Sholtz worked at Polaroid with one of my ex husbands, who was a LOT older than me. He hated Tom because his name was also Tom and he saw Sholtz as "competition" in the engineering field. My ex went on to do top secret government work. Before he went insane, that is. I think he died in a mental ward. Don't really care. I survived. This Marianne just walked away.
When I was an undergraduate, Boston came to my school as a new band, More Than a Feeling was hitting it big. They didn’t play in the big venue, as they could never half fill it. Instead they played in the new state of the art auditorium. It held as most, 3,000 students. The night they played, they had just found out their album went gold that day. They performed the most energized concert I’ve ever seen. They played about four hours with very little material, nonetheless they rocked non stop. In the almost 40 years later, the concert has never been beat…the energy. Sadly, six years later, when I was in graduate school, they came to play. The venue was almost ten times the size. They had lost their energy and was a band playing on auto pilot. The students loved them, their energy could infuse any of it to the band. Yet to this day, they still remain one of my favorite bands. I never grow tired about the time I saw them.
As a young adult I would party to their album almost every day. I caught them as they were starting to loose popularity. One of the worse concerts I’d ever seen. No energy… just played their hits and bolted. Plus the month before I had seen Queen live. Just no comparison!!
Tom played every insterment. on that 1st record( a well kept secret). i personaly have worn out sevral copies of the first 2 records. not to mention cds .still sounds fantastic. my favorite band. thanks Tom.
They are pretty much iconic, they have literally timeless compositions, and other bands of that era just simply don't hold a candle to the calculated , masterfully written , brilliant pieces that Boston put out, Boston were way ahead of their time, and many levels up from the competition, IMHO
I have been playing Boston in my truck for over 50 years... wearing out several cassettes and then many CDs .. I drift back to those great days in the late 70s with Tom's masterful rock music ....
Back in the 70s, just about every teen girl and guy walked around wearing the Boston rock band T-shirts. Those shirts sold like candy. Sure miss those days.
I was a contractor back in the day and I did some work in Tom Scholtz House in Massachusetts. I've been a musician and a big Boston fan since way back then and I was pretty stoked to be doing some work in Tom Scholtz House. I had heard the first Boston album was recorded in Tom's Basement. The place was empty so I had to go down and take a look. The area he recorded that album, was anything but acoustically friendly. Ceilings of different heights, Cubbies, corners, stairwell fireplace, water heater and furnace.. the reason I share this story is because a lot of musicians recording at home are worried about their room acoustics and expensive acoustical treatments. If Tom Schultz can record such a great record in such a awful space, then you can too.
I got too hang with Dave Stefanelli a few times in the late 90s through a mutual friend, cool guy, purple heart recipient. Your right a little creativity and you can craft bad reflective space into good. Me I hate headphones and in ears, I need to hear the space. I built a booth to mic up my 4x12, and do vocals. Now I can track guitars and listen through monitors. chances are he used carpets and baffles.
I don't remember cassettes in '76, or even a way to play them. By chance are you recalling 8-track tapes? Those were the predominant methods of portable music then.
@@maldad9073 No, sir, we did indeed have cassettes and portable cassette players in the 1970's. I listened to my music on one during a 3-week cross country vacation my parents took us on. That was in 1977, and I'd already had it for a couple years.
@@maldad9073 Got a Pioneer sterio for Christmas in 1977 with a cassette deck. Dealer told my mom 8 track was being phased out. I think cassette got started in the early 70's.
@@maldad9073 Cassette tapes came out in the 60’s. My Mimi bought a little Panasonic player and it came with a free copy of Steve Miller Band Number 5. Been rockin’ ever since.
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Boston is one of my all-time favorites! As a kid born in 71, I grew up listening to them. Their sound is ingrained in my brain. I play Boston every day while driving for my work. Will never get tired of them. Along with Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC-DC, and C.C.R.
I agree with you 💯%! Only difference between us is that I was born in 69. I've actually been fortunate to be able to see Pink Floyd and AC/DC in concert-not together of course (saw AC/DC 4 or 5 times. every concert was in St Louis, MO). I've seen Rush, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue (4 or 5xs), Nazareth, Ted Nugent, Guns n Roses, Aerosmith, I could go on and on but that's all I'm listing for now 😁 CCRs "It Came Out of the Sky" & "Put a Candle in the Window" are 2 of their GREATEST that rarely get or got played on the radio, had to use the ole 8tracks, albums, or cassettes to hear them as a teenager 😉 Also saw Black Flag, Dead Kennedies, Suicidal Tendencies & several other under ground punk bands in the 80s. The Ramones are 1 of my fave bands but wasn't lucky enough to ever get to see them live, damnit 😢
Actually, Scholz was trained in classical piano growing up. That's where the keyboard skills came from, as in "Foreplay ." So he must have had some musical interest before college.
