is. good times. can t wait. it is. we ve been talking about this since the last ball game. i want to scream like a wookie, i m so happy. reynolds, we ll talk to you again. coming up, aerosmith has been at it for a long time and they are still at it after all these years. there s that legendary band. we are tagging along for a very special show. it wasn t necessarily special for the band. it was special for one of their devoted, i mean, really devoted fans. 34 minutes past the hour.d we rd, panda moon. how about chinese at home with wanchai ferry? you can make it in just 14 minutes. mmmh, orange chicken. great. i didn t feel like going out anyway. [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry. res
rock n roll band backstage. i love it when it happens. it s vortex of the this will be something i will never forget. the fact that my kids were in on this, beautiful. reporter: so he can be forgiven if he thinks that gives him the right to tell them what songs they should play. when you do saddle it should be like an opener. we can t figure it out. i like your opinion because he s got so many opinions. i like this. we ve got the front of our set, done. back in the saddle again reporter: but the band listened to jay and opened with the song back in the saddle and gave him the night of his life. rock on, jay. aerosmith has been playing together for some four decades now, selling more than 150 million albums. they were inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame in 2001. ali velshi, cnn, new york. unreal. would you do that?
so all of these guys were raised on aerosmith. home movies. in the background there s aerosmith playing. out there playing ball, nice and family oriented, grass is green but in the background you hear aerosmith playing. reporter: when jay told us he was taking his family to see his 100th show, we decided to arrange a little surprise for him. oh, my god. i can t believe i m standing here talking to aerosmith. you know what? you guys are so down to earth. 100th show. come on now. how are you doing? 1976. brad, how are you? good to see you. joe? man. 1976. i got most of the tickets rights here. whoa! first time i went to see you guys in the garden in 76 i paid $5.70. reporter: with a little help from us he got to see his
hokey pokey. how many times, how many can you do the hokey pokey? it s one of those things that we aspire to do. once you re part of it it s something that stays with you until your dying day. congratulations to the folks in iowa. take a look at this now. we were just talking about ae aerosmi aerosmith. baby i do crazy we re going backstage with aerosmith now. going strong for 40 years now. fans as well. one of those fans works here, not this guy but he s been to 99 aerosmith concerts. but our ali velshi now reports number 100 was extra special. 99? yes, 100 now. reporter: jay is a known quantity at cnn. he s a set manager on the network shows that are produced out of new york. do you need your light on, tom? reporter: long wavy hair, t-shirt and jeans mark him as a devotee of aerosmith, in his words, the greatest american rock n roll band of all time.
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