Bottom Of The Barrel

Brad, you will be missed

Brad Delp, longtime and usually reserved lead signer for the band Boston, passed away this past weekend at his home in Atkinson, New Hampshire and he will sure to me missed around New England. His band has the amazing honor of being the group with the best selling debut album, self titled Boston, which has sold more than 17 million copies since it's release in 1976. I am lucky enough to have a vinyl hanging on my office wall to look at now and again and of course the CD for listening pleasure. It is really amazing to think how big this record is when you think back to a very young Tom Shultz, who had recently graduated from MIT, recording 7 of the 8 tracks in his own studio - he designed and built in his basement. Go ahead, listen to the album again and we blown away at how good it sounds for a home studio.

Brad will be remembered as a man who not only could sing nearly any song or in any musical style but also as an artist who always had time to give his autograph to his fans no matter when or where he was. The band's website has been replaced with a single page with the simple yet powerful message:

We've just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll.

To Brad, if you can read this from where you are, thank you for the great legacy of music you left us that always gives us More Than A Feeling, Don't Look Back, Don't Be Afraid, and tell them when you get there that you used to play in a Rock And Roll Band or as you would say, just another band out of Boston, well not just another band - The band out of Boston.

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posted by TheWino @ 7:56 AM