The Other Chip

ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) -- Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55.  Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Lt. William Baldwin said in a news release that there was no indication of foul play. "There was nothing disrupted in the house. He was a fairly healthy person from what we're able to ascertain," Police Chief Philip Consentino told WMUR-TV. Delp apparently was alone at the time, Baldwin said. The cause of death remained under investigation. Police said an incident report would not be available until Monday.

Wow, this is a stunner.  I was a teenager when Boston made a big splash with its first two albums in the late-1970s.  I also loved "Third Stage" in the mid-1980s, and that's when I saw them in concert.  What was cool about that concert was that they played their old hits at the beginning and the end of the show, but in the middle they played "Third Stage" all the way through.

Their last concert was three months ago, fittingly, in Boston.

I'm going to reload my iPod today with all my Boston music.

"I see my Mary Anne walking away ..."