Tommy DeCarlo is an American singer. He is the current lead singer of Boston

Boston (band)

Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists...

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DeCarlo was born in Utica, New York

Utica, New York

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, and became a fan of Boston as a teenager. He began recording covers of their songs and posting them on his MySpace

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 with him on vocals. In March 2007, Boston lead singer Brad Delp

Brad Delp

Bradley E. Delp was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Boston. Delp was known for his vocal histrionics, and especially his high range.-Early life:...

 committed suicide

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 at the age of 55. As a tribute to Delp, DeCarlo wrote a song and posted it on his Myspace page. Another Boston fan heard DeCarlo's work and suggested that he send his Myspace page link to a Boston associate, offering up an old email address DeCarlo sent the link, and was approached by Boston leader Tom Scholz

Tom Scholz

Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz is an American rock musician, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, inventor, and mechanical engineer, best known as the founder of the hard rock band Boston. He is also the inventor of the Rockman guitar amplifier...

 to be one of the singers, along with Michael Sweet

Michael Sweet

Michael Sweet is a singer from Whittier, California, United States. Sweet is best known as co-founder, writer and frontman of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. He was also one of the two lead vocalists and one of three guitarists for Boston until August 2011.-Youth:He began his musical career...

 of Stryper

Stryper

Stryper is a Christian glam metal band from Orange County, California. The group's lineup consists of Michael Sweet , Oz Fox , Tim Gaines , and Robert Sweet...

, during the Brad Delp Tribute Concert in the Bank Of America Pavilion in Boston, MA.

In March 2008, Scholz asked DeCarlo to be one of the lead singers during Boston's 2008 tour. DeCarlo is currently on leave from his job as a credit manager for a Home Depot in Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

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In January 2011, Tommy released his first two singles of original music, available on CD-Baby and iTunes, though his website www.TommyDeCarlo.com. The first single, "I Think I Fell In Love With You", features Boston alumni Gary Pihl on guitar. The second single is a reworked and expanded version of "A Man He'll Always Be" which initially had been a piano and vocal composition. The new version was expanded into a complete Boston tribute featuring full instrumentation.