BOSTON VOCALIST BRAD DELP DIES

Boston vocalist Brad Delp died at his home in New Hampshire on Friday night (March 9). Not much was known about Delp’s death and police at the scene say there was no evidence of foul play.

Delp was the primary voice of Boston, singing such hits as “More Than A Feeling,” “Amanda,” “Don’t Look Back,” and fronting what was known as the classic line-up of the band. In an interview from the archives, guitarist, band writer and mastermind Tom Scholz talked about how Delp was a team player when vocalist Fran Cosmo was brought in to sing songs. The two vocalist toured together in the mid nineties, and Scholz said Delp was selfless.

“It was a really good match, and now that Brad is back and involved again, the two of them together are just awesome. It amazes me how good they sound together on stage. They get along great. They’re both unselfish kind of people anyways, so there isn’t that usual massive ego struggle you hear about with most singers. The way they trade off and sing harmonies together. It’s great. It’s really great to be up there hammering out chords seeing these guys sing Boston songs.”

In a statement from Scholz is posted on the bandboston.com website, and he said his heart goes out to Delp’s “wonderful fiance Pamela, his two children and other family members, his close friends and band mates, and to the millions of people whose lives were made a little brighter by the sound of his voice.”