Lead Singer Of Boston Dies (Brad Delp)

[brentspeak]

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/11215914/detail.html

Lead Singer Of Boston Dies

POSTED: 6:20 pm EST March 9, 2007
UPDATED: 7:40 pm EST March 9, 2007

BOSTON (AP) -- Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55.

Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Police Lt. William Baldwin said in a statement the death was "untimely" and that there was no indication of foul play.

Delp apparently was alone at the time of his death, Baldwin said.

The cause of his death remained under investigation by the Atkinson police and the New Hampshire Medical Examiner's office. Police said an incident report would not be available until Monday.

[kid a]

1. thats sad :(

I'll pull out my "Don't Look Back" vinyl tonight listen
RIP Brad

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. Bummer...RIP

[MaineDem]

3. Ahhh, nights at clubs on the Cape!

I remember the 70s!

Rest in peace!

[graywarrior]

9. I know. I went to high school with him. This sucks so much.

[FogerRox]

11. I spent 2 weeks in Hyanis Summer '75.

[BlueManDude]

4. That first Boston album was the first record I ever bought - I still love it.

RIP BD.

[Greyskye]

36. same here

favorite band in high school. :(

RIP

[gater]

5. Saw Boston at Cornell a lifetime ago.

Tom was the show, but Delp had a great voice!

[Bonobo]

6. Aww, that's sad... Boy are we getting old.

[calimary]

19. Shit. No kidding.

RIP, Brad.

[Rick Myers]

7. OMG!!!

Boston was KEWL when kewl was COOL!!!

Gonna dig out the tunes tonight!!!

Rest in peace and rock on!!!

[mcscajun]

8. Awwwwwwww, man!

Bum-MER!

:cry:

[LeighAnn]

10. Don't Look Back!!!

Godspeed, Brad Delp! What a voice you had!!!

[Berry Cool]

12. How depressing!

I wonder what could have happened.

RIP, Brad.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

13. Oh shit.

I knew Brad. One of the sweetest, nicest guys in the music business. Just wonderful. Last time I saw him, it had been 10 years since I last saw him. He looked at me, called me by my name and started talking to me like he just saw me yesterday.

Goddamn crying shame.

[benny05]

14. That's terrible

Thanks for sharing.

Boston was one of my fav bands in college. ;(

[angstlessk]

15. the first indoor concert I went to at William & Mary

Boston was not a rock group..they were an orchestra...with a rock sound..to me anyway.

[kestrel91316]

16. OMG, no. So shocked. He was great. Boston is one of my favorite

groups from my college days, and one of the few concerts I've ever been to.

[Megahurtz]

42. So Sad.

One of the best voices in Rock, ever! O8)

[edbermac]

17. Holy shit!

Never understood why he wasn't a bigger star; he had a killer vocal.

Damn, that's depressing.

[DesertRat]

18. I loved that band in college

R.I.P Brad. :cry:

[GarySeven]

20. It's more than a feeling ...

... when I hear that old song they used to play.

Was it really such a long time ago? It seems impossible.

[njdemocrat106]

21. I always liked Boston

Mr. Delp definitely had a set of pipes, which have now been silenced way too prematurely.

Rest in peace, sir.

:(

[truthisfreedom]

22. Bye Brad!

Godspeed.

[donheld]

23. This is so sad

[NashVegas]

24. This Is Really Sad

But right now I'm thanking god I don't work at a Classic Rock radio station.

[gauguin57]

25. In the mid-to-late '70s, Boston's music was ubiquitous on my college campus.

You could hear their music pouring out of half the dorm rooms on campus ... including mine. Listening to the "Boston" CD always takes me back to my youth.

RIP Brad.

[Hailtothechimp]

26. RIP.

"Don't Look Back" never failed to cheer me up when I didn't feel so good. I think I'll play it today in his honor.

[pushycat]

27. Brian had a terrific voice. RIP man

[rsmith6621]

33. Brad Was His Name.....

....Not Brian.....sheeesh!!!!!

[NoodleyAppendage]

28. "Peace of Mind" [playing loudly in the background]

Boston was the best power rock band ever!

J

[Raine]

29. Sad news

R-I-P Brad.

[keroro gunsou]

30. aw crap...

i started listening to boston on their third stage album.... then discovered the older stuff... finest kind.

for my money, nothing beats the don't look back album...

[rsmith6621]

32. Brad Delp, lead singer of band Boston dies

By Associated Press

ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) - Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55.

Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Police Lt. William Baldwin said in a statement the death was "untimely" and that there was no indication of foul play.

Delp apparently was alone at the time of his death, Baldwin said.


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***************************** Boston was.......
***************************** One of the best concerts I saw in the 70s for $6.50 and got Sammy Hager on the side....
*****************************

[Greeby]

31. Not LBN but sad all the same

:(

[SemperEadem]

34. what an original voice... he was part of the soundrack of my youth

RIP, Brad. No one sings like you.

[DubyaSux]

35. Only Brad Delp...

...could sing in a band as huge and successful as Boston, but still appear to be held back from his full potential. If God has a voice, I'm sure it would be the voice of Brad Delp.

Rock in Peace, bro...

[seleff]

37. My 12 y.o. son loves them

I hadn't really paid attention to them when I was younger, but my son plays their music on his guitar all the time. They transformed him to a fan of classic rock in addition to his taste for alternative. It makes it more enjoyable to hear the jamming coming up from the basement.

RIP

[Javaman]

38. Part of that quintessential Rock sound of the 70's...

I have been pondering for a while now the concept of Rock and Roll and it's evolution.

And I have come to the conclusion that the 1970's prior to disco and Punk was the pinnacle of the real Rock and Roll sound. These amazing bands with these amazing singers, lived that life we all dreamed about growing up.

they were musicians, they had voices, they had that rock and roll style. They had the women, they had the drugs but they also had the sound.

Boston will, to me, always be remembered as maybe or maybe not, THE band with that sound or feeling or expression, but they were part of a culture that rose to the highest point in Rock.

Boston was part of an influence that although powerful at times, also worked on a very subtle level.

When I listen to certain bands today, something is missing. I feel they are striving to be something they aren't or could never be. It's more than likely my age talking, perhaps that intrinsic value that I pull from that era of music has more to do with the time in my life that I listened and enjoyed that music rather than then the music being part of a ground breaking sound.

Naaaa. Boston Kicked Ass.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

39. kick

Pretty big part of my high school years. RIP Brad, and thank you.

[Megahurtz]

40. Wow, And I already pulled out the old Boston Albums (CD's)

on a whim on Friday night and I was playing them.:wow:

Crap.:cry:

[uncertainty1999]

41. RIP -- the music will live on for decades to come

[K8-EEE]

43. Oh gosh, the 8-track memories I owe to this man!!

RIP