While Tom Scholz was known as the mastermind and lead guitarist of Boston, the band also featured another talented guitar player that was featured on a few leads himself: Barry Goudreau. After Scholz created the Boston demos in his basement and laid in Brad Delp’s vocals, the song “More Than a Feeling” was instrumental [...]
This hard-driving track was Canadian band Loverboy’s debut on the charts in 1980. Keyboards, headbands and red leather pants – the essence of Loverboy. Turn Me Loose hit #6 on the Mainstream Rock chart and climbed to #35 on the Pop Singles chart.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band had a huge hit with a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song, “Blinded by the Light”, in 1976. They went to the well again in 1980 with “For You” on their album Chance. The original version of “For You” appeared on the Springsteen album “Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ”. [...]
