Posted on 03/14/2007 3:48:16 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Family: Rocker Brad Delp's death was suicide.
CONCORD, N.H. The family of rock musician Brad Delp says his death last week was a suicide.
In a statement relayed through police, the family gave no other details concerning Delp's death at his Atkinson, New Hampshire on Friday.
Police have said his fiancee, Pamela Sullivan, found him there.
Delp was the lead singer for the band Boston, which was founded in the 1970s.
The statement says Delp -- a native of Danvers -- was a man who gave all he had to help everyone around him.
It goes on to say he was "very tired" and that the family takes comfort in knowing that he's finally at peace.
Some of Boston's hits include "More Than A Feeling" and "Peace of Mind."
amazing story
thanks for sharing it
Scholz is obviously a liberal twit but a major talent and from what I read, used his engineering skills to develop breakthrough audio.
I love this song.
Sometimes, great, comedic talent blooms late...
God rest your soul, Mr. Delp.
It was a big deal in the early 80's, and possibly an Urban Legend, that Boston's first album was mastered directly off of Scholz' demo.
This old fart was hilarious, but he seldom laughed or smiled himself.
Probably the greatest rock and roll voice ever.
Hear, hear! (lol).
Probably a German...
"Very tired" sounds like depression to me.
Perhaps a little known aside about Scholz: he started Scholz Research & Development which developed and sold the wildly popular mini guitar effects box known as the "Rockman".
"Boston wouldn't have been squat without the guitar work of Barry Goudreau. He was Boston's trademark sound."
Not quite.
Barry is a great player, they both were. But the sound of Boston was from Scholtz in the studio, double, triple, quadruple tracking guitar parts, or more, and using his inventions (which he later sold as Rockman gear) to get that unique overdrive and distortion.
Where Barry shone through was his writing, and his soloing. The Boston material was severely lacking when Barry left the band, and he could hold his own against Scholtz soloing. They were both very, very good soloists - the solos the two trade off during "Hitch a Ride" are my favorite solos of all time, they are beautifully written and performed.
One of the biggest criticisms of Boston was they could not get the record sound in a live setting, because Scholtz tweaked the tracks so much, and there was so much multitracked - the technology of the day when the first two albums came out was so primitive that backing tracks were unthinkable, and Midi and sequencers and samplers did'nt exist.
I've never heard a bad thing said about Brad. It's a shame he left like this.
My fear is that we're going to hear "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" once again.
Kansas is actually one of the more conservative bands out there. They do a lot for the military and their families, and their albums have many songs which are about soldiers fighting in various wars.
Styx was a little more middle of the road than you'd think. I remember there's a tune on Cornerstone about Ted Kennedy called "Eddie" that has the lines "Eddie, why don't you run, you know you're a bootlegger's son..."
What is it about fame and fortune and unhappiness? I'm poor and happy as a clam. I'd be even happier if I could spend the rest of my days not working and traveling the country skiing, fishing and visiting historical places.
Still, I was very saddened to hear about Delp dying. It's even sadder to find that it was a suicide. I pray for his family, this can't be easy for them.
Is Gallagher dead? Was it suicide? I love to watch him!
Another band who supports the troops is 3 Doors Down. Their guitarist, Chris, was in the military. I met him and the band last summer during their tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd (who also support the fighting men and women) and he talked extensively about how important it is to support the troops. Very down-to-earth guy.
I was thinking of you last night while watching a show that was detailing the efforts of a certain Frankish general to halt the advance of the Moorish horde into Europe in 732 at Tours.
I was thinking, "That would make a great Freeper screen name. No wait...it already is!"
All hail, Charles "The Hammer"!
And for what it's worth...I know that Barry worked with Tom as early as 1969. I feel that Scholz built what Boston was by using Barry's work which was essentially on the demo tapes he shopped around trying to get a record contract...unsuccessfully at first.
Where would modern physics be today without the work of Einstein?
An extreme analogy...yes...but you get my jist.
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