More Than A Feeling For Boston's Tom Scholz
11/01/2010
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Gibson.com presents "The Gibson Classic Interview," where they open thier archives and share with you interviews they've done over the years with some of the world's biggest artists. This week, they revisit Ted Drozdowski's 2008 interview with Boston axeman (and Rockman inventor) Tom Scholz. The lanky six-foot-six MIT grad had nearly gone broke after years of making tapes and having them rejected by record labels. "I had enough money for one last demo and sent it off to 24 companies, then figured I'd sit back and wait for the rejection letters," Scholz says today. "Lo and behold, three major labels were interested. I couldn't believe it. Nobody knew who we were, so I wouldn't even say we were struggling. It was groveling." Scholz signed with CBS Records, and when radio stations began playing "More Than a Feeling" and Boston was released on August 8, 1976, the album―which its breathtaking sonic architecture and hopelessly romantic lyrics―became the feel-good cure for a nation suffering the hangover of Vietnam and Watergate. "Suddenly," the Les Paul wielding frontman says, "we were '70s superstars." - more on this story
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