Boston has posted a live performance of More Than a Feeling performed during their 2017 tour, along with a message from Tom Scholz. Enjoy!

In 1975, with singer Brad Delp and drummer Jim Masdea, I finished my final demo recording number six of my songs that were recorded, arranged, played and produced the way I wanted to hear them.  I wasn't expecting any success.  My demos had been universally rejected for years - now I was just making one last recording of my best songs before I threw in the towel at age 29.  
 
I was not surprised when almost every record company rejected them again - including Epic.  By now, I figured my musical tastes were just a lot different than most people's, but surprisingly, after Epic had a good listen to “More Than a Feeling,” Brad and I received a contract offer. (Thank you Tom Werman at Epic for having ears!)
 
Still, I had no reason to expect any serious success after so much rejection, but it was exciting to make a real record (even though still in my basement!).
 
Imagine my surprise when real music listeners - all of you - responded with an avalanche of appreciation!  After six years of discouragement, BOSTON suddenly blanketed the radio airwaves!  The ultimate success was the result of you, our listeners and fans.  
 
The variety of stories I've heard of people who were helped through hard times by this music (I'm one of those stories!), and the number of lives that have been saved by the donations made possible, have all made the enormous work effort more than worth it.  
 
Everyone is familiar with the recording of "More Than a Feeling" Brad and I performed in 1976, so now, 50 years later, I'd like to offer one of the last available recordings of the song performed live by the band BOSTON in 2017.  This is not a studio remix of a multitrack recording, but the actual stereo feed from the mixing console to the sound system speakers.  The mistakes (mostly mine), and oddities of a live mix in a large venue are all there.  Gary Pihl has edited some actual video footage from the show.   Enjoy!  

Thank you all for an amazing run!
 
Tom Scholz