Boston's Brad Delp, dead at 55

[Figs]

good night funny man, good night


awesome singer, tough to think of better

[Hardrock69]

One of the best concerts I ever recorded (quality-wise) was Boston in March of 1979 in Wichita, KS.

I finally remastered it a couple of years ago and transferred it to CD.

Man this sucks. I could see Keith Richards going, or some other person with a history of serious heroin-addiction or health issues, but not like this.

Seems there are a lot of rockers these days who are not even making it to age 60.

[diamondD]

Originally posted by FORD
It goes back to when the original Boston lineup split in the early 80's. Brad sang on Barry Goudreau's first solo album, and then on Goudreau's next project "Orion the Hunter". And when Goudreau was putting together RTZ in the late 80's, there was only one singer he thought of, Brad Delp. Because of his involvement with RTZ, he wasn't available to sing on the "Walk On" album, but he did rejoin Boston in time for the following tour.

Brad, being the nice guy that he was, wanted to keep working with both of his friends. It's just too bad he could never get Tom & Barry to reconcile with each other. Certainly would have made his life less complicated.

Actually, I think the primary singer on the Orion the Hunter was Fran Cosmo and Brad was just a guest background singer. Then Fren Cosmo was the one who sang on the songs Brad didn't in Boston.

[FORD]

Originally posted by diamondD
Actually, I think the primary singer on the Orion the Hunter was Fran Cosmo and Brad was just a guest background singer. Then Fren Cosmo was the one who sang on the songs Brad didn't in Boston.

I don't have the album but the songs that got radio airplay definitely had Delp singing. Cosmo did also sing on that album and on Goudreau's first solo album. Which makes it even more ironic that Scholz picked Cosmo of all people, to sing when Delp was unavailable.

So I guess he still trusts Barry Goudreau's judgment, he just wouldn't work with the guy and keep poor Brad from dividing loyalties.

[bru87tr]

I dont think Brad sang at all on Orion The Hunter. not even backing vocals. all he vocals were done by cosmo and the backing vocals by the band.

we all know he did on BG's S/T.

[FORD]

Oh Shit.......

Family Says Delp's Death Was Suicide
By KATHARINE WEBSTER, Associated Press Writer

CONCORD, N.H. - The family of Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, said his death was a suicide. "He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers," the family said in a statement relayed by police Wednesday. "He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired. We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at last, at peace."

Delp, 55, died Friday at his Atkinson home.

Toxicology tests by the state medical examiner's office showed that Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, said Lt. William Baldwin. Police said Delp had sealed himself inside a bathroom with two charcoal grills sometime between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday afternoon, when he was found by fiancee Pamela Sullivan.

Delp also left two notes taped to a door and letters to his family and Sullivan. Baldwin said police do not know the contents of the letters.

The family's statement said Sullivan, Delp's children and their mother, Delp's ex-wife Micki Delp, were grateful for the sympathy they had received.

Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits, "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time."

He had planned to marry Sullivan this summer during a break in a tour with Boston. A lifelong Beatles fan, Delp also played with the tribute band Beatle Juice.

Beatle Juice performed a benefit last year to help build a new public library in Atkinson, a small town of about 6,000 residents on the Massachusetts border.

The family said last week it planned a private funeral followed by a public memorial to be scheduled later.

[EbDawson]

That sucks man! He have physical/health problems?

[katie]

I am shocked & just completely at a loss of what to say about this.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Just makes you realise that the other events that have happened in the last few days on this website mean absolutely nothing.

R.I.P Brad

Katie
x

[Bill Lumbergh]

[bru87tr]

this is the worst news on top of the worst news.




WTF ? can it get any more sad?


poor brad. we love ya brad. sorry you couldnt find someone to talk to , unless you had health issues.

what irks me is the family statement. just dont say anything if your not gonna explain it. now you just leave people to speculate which is even worse.

[Hardrock69]

Goddam....that fucking sucks.

[BrownSound1]

It must be awful not to feel you can talk to someone or feel so helpless that you kill yourself. I don't understand suicide, not even if you have health problems. To me it is a selfish way out, and you hurt your family and friends because they will always wonder if there was something they could have done differently. This is experience speaking here...one of my closest friends stuck a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. I saw them zip him up in a bag....saw his brains on the wall. His parents and family have suffered every day because of it too.

I have great sympathy for his family and friends, but I'm having a bit of a problem with Delp's actions.

[FORD]

It's not an act of selfishness at all, but an act of desperation brought on by a darkness that you can't possibly imagine unless you have walked there yourself.

To someone in that state of pain they may see this as their only way out. They might even believe that they're sparing their friends and family further pain by taking themselves out of the equation.

It's not a matter of whether such thoughts are logical or not, they just "are".

I have no way of knowing what was going through Brad Delp's mind. He seemed to have everything going right for him.... upcoming Boston tour, a wedding this summer, played regular gigs with his "Beatlejuice" band.

And every thing you hear about the guy, he seems like he was happy, optimistic, and loving life.

And the irony of a Vegan killing himself with a BBQ grill is just bizzare in and of itself.

I can't defend his actions, but I can understand them. If you can't, consider yourself lucky that you haven't walked in that kind of darkness. I wouldn't wish it on even Sammy Hagar.

[fryingdutchman]

Goddamn...this really blows.

I said it in the "Richard Jeni" thread and I'll say it again here...

DEPRESSION SUCKS!

Assuming, of course, that it's linked to clinical depression of some sort.

Fucked up...for sure.

[FORD]

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