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There has been some speculation among the Boston fan community for quite some time now about the status of the band's lineup - specifically the roles of Fran and Anthony Cosmo.
Komit, a member of the Gonna Hitch a Ride forum, who is close source to Tom, has posted that Fran and Anthony are no longer in the band. While there are no details surrounding the departure of the Cosmos (their band Cosmo is about to release their first album in December). It was noted in the discussion that Tom wanted to take Boston back to a five-piece band.
So that leaves the following lineup:
Tom Scholz - Lead Guitar, Keyboard, Organ, etc
Brad Delp - Vocals/Guitar
Gary Pihl - Guitar
Kimberley Dahme - Vocals/Bass
Jeff Neal - Drums
Source: Gonna Hitch a Ride
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Boston vocalist Brad Delp was involved in a motorcycle accident Thursday afternoon. He was not hospitalized, but was banged up somewhat. Brad was to perform with his Beatles tribute band Beatle Juice this weekend, but the shows for this Friday and Saturday at a benefit show scheduled in Marblehead, NH and a show at the Rochester Opera House have been cancelled. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing Brad a speedy recovery.
The following was published in the Portsmouth Herald and posted on the Gonna Hitch a Ride forum:
Beatle Juice, New England’s Beatles tribute band, has postponed the concert scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14 the Rochester Opera House because of injuries sustained by lead singer Brad Delp. Delp is also the lead singer for the band BOSTON.
John Muzzy, the spokesman for Beatle Juice released the following statement on Wednesday:
"Brad was in a motorcycle accident yesterday afternoon. He was coming over a hill and his brakes failed to stop him from going into a suddenly stopped car and to subsequently flip over the car.
"The motorcycle ended up on his left leg and he sustained some injuries including many stitches and splinting of his left hand, loss of nail on his left foot and a fair amount of whiplash related injuries.
"Brad wanted me to extend his deepest regrets in not being able to do the show this weekend and wanted me to assure you and the folks in Rochester that we would make every effort to make up this show ASAP. As you can imagine we are all relieved there was no life threatening injuries sustained."
Beatle Juice is investigating dates in February and March 2007 for a rescheduling of the cancelled show. Visit the Rochester Opera House Web site at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for updates on Delp’s recovery and information about the rescheduling of the concert.
All tickets purchased for the show on Saturday, Oct. 14 will be honored for the rescheduled date. Any ticketing questions should be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling the box office at 335-1992.
For more information on Beatle Juice show schedules, you can check out the official Beatle Juice site at www.muzzdrums.com.
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If you've been following the news this past year (if not, you can read past news postings at thirdstage.ca to catch up), you probably know that Boston members Fran and Anthony Cosmo have a band called Cosmo. Their first album, titled Alien, which was recorded during Summer of 2006, has been completed and is scheduled to be released on Frontiers Records in Europe on December 08, 2006.
The band also consists of guitarist Mick Brooks, drummer Pat Orlowski and bassist Bill Carman (who also did some work on Boston's Corporate America album). The album will consist of 11 original tracks, with a bonus acoustic version of Don't Tell Me Your Lies on the European release.
Full press release regarding this album and song samples are available at Frontiers Records.
Source: melodicrock.com
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For those of you who haven't been to Boston's official website lately, you may want to take a look at it, as it's been completely redesigned.
The site was designed by Boston member Gary Pihl, who also designed Kimberley Dahme's website. The site features a Flash interface, has bios for past and present members of the band, news and more.
There's also news on the site of an upcoming Boston show on November 13, 2006 in Boston at the Symphony Hall, where Boston will be part of a benefit show where proceeds go to support the Doug Flutie, JR. Foundation for Autism, Inc. The show starts at 8pm and ticket information can be found at bandboston.com.
Source: bandboston.com
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If you haven't been to Barry Goudreau's official site lately, you should check it out. David Stefanelli, former RTZ drummer and Barry's webmaster, has launched a new version of barrygoudreau.com, which includes a bio that Barry wrote, which is worth checking out.