Yeah, it doesn't sound especially reasonable that you wake up one day as an adult and say to yourself, "self, I really like the story that 'Lola' tells, so I think I'll become a musician now." 🤨
Thank you. I really hate this myth of a random guy picking up an instrument out of boredom and becoming a genius composer and performer in two weeks...
@@deedeechur Tom Scholz is definitely an absolute genius, but it shows how important it is for parents to expose their children to opportunities while young. It gives a solid foundation to build upon when the time comes. I recently read that Ann and Nancy Wilson were exposed to singing and music at a young age and provided guitars. Look how that worked out.
@@jeanclaude7018 -- The best example might be Mozart, who was brought up with music. Eddie Van Halen's dad was a professional musician. Eddie was given piano lessons as a kid. Surprisingly, he didn't learn how to read music and played everything by ear, and won several national piano contests against other kids. His brother was similarly good. 5/27/24, 5:36 p.m.
"More Than A Feeling" by Boston is a pure masterpiece of music. As a teenager in the 80's, I would crank this song-up, roll down my windows on a hot summer's night, and jam to this song with a car full of my buddies!! I literally wore-out 3 Boston cassettes from playing them too much. My God, I do miss those days.😢
I will never forget hearing Boston on the radio for the first time. I had recently put together a decent HiFi system with and when "More than a Feelin'" came on the radio, I was blown away. I immediately said: "This is what rock bands have been trying to sound like for years!" Boston just had ALL the tones nailed down and balanced to perfection. We take it for granted now.
They definitely don't make things like they used to that's for sure.... Everything today is garbage especially after listening to the first Boston album...
Without Brad Delps incredible voice and Sibs drumming the Boston of my memories is no more. RIP Brad and Sib. The rock hall needs to induct Boston NOW !
Look back at some of the other music during those years. Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Bee Gees, and some HUGE one hit wonders ( who were never heard from again) were just some of the competition.
He was a basketball wizard at Ottawa Hills HS.... He recorded ALL the guitars and keys on that first album himself, then hired the rest of the band to showcase them
Back in the mid 70’s if you had a killer home or car stereo and you put your Boston album or cassette tape on it was like nothing you’ve ever heard before..the guitar effects and powerful recording were incredible..so loud so clear they changed the way artist recorded after that 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Listened to these guys Every Friken Day… back in the day… & at 65 years young, STILL listening to these guys All The Friken Time… shout out to my fellow classmates of 1976 Fremd High School, Palatine Illinois … Rock On
I grew up listening to Country music. In the Marine Corps, I bought a cassette player and on a whim, the first Boston album. I was playing loud i. Our Quonset hut when our resident Golden Gloves boxer strolled by. He stopped and looked at me, "There's hope for you yet." He said.
What a great band and great music. This may sound strange, because I don't understand it, but a lot of their music gave me SUCH A FEELING like "Where have I heard this before?". And it hit a deep place within me. I dunno, but certain ones of their songs off various albums make me feel like that! A few songs by other artists have made me feel that way too, but they are very few.
I learned how to play a guitar on a tennis racket , as we too poor for a guitar, to the tunes of BOSTON. When I finally got a guitar at 14 I could play MORE THAN A FEELING 😊
I was driving home from work and More Than Feelin' came on the radio. I took the next exit off the freeway and went into a record store and bought the album inmediately. God whatta band, just the best!!!🌟⚡🌟
@@adamheskett6245 I wasn't into Rush back then my friend was. I only like them much later when my son was a huge fan of there's. I took both of my sons to see Rush both of them had really long hair, we let them sit with some Rush fans, they were so nice to my boys and respectful to them, and they thoroughly enjoyed the fact that the younger generation was into old rock and roll. My only regret was not seeing them in concert when I had the chance.
@@Moondoggy1941 nice! I did see them once in the mid nineties/ Rush. Maybe 1998? It was a concert venue next to a wedding venue in Dallas Texas. I was attending the wedding venue drinking Dom Pérignon by the case (rich father of the bride - I was making like $20 an hour lol) butlers with Hors d'oeuvres walking around and sombich if Rush wasn’t just cranking it out on the other side of the trees. Saw Blue Oyster Cult in Craig Colorado at widdle the wood chainsaw wood carving competition at the city park in about 2008? Bro we were able to bring our own coolers in and be about 10 ft from stage if we wanted. GODZILLA!!!!!!!!
@@adamheskett6245 When I was in my 20's my friends got into the Doors like crazy, no one was playing them on the radio, only Jim Ladd (The Last DJ) would play them at the 10 PM hour, so my friend and I would split a 6 pack and listen to the radio very night in my car. Good times.
I used to make a ton of money turning Regular Walkmans into Rockmans, so you could play along to a cassette tape or record. Then Walkmans were replaced with cds and MP3’s and no one cared about either. It was good while it lasted though.
