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Hi Folks,

I heard on the news today that Brad Delp, the lead singer for Boston was found dead at 56. No further info was available. It's weird to have folks who came on to the scene when I was a kid already dying out. I guess at 42 years old that is to be expected, but I still don't like it. Mortality sucks. Hopefully this won't turn out to be a drug thing. Either way, it's a sad loss to the many fans who watched as Boston did something new and fresh in their day and age and set the record for sale for a debut release at the time.

Brian

His son used to come in to the music store I used to hang out at. That's sad news.

Jody

I just read the news a couple minutes ago. By today's standards that's really too young to die. I'm only a few years younger than he was, so it's kinda scary.

Boston's debut album really did have a new and fresh sound at the time. Another great voice is silenced.

Greg

I saw Boston live in '78. I was near the front row. Awesome band, sad news.

Sad indeed. Boston was a huge influence on me as a writer. Tom Scholz wrote some of the most hypnotically, infectious melody lines in rock music and he definitely instilled a love of infectious melodies in me.

Brad Delp was the perfect lead singer for the Boston sound. His performance on "More Than A Feeling" is nothing short of spectacular. He will be missed.

Phil C.

I don't believe it! How awful...

What a voice!

From wikipedia:

Delp was married to Micki Delp and had two children with her prior to their divorce. Delp had been a vegetarian for over thirty years and had contributed to a number of charitable causes. [3] Delp was set to marry longtime girlfriend Pamela Sullivan during a two day break in Boston's 2007 summer tour.

Delp was found dead in his home in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on March 9, 2007.[4] That day, the official Web site for the band was taken down and replaced with the statement: "We've just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll."

That first Boston album was absolute MAGIC. He was SO young, really. I was listening the Roe Conn radio show the other day, and they were quoting an article that stated that the life expectancy for non-smokers is now over 100!!!!

Herbie

Brian, if you think it's wierd at 42 to hear about it, imagine how wierd it is for the 50 plus people. I will be 56 later this month.

This is sad news indeed. It's sad when we loose anyone but more so when true talent leaves us.
I am 62 years old so I seen a few go. First ones I recall were Hank William Sr., Marilyn Monroe, and of course Richie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly. I think I was in 8th grade the day the music died.

Boston was my first concert in 1978,and I played their first 2 albums into the ground {unfortunately, so did classic rock radio for the next 30 years} What a voice! His range was not human.
This is a sad, and unexpected loss.

Yes, it is sad that so many die at a relatively young age. Guess it just goes to show that neither fame nor fortune can save you when it's your time to go. Hmmmm ... sounds like a hook.

Even with all the amazing sound innovations of Boston, Brad's voice really was the most important factor I believe. Boston WAS his vocals. Totally signature. I really regret not trying to contact him directly. He was a JPF member who had entered the awards and it was always something I was "gonna" do. I am not sure what I would have even said, but his voice is instantly recalled in my mind as much as any vocalist in music is to me.

Brian

I just heard tonite on satellite radio & was blown away! So many of my high school memories revolve around that sound which was dominating the airwaves at that time. Like many of you have indicated, Brad was too young to go!

Jeff

R.I.P., Brad. I have and will always be one of your biggest fans..

Oddly enough, I saw his last live performance just a few days before his death. His Beatles tribute/cover band played at Keene High School in NH. He looked and sounded great. I'm shocked.

An update.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17613903/

Wow.. I think that's even more of a bummer than natural death or an overdose.

Brian

Dude had a voice like none other, he will be missed.......

I heard the news on the radio.
The DJ's honored Brad by saying, "The reason no one can EVER cover Boston... is Brad Delp's amazing vocals."

Sad to lose one more talented artist.

Even sadder this way. Just read the article.

Folks.... please.... *do* get medication and help for depression.
Bad feelings about yourself, poor self-worth, loss of motivation, especially "purpose" or the will to live... there is help out there, as simple as a phone call away--to your doctor or a friend (shoot, even a stranger).

If you have friends who mention loss of purpose or will to live or who talk about 'thinking about' suicide--*please*--by all means take them seriously... and encourage them toward medication and/or therapy.

I'm not making any judgments here... just empathy for what his family must be going through, and sadness that he felt so bad about his life... when so many, many people loved him. We lost a dear friend to suicide last summer, and it's just... so painful.

Linda

I hope this is one of those they say type of things.
I first started liking music hearing "More Than A feeling".

I guess we all have to die, but he had a lot of passion in his singing.

I hope Boston digs out any extra recordings they may have with his singing.

Matt

The irony of this whole thing is that Brad was a vegetarian, didn't drink, smoke, or do drugs, and by all accounts spent his life taking care of himself, only to take his OWN life. That sucks!