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While the debut CD from Cosmo has yet to be released, one of the songs from that disc will be appearing on a compilation CD. According to melodicrock.com, Frontiers Records will be releasing a 2-CD set called "Rock the Bones Volume 4", which is due to be released October 20.
The Cosmo song that will be appearing on the compilation is called Don't Tell Me Your Lies, which will be on disc 2. That song will be released on the upcoming debut disc from Cosmo, tentatively titled "Alien"; no release date info available yet for that disc.
Source: melodicrock.com
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The tollowing was posted by George of Boston_rocks on his group as well as the list on boston.org, which has former Boston bassist David Sikes answering some questions:
Hello folks,
George forwarded me a letter from a fan with questions for me. Here are some answers.
Question/Why give up music?
I haven't given up music, I have given it up as a profession. I have been a musician all my adult life, there were a lot of ups and downs. I have never liked the business of music and there is no way to escape it if you rely on it for your living. The single biggest reason for me though, were my two son's who were growing up and I was missing large chunks of their childhood. Also, playing with Boston was becoming more and more unreliable as far as working was concerned. I could have played with other bands when Boston wasn't working, which was most of the time. However, my children deserved to have a dad that was around and could provide a consistent standard of living for them.
Question/Has he considered auctioning off any of his basses?
I love all of my basses, there are great memories associated with them. I couldn't part with any of them.
Question/Would he autograph Boston CD's?
Yes I would, as long as you make it easy for me. Postage paid returned envelope, etc, forwarded to
Allstate Insrance 1310
Tennessee St. Vallejo, CA. 94590
Question/Is it realistic for a person to assume one could have retired from a having spent a few years playing with Boston?
That would be a NO. I played with Boston for 10 years. Of those 10 years the band did 3 full scale tours and one 2 or 3 week tour of Canada. During this time we released 1 new studio album and a greatest hits with a couple of new songs on it. Not real prolific in my book. At times I made quite a bit of cash playing in the band, but considering the years that I made little or nothing, I could never have put away enough to retire. To be honest, I make a better living year in and year out owning an insurance agency. I have made more money in 3 years of insurance than I made in 10 with Boston. Having said that, I loved my time in the band, it was never about how much money I made, although I'm sure I could have made a much better living if we had just gone on tour every year or so and put out another CD or tour. But, it is what it is, I knew how Tom worked when I joined the band, I was surprised though, at the extremely slow pace at times.
Question/How long did it take him to master playing all the Boston songs when he was first hired?
First off, I studied the songs on my own and probably had the bass parts down in 2 weeks or so. One of the things I had to do was buy a 5 string bass because so many of the songs on Third Stage had the E string tuned lower than a standard pitch. Playing a bass with 5 strings was a bit of an adjustment. What was more difficult was playing the bass and singing, there was alot going on in some of those parts. I can't tell you how long that took because it was a gradual process of working with Brad and Doug on my own and rehearsing with the band. My memory is that we rehearsed for a full 2 months before the Third Stage tour, at the point that we played our first show I felt I really had it all down.
That's it! Sorry if I get a little wordy at times.
David
Source: Boston_rocks
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If you're going to be in or around Hyannis, MA (the same city named in the song Rock and Roll Band) on August 2, 2006, you should stop by the Cape Cod Melody Tent for The Reel Blues Fest.
There will be a performance by Ernie and the Automatics, which will feature former Boston members Barry Goudreau along with form Boston drummer Sib Hashian and Tim Archibald, who was the bass player in RTZ. The show starts at 7pm.
More info on this event can be found at www.thereelbluesfest.com
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Okay, most of you couldn't care less, but I just couldn't resist...
Recently bandboston.com (Boston's official website) posted the recent broadcast of Off the Record with Joe Benson. Guess where they got the show? That's right, thirdstage.ca! (If you haven't seen it yet, check out the audio section for that and more interviews and other audio clips).
They even posted the credit right there on the main page along with the link to hear the file (which they hosted on their server for their site). You can see a screenshot of this by clicking on the image below, which is a crop of the credit!
BTW: I highlighted the credit on the image below just to let it stand out!
