Classic Rock Revisited has had rock artists recite 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. This year Tom Scholz has given a go at this holiday classic.

Tom has joined a growing list of rock artists who have recited the poem for Classic Rock Revisited, including Black Sabbath's Bill Ward, Krokus' Marc Storace, Dennis DeYoung, Gil Moore of Triumph and Roger Earl of Foghat.

You can listen to Tom and many others reciting this classic at classicrockrevisited.com

TESLA, STRYPER (with a special guest appearance by Tom Scholz of BOSTON), Aaron Lewis (STAIND), Eric Martin (MR. BIG) and Carmine Appice's SLAM (a drum thing) are among the confirmed performers at a benefit concert for the victims of the February 20, 2003 nightclub fire, which claimed 100 lives, seriously injured 200 others, and left 65 children without one or both parents.

The show will take place on Monday, February 25, 2008 at the Dunkin Donut Center in Providence, Rhode Island. All proceeds from ticket sales and charity auctions benefit the Station Family Fund, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization founded by survivors of the Station nightclub fire. They are committed to providing survivor relief, including costs of ongoing treatment and rehabilitation.

Source: blabbermouth.net

If you've been waiting impatiently for the last month waiting for iTunes to finally get the Delp and Goudreau song Rockin' Away on the iTunes music store, well wait no longer, because they finally have it.
 

When Barry Goudreau did the interview in WHEB on Oct 16 to discuss the song, he had indicated that Rockin' Away would be available in iTunes "any day". Well almost a month has passed and as of Nov 14, it's now listed on the iTunes music store and selling for $0.99. Interestingly enough, the release date shown for the song on the iTunes store is Oct 16/07. Be aware that if you purchase the song on iTunes, it is DRM protected, while the track at Discark is not.

For those of you who have been anxiously waiting for the Delp and Goudreau song Rockin' Away to finally be available, well it's available now, well sort of...

The song was supposed to be available on the iTunes music store sometime in October, but has yet to appear. There is an alternate source where the song is being made available. You can buy it at Discark either by purchasing the download or you can buy the CD single. Dicark uses PayPal for payment, but if you don't have a PayPal account, don't worry, they can accept credit card payments.

Former Boston guitarist/songwriter Anthony Cosmo has released his latest works with The Casting.

The Casting, which is fronted by Atom (Anthony Cosmo) released their first album on the iTunes music store. The album, which is titled Regrets, features 14 songs, including the song One, which if you recall, Anthony wrote as a tribute to Brad Delp.

The album is $9.99, or you can buy individual tracks for $0.99 each on iTunes.

Here's something gamers will be interested in: Boston will be featured on a new video game being released November 20, 2007.

Rock Band, will allow gamers to perform popular rock songs along with their friends via drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, will include Boston's Foreplay/Long Time among the 45 licensed tracks included with the game. The game is set to sell at $169.99 US and will be available on the X-Box 360, Nintendo Wii, PS2 and PS3 platforms.

Gary Pihl's band Alliance is up for a Grammy nomination.

Alliance, which released a double CD set this year called Destination Known, which features the content from the Alliance and Missing Piece CD released, plus a total of 8 bonus tracks. One of those tracks, This is the World, is up for nomination in the Best Rock Performance category.

You can check out an audio sample of this song, as well as the other songs on the Destination Known 2-disc set. You can also pick up a copy of this CD at NEH Records.
You can view the Myspace blog post on the official Alliance page featuring the announcement.
Official Alliance Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/alliance22
Barry Goudreau was interviewed on WHEB for the release of the new Delp and Goudreau song Rockin' Away.

In the interview, Barry indicated the song will currently only be available on iTunes and probably will be released by sometime Oct 17. If you missed the show, you can hear it in the Interviews/Radio Shows section.
Late BOSTON singer Brad Delp has left fans one brand new song that he co-wrote and recorded with former band-mate/original Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau for the 30th anniversary of the first Boston CD. The song 'Rockin' Away' is Brad's story of how he got involved in music. According to a press release, "it sounds like early Boston - it sounds like a hit." 'Rockin' Away' was serviced to Active Rock and Classic Rock radio last week.
 
About the track Goudreau says: "'Rockin’ Away' was written in the summer of 2006 for the 30th Anniversary of the release of the first Boston record. It was the last song that Brad and I wrote together. In it, Brad reflects on how he became involved in music, and thanks his many fans for their years of loyalty. It was my hope that the song might lead to a rekindling of my relationship with the band. Unfortunately it did not. Brad’s family and I felt that his many fans would appreciate hearing his spectacular voice one more time on a new song. I hope that you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it."

Source: bravewords.com

Boston's official site has posted audio from a rehearsal from the Come Together show along with a message from Tom.

from bandboston.com:

We are experiencing technical difficulties, please stay tuned...

We are trying to repair and mix the audio recording of BOSTON's performance at the Brad Delp Tribute show. For unknown reasons BOSTON's gear was moved and uncabled following our sound check. This, coupled with a minimal set change time, resulted in numerous technical problems during our performance, and even necessitated starting the set without Michael Sweet's guitar. Because there are missing or damaged tracks that will be troublesome in a stereo mixdown, this may require considerable effort in our studio, which is set up exclusively for BOSTON recording, editing and mixing. Two recordings were made, one into our normal live taping system and one into a professional A/V company computer. We have been unable to get the computer files converted to a form that can be used in our system. The recording on our own tape was reduced to an unacceptable level due to the interconnection with all the additional show and A/V gear. There was insufficient time to check and reset these levels, or to perform a full line check before BOSTON took the stage. In the meantime, while we try to sort this out, we thought that we would share this version of "More Than a Feeling," from a rehearsal session. This is from the first time that Michael Sweet rehearsed with Tom, Gary, Kimberley and Jeff together. FYI, this was an informal stereo recording, and the mix levels and quality are not up to professional standards.

Enjoy!

Tom Scholz

PS: This is the real time mix I hear in my stereo earpiece feeds when we practice and play. Pretty cool, huh!

To hear Boston rehearsing More Than a Feeling with Michael Sweet, go to bandboston.com