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Brad Delp’s voice on new Boston Album

August 15, 2011 by Chris

The band Boston is set to release their next album and will pay tribute to their iconic lead singer Brad Delp that sadly passed away on March 9th, 2007. This is coming from the people at ultimateclassicrock.com, which I tend to view from time to time. Not much else is said about the album other then that.

Like every Boston fan out there, never hold your breath about the issue date of the bands next album because of the bands agonizingly slow evolution in their recording process. Even though the band states that this album is 85% complete, I still wouldn’t dare to place a wager on the exact date. Does anyone out there recall the band taking 6 years to complete their third album Third Stage? Talk about build up to a product release!

Since Brad Delp’s death, Boston has chosen to use a couple of singers but their recent singer, Tommy DeCarlo, is the one that stuck.

Boston just has that sound that makes you stand up and take notice. Even if you not a fan of the band, I bet that you’d know them after listening to only a few bars of a song.

When my parents bought me a 50 watt 1/2 stack HIWATT (for a good laugh check out the link!) amp, the first song I played on it was Boston’s Don Look Back! I literally didn’t know how powerful it was so after 10 minutes of setting it up, I found the number 9 button on the volume control. It was so loud it work up John Elek down the street, not to mention the cat never came back for 3 days, it was at the foot of my bed, true story. Thank God the windows were open otherwise I don’t know what would have happened. I never went near number 9 again …

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOqHLVxZvA

So when do you think the band’s release date will be?

Keep on Jammin’




Filed Under: Entertainment, Great Bands, Music, Musical influences, Musicians, Rock History, Video Tagged With: 80s band, Boston, Brad Delp, classic rock, the band boston, Tom Scholz, Tommy DeCarlo

Who was on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper album?

February 21, 2010 by Chris

Who was on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts club Band album is a question that I have tried to figure out the answer to this question every time I picked up the album or looked at a picture of it on line. I’ve looked at this great album for years trying to figure this who was on it and it was always fun to guess but now I’ve finally found out who is who!

To view this classic album cover, check out this link for a great picture and test your musical knowledge, without using the references below!

Top row left to right

  • Sri Yukteswar Giri (Hindu guru)
  • Aleister Crowley (occultist)
  • Mae West (actress)
  • Lenny Bruce (comedian)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer)
  • W. C. Fields (comedian/actor)
  • Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist)
  • Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
  • Fred Astaire (actor/dancer)
  • Richard Merkin (artist)
  • The Vargas Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas)
  • Huntz Hall (actor)
  • Simon Rodia (designer and builder of the Watts Towers)
  • Bob Dylan (singer/songwriter)

Next row down left to right

  • Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator)
  • Sir Robert Peel (19th century British Prime Minister)
  • Aldous Huxley (writer)
  • Dylan Thomas (poet)
  • Terry Southern (writer)
  • Dion (singer)
  • Tony Curtis (actor)
  • Wallace Berman (artist)
  • Tommy Handley (comedian)
  • Marilyn Monroe (actress)
  • William S. Burroughs (writer)
  • Sri Mahavatar Babaji (Hindu guru)
  • Stan Laurel (actor/comedian)
  • Richard Lindner (artist)
  • Oliver Hardy (actor/comedian)
  • Karl Marx (political philosopher)
  • H. G. Wells (writer)
  • Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (Hindu guru)
  • Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist) – barely visible below Bob Dylan
  • Anonymous (hairdresser’s wax dummy)

Next row down left to right

  • Stuart Sutcliffe (artist/former Beatle)
  • Anonymous (hairdresser’s wax dummy)
  • Max Miller (comedian)
  • A “Petty Girl” (by artist George Petty)
  • Marlon Brando (actor)
  • Tom Mix (actor)
  • Oscar Wilde (writer)
  • Tyrone Power (actor)
  • Larry Bell (artist)
  • Dr. David Livingstone (missionary/explorer)
  • Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic swimmer/Tarzan actor)
  • Stephen Crane (writer) – barely visible between Issy Bonn’s head and raised arm
  • Issy Bonn (comedian)
  • George Bernard Shaw (playwright)
  • H. C. Westermann (sculptor)
  • Albert Stubbins (soccer player)
  • Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru)
  • Lewis Carroll (writer)
  • T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”)

Finally the front row left to right

  • Wax model of Sonny Liston (boxer)
  • A “Petty Girl” (by George Petty)
  • Wax model of George Harrison
  • Wax model of John Lennon
  • Shirley Temple (child actress) – barely visible, first of three appearances on the cover
  • Wax model of Ringo Starr
  • Wax model of Paul McCartney
  • Albert Einstein (physicist) – largely obscured
  • John Lennon holding a French Horn
  • Ringo Starr holding a trumpet
  • Paul McCartney holding a Cor Anglais
  • George Harrison holding a flute
  • Bobby Breen (singer)
  • Marlene Dietrich (actress/singer)
  • An American legionnaire[1]
  • Diana Dors (actress)
  • Shirley Temple (child actress)

If you cannot make out who is who in my description then check out this link and I hope that it will make it a little clearer!

Keep on Jammin’

Filed Under: Entertainment, Musicians, Rock History Tagged With: album covers, classic album, classic rock, Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts club Band, the beatles, who is on the cover

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