https://spoti.fi/2IHupDJ “Blue” is the best,” “Court and Spark” was the breakthrough, and in between lies “For the Roses.” I didn’t hear most of “Song to a Seagull” until the advent of Napster. Oh, I knew “Michael From Mountains,” not that I can remember exactly why. Must’ve been underground FM radio, for I knew no one […]

Re: BOSTON This was the most memorable musical encounter in my 12-year A&R career at Epic Records. One late afternoon my friend and colleague Lennie Petze brought Paul Ahern to my office and asked if I would listen to a cassette Paul brought him. We stepped into A&R head Steve Popovich’s office (Steve was out […]

www.wcvb.com/article/tom-scholz-of-boston-returns-to-his-watertown-home/23011956 Hi Bob, Here’s a 4-5min news video of Tom Scholz returning to the basement where he recorded the Boston album while working for Polaroid in nearby Waltham, MA after college. The news piece is also produced by Mission of Burma bassist Clint Conley, who works for local Channel 5. There’s a vignette about how […]

They could only do it once, but oh how well they did it. Corporate rock. Does Boston qualify? Some would say they were the progenitors, giving the public what it wanted, but I don’t put the band in that category, sure Tom Scholz distilled what he was hearing on the radio to create something palatable […]