Boston Tour To Feature Stryper Vocalist <em>And</em> Some Noob From MySpace
Looks like one singer won’t be enough for the upcoming Boston tour, their first since the death of original vocalist Brad Delp. We’ve already told you that ex-Stryper Michael Sweet would be on board, but Tom Scholz (who is Boston, for all intents and purposes), will also bring along Tommy DeCarlo, a fortysomething Home Depot credit manager and father of two. DeCarlo posted a tribute to Delp, ” A Man He’ll Always Be,” on his MySpace page, along with several Boston covers. And Scholz heard.
Hearing of a tribute being planned, a friend encouraged DeCarlo to take action. He remembers, “I sent my myspace page link to the BOSTON camp, and I also offered to sing my song at the tribute show, never thinking I’d get a reply. I did end up getting one about two weeks later thanking me for the offer, but at this point there were not going to be any additions to the line up. It was a very nice reply, and I was just thrilled that I got a response.”
Several weeks later, Tom Scholz happened to hear Tommy’s cover of “Don’t Look Back,” and was shocked. Knowing every nuance of Brad’s voice, he could not believe that this was not Brad singing, exclaiming, “I haven’t heard anyone else sing like that in 35 years.” Scholz contacted Tommy and invited him to come and sing a few songs at the tribute. DeCarlo’s reaction was, “I would have never believed this could happen in a million years. The next thing I knew I was on my way to Boston to sing with BOSTON…are you kidding me?”
Awww! This is so much sweeter than the Judas Priest thing. Plus his song about Delp is only two minutes long, which shows impressive restraint for a Boston fan.
Here he is at the tribute concert last August.
Are you feeling this? Are you more than a feeling this?
Tommy DeCarlo’s Myspace Page Tommy DeCarlo [GonnaHitchaRide]
