Right this moment, I'm listening to a scarce recording of the now-deceased Brad Delp. What a great voice! The average person doesn't know the name, but the DAMNED SURE know the voice!!!! He was one of the best vocalists of the 70's. He sang so many classic songs - "More than a feeling," "Long Time", "man I used to be," "Amanda", etc..... The list goes on and on. Of course, Brad Delp was the lead singer of Boston, the band. Their first album went multi-platinum, as did the follow-up. It's a shame Tom Scholtz didn't pursue the band further after that. It's a shame Delp didn't have an awesome solo career with many, many hits. He did do the Barry Goudreau solo album (Goudreau was the "other" guitarist in Boston, and his solo album is, in my opinion, the unofficial 3rd Boston album) which yield a moderate AOR hit, "Dreams". Close to a decade later, Goudreau and Delp form a new band (probably tired of waiting on Tom Scholz to record a new "Boston" album, I reckon) called "RTZ" or "Return to Zero." That album yielded yet another mild AOR hit, "Face the Music". Great song, great album....I highly recommend hunting down a copy.
Anyway, Delp's voice was awesome. If there was any justice in the world, he died a millionaire. I doubt justice was served.
Another recent death that bothered me was Billy Thorpe. Unlike Delp, most Americans have probably never heard Thorpe's voice. He was, however, huge in his native Australia, and he had a couple small hits in America with the classic sci-fi songs, "Children of the Sun" and "East of Eden's Gate". Some people might even remember a song about getting laid called "In My Room."
Both men died within a week of the other. Sadly, you didn't hear it on CNN, people didn't have midnight vigils for them...but I hope they died happy.
They deserve that much for making so many happy with their music.
R.I.P. Brad Delp and Billy Thorpe...that Rock n' Roll Heaven band just gained two awesome members.
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