This is an iHeart Podcast. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo? I pulled up real quick.
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He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. At a blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid.
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And we continue with our American stories. The rock band Boston has sold over seventy-five Million albums with classic hits like More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind. Rock'n'roll band smokin'. and don't look back. Here's Greg Hengler with his story about a Home Depot employee.
and his favorite rock and roll band. When our favorite songs are played, we all do the same thing. We turn it up and we sing along. But the idea of living a rock and roll fantasy and being the lead singer in your favorite band is only played out on the big screen and on television, right? Close my eyes, I sleep away.
For everyone who ever dreamed of being a rock star. Meet Tommy DiCarlo. He sings every night to tens of thousands of screaming fans. But only months before his gig as the lead singer of the legendary rock band Boston. 42-year-old Tommy wore the orange apron and worked on the floor at Home Depot in Charlotte, North Carolina.
where his singing was confined to the shower. and karaoke bars. Here's DiCarlo. I remember doing karaoke at a bowling alley. There was maybe 30 or 40 people that most of them were bowling.
They weren't even listening to karaoke.
So how did Tommy's life go from this? to this. Oh, it's been too long since I felt this way. I don't mind if I get taken. The road is coming today and today.
I can see it took so long just to realize I was too strong not to cover everything. It's leading me on. But I can be strong. Oh, yes, I can. Like most kids who came of age in the late seventies.
Tommy DiCarlo was struck by Boston in the summer of 76 when the band released the momentous debut album. which perfectly package progressive rock. with melodic pop. Back when I was around 12 or 13, a A friend of mine bought the debut and lent it to me. And I never gave it back.
De Carlo says. I fell in love with the music and especially Brad Delp's vocals. Boston never toured as much as its 70s counterparts.
So DiCarlo didn't get to see Boston until the mid-90s. My first show, he says, I was able to meet Brad Delph. I wasn't among thirty or forty people at a meeting greet. But after the show, I hung around by the buses and yelled Brad's name. And we talked for a minute.
I'm really thankful I gotta meet him. You gotta tell him how much he loved Boston. But he was so wrapped up in the moment, he didn't even remember to have Delp sign the C D he was holding in his hand. Here's Tommy describing what life was like before living out his rock and roll fantasy. Pretty average.
I worked a 40-hour week job at the Home Depot and still am. I'm on a leave of absence there right now. DiCarlo's gig began with an unfortunate incident. back on March 9th, 2007. When Boston's lead singer Brad Delpeak took his own life at age 55.
leaving a note clipped to his shirt that said I am a lonely soul. The band posted on its website We've just lost the nicest sky in rock and roll. Here's DiCarlo. A lot of the fans, including myself, felt terrible about that. You know, it was a pretty rough time for a lot of folks.
And um I decided to go ahead and write a tribute song in memory of Brad, and it was a very short piece, just a couple of minutes long. But I didn't really know how to go about sharing that with the other fans, which is what I really wanted to do.
So I went ahead and my daughter. My daughter Talia told me, Hey Dad, why don't you try MySpace?
So I'm like, all right, I'll try it.
Well, I got a message from another fan. That's the beauty of MySpace and the friends you could make through the MySpace page. A Boston fan had sent me an email. Saying, I love your tribute song. Uh would ya consider sending it to the band, I have uh an old email address.
And I'm like.
Well, okay, sure, I'll I'll try it. It's funny because uh back when I was a young teenager. I had a lot of folks, a lot of friends would tell me that I had a very similar voice to the lead singer of Austin. They didn't know his name was Brad Delt back then, but. And I says, yeah, you know, thanks, that was a great compliment.
And over the years, I would sing a lot of the Boston music and still get those same compliments.
So when that person sent me that email and told me, why don't you try sending your stuff over to the Boston camp, I was like, You know, maybe. Here's that cover of Peace of Mind DiCarlo posted on MySpace.
Now, if you're feeling kinda low about the dues you've been paying, future's coming much too soon. And you wanna run for someone, you just keep on staying. Can't decide on which way to go. Yeah, yeah, I understand about an decision. But I don't care if I get behind people living in competition.
All I want is to have my peace of life. Yeah, yeah. Commies cover eventually reached the founder of the band. MIT Mastermind and Guitar Geek Tom Scholz. Here's Scholes with the story.
Actually, through my wife, Kim. Uh I was walking through the uh kitchen and she was listening to something on her uh computer that was uh up on the internet. Uh and I was uh and she said uh what do you think of this and I said well I've never heard that recording of Brad before. What show is that from? And she said, it's not Brad.
And I said, oh yes, that's Brad. And she said, no, this is not Brad. And I didn't realize until I put it up on some big speakers. and listened to the background music that it was in fact not Boston. and it was uh some sort of a karaoke track.
And then I realized this wasn't Brad, but it sounded Just exactly like him and I know every nuance of Brad's voice, worked with him for 35 years.
So I was shocked. But yes, I did, the moment I heard that, start to think, All right, maybe there is another future for Boston. And we proceeded cautiously but quickly. and invited him to Boston to make an appearance with us on stage. at a tribute show last summer for Brad.
So what was it like for this fan of Boston to pick up the phone and hear it was Tom Scholes on the other end? I couldn't believe it. I could not believe it. It was, it's almost hard to put into words, really. I just could not believe it.
I was shocked and I was excited. It was just an amazing, it was an amazing day, believe me. DiCarlo's wife of 21 years was his number one groupie, and his two teenagers saw their dad as the real American idol. For Tommy. It was tough to leave his job at Home Depot in Charlotte.
He liked his co-workers and rather enjoyed helping people find hardware. and he doesn't rule out going back to it at some point. In terms of lifestyle, not much has changed. DiCarlo says We live in the same house. And the best part of my day is my kids and wife.
and I get a lot of support from the people at the store. For the time being though, He's just enjoying the ride. You know, just like what, the Boston song, just taking my time, just moving along. And what a story, a terrific job on the production editing and storytelling by Greg Engler. I'll never forget the first time I heard more than a feeling.
I was in high school. I didn't even drive yet. But boy, I had my tape recorder with me and I was rolling around the neighborhood holding my radio, blasting it at 10. All the time, no record. played more in my high school.
than the Boston record. And what a story about, my goodness, living way beyond anything you could dream of. Tommy DiCarlo just recording a tribute. To the man he adored, Brad Depp, who took his life, sadly, in 2007, and Tom Schultz, the band leader, going, Well, there goes Boston, and then his wife pops open this MySpace recording before Facebook, folks. There was MySpace.
And there it was. And well, We had a lead singer. for Boston once again. The story of Tommy DiCarlo from Home Depot. to the lead singer of Boston here.
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