Can’t think of anyone better than an engineer. Music is a Very Complicated Business!!! He was a self taught mechanical engineer & musician. He had a shop out back where he worked nights & week ends while holding a 48 hrs. A week job in a factory where he was very shortly hired as Head Mechanic on all of the machines they had. He couldn’t sit down & read a book but he could read blue prints. He could fix everything from a wrist watch to heavy machinery. I’ve seen him stop working and string up & tune Steel Guitars, Banjos, Guitars, Mandolins, Big Bass Fiddles & Regular Fiddles. He could play them all,, as well as piano,, drums,, harmonicas, Jews harps, horns,,, he loved the trumpet. Once my friend next door just to challenge him brought over an accordion & said I bet you can’t play this. He picked it up & was playing Wildwood Flower in minutes. It was GREAT!!! He was a Great Guy & Husband & Father. I Never got over losing him at age 49 from cancer. I was only 9 & a DADDYS GIRL DELUX!!! But I was the first girl after 5 boys. He already had my name picked out. I was named after a baby sister of one of his best friends who’s Mother died during child birth and the entire town pulled together to help the family. He was six foot five and weighed 225 lbs. In the summer of 69 he lost his appetite. He never got it back. He rolled over in bed & and broke a rib. He went to our little family dr. Who wrapped it & made him an appt. With a dr in the next largest town to us. He straight up told him he best get all of his business done cause he was a walking dead man. The cancer was All over him. They sent him to the closest city for treatments of cobalt back then. It was BRUTAL AND MADE HIM SO SICK HE COULDNT DO IT. He just wanted to come home. So Moma brought him home. Six weeks later he was gone. I think he is playing a beautiful harp & singing with the angels. Momas with him now & my three brothers. My own husband is there too. He’s a musician, Engineer, and voice Teacher. AND,,,GOD I HATE, LOATHE & DESPISE CANCER!!!
He actually started working on the album in 1969. I'm pretty sure he recorded just about all of the sound for the album but recruited Brad Delp to do the vocals. Basically, the album came before there was a band. At least that's how I remember it. Very interesting story
Scholtz recorded the whole 1st album by himself, playing all the instruments. He then brought in his friend who was a drummer to tighten up the tracks. After he was signed he put together the original Boston band and Brad Delp added the vocals we all know today. Truly amazing.
Went to a Boston concert with my Fiance. Asked my brother suggested he ask our neighbor. He did and they were married for 42 and 1/2 years when she passed. Thank you Tom Schultz.👍🏼💕🌹
I went to a "Boston" concert in '79' their performance was powerful and to this day stays in my memories and forever in my soul. I was 19 and I can still hear the music. I have their 1st album. WOW!!
Thanks Thom, I for one of many for sure, love the sounds you brought to us. Boston has been a wonderful point in my life. Such a wonderful sound to my ears. All you guys are simply wonderful ❤️
I got turned on to Boston a week after their debut album. And when they came to Detroit Michigan play a concert for the very first time I was there. I was amazed by their sound and how well they played. Great memories of a great great band Boston. At first record they put out was definitely amazing and still holds up to today standards. SMOKIN.🎉
I was 8 when they debuted and can literally say it changed my life. I was too young to have developed an ear for guitar rock yet, but hearing the Boston sound literally everywhere I went during that time turned me into a guitar fan.
born in 62..album came out when i was in 9th grade...It changed my world...saw them on there first tour at Madison Square Garden.. Sammy Hager opened up
I heard he recorded the entire album Boston by himself in his home studio, and the recordings he did sounded so good that's actually what the record label released
Love love! Love Boston! One of the best bands ever. And yes I know there are other greats out there like Queen, the Beatles and u 2... Love these bands as well!
Saw them in 08. Amazing. I missed Brad live but they were still amazing. Thank you Tom for a lifetime of tunes. And rest in peace Brad. Your surely missed.
@@usa91787 Not so. The band, minus Scholz recorded "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" in Los Angeles with producer John Boylan, as a distraction for the benefit of Epic Records executives. Barry Goudreau and Fran Sheehan played on a couple tracks and Jim Masdea and Sib Hashian played drums.
Everyone mentioned her came on AFTER Scholz invented and mixed in the studio. He found a drummer and singer to do the 1st tracks , but he had already found the sound he wanted long before he found anyone else to call it a band.
And Tom wouldn't let them do his recordings in a studio. He said that his basement recordings sounded just fine! And they sure did! I can remember what I was doing and where I was when hearing them for the first time in 1976. Immediately the next day, I went out and bought their tape! I still don't think they could have achieved such success without the voice and tone of the late Brad Delp! Brad, like Steve Perry, had a voice that was one of a kind!
However, the best recorded Boston guitar sounds are found on the debut Boston record which did not have a single note played through a Rockman or a Rockman prototype
My father has had masters degrees in mechanical engineering!! He always loved opera!!? Can sing opera too!!? Knowing all the words and lyric ever written for opera!!!!
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A band and music that will live on -- Their songs have not faded nor aged -- I enjoy Boston's music as much now as I did when they released their first album.
Boston has been on the top of my playlist since the album first came out. Yeah, I’m only 68 years young! I can still sing along with every song on their first album too.
