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Tom Scholz was born in Toledo, Ohio, [1] and raised in the suburb of Ottawa Hills. His father, Don Scholz, was a homebuilder who became wealthy from his designs of prefabricated luxury houses and founded Scholz Design, the forerunner of Scholz Homes Inc. [5] [6] As a child, Scholz studied classical piano. [7]
Boston is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1975. The band's core members include multi-instrumentalist, founder and leader Tom Scholz, who played the majority of instruments on the band's 1976 self-titled debut album, and former lead vocalist Brad Delp, among a number of other musicians who varied from album to album.
In 1969, guitarist Barry Goudreau introduced Delp to Tom Scholz, who was looking for a singer to complete some demo recordings. Eventually Scholz formed the short-lived band Mother's Milk (1973–74), which included Delp and Goudreau. After the band produced a demo, they were signed by Epic Records. Mother's Milk was renamed Boston. [citation ...
Tom Scholz first started writing music in 1969 while he was attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he wrote an instrumental song, "Foreplay". [1] While attending MIT, Scholz joined the band Freehold, where he met guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Jim Masdea, [2] who would later become members of Boston.
From left: Barry Goudreau, Tom Scholz, Sib Hashian, Brad Delp, Fran Sheehan, in 1976. Boston was released by Epic Records on, according to varying sources, either August 23 [ 19 ] or August 25, 1976. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The album broke out of Cleveland first, and the following week, it had been added at 392 stations. [ 10 ]
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By this time, Goudreau had written many songs in hopes that Scholz would incorporate them into the next Boston LP. [1] Scholz did not express interest in using any of Goudreau's work. In 1980, Goudreau recorded his first solo LP titled Barry Goudreau. He played all the instruments except the drums played by his bandmate Sib Hashian.
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