Boston singer Tommy DeCarlo passed away yesterday from brain cancer at 60. Ironically, his death came 19 years to the day (in 2007) of the suicide of original Boston singer, Brad Delp.
DeCarlo, a Delp fan and sound-a-like, was working in a Charlotte, North Carolina Home Depot when he honored Delp by writing and recording an original song and posted it on MySpace along with a few Boston covers. He sent the MySpace link to Boston's management, who passed it along to the band's founder and guitarist Tom Scholz, who hired him.
DeCarlo toured with the band on every tour since then and sings three songs on their last studio album, 2013's Life, Love & Hope. And in between he fronted his own band, DeCarlo. He is survived by his wife, two children, and at least one grandchild.
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