Jim masdea biography

Self taught and immersed in Rock and Roll music at an early age, Jim was happy playing drums in capable local rock bands by the time he started high school.
Masdea was the original drummer for the band, leaving in 1976 just before their first, self-titled album was released.
Redirect to: List of Boston band members#Jim Masdea.

•

DOB: June 12, 1951
Date of Death: March 09, 2007
Vocals, Guitar

To anyone that's ever had the pleasure of listening to Brad belt out a tune, it's clearly evident that he was born to sing. From an average suburban kid with a penchant for music, to the voice of one of the most successful rock bands of all time, Bradley E. Delp always remained true to who he was. The music business has its share of notorious icons living life on the edge, but Brad lived his life in a different manner... he was often referred to as "the nicest guy in rock and roll." Just about anyone that ever encountered him would agree that the moniker fit this atypical rock star. The world was graced by this gentle and kind soul for 55 years, but on Friday, March 9, 2007, Brad took his own life, spurning a global shockwave of sadness for all that knew him, as well as those that didn't, but who's lives were touched by the sound of his magnificent voice.

Growing up in Danvers, Massachusetts on Boston's north shore, Brad was bitten by the music bug at the tender age of 13, after seeing The Beatl

•

Masdea v. Scholz, 742 F. Supp. 713 (D. Mass. 1990)

742 F. Supp. 713 (1990)

James MASDEA, Plaintiff,
v.
Donald T. SCHOLZ, Boston World Tours, Inc., Scholz Research & Development Group, Defendants.

Civ. A. No. 88-1662-C.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 13, 1990.

Mark A. White, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Alan Rose, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., for Bradley Delp.

Donald S. Engel, Engel & Engel, Los Angeles, Cal., for Donald T. Scholz.

Kenneth A. Sweder, Howard M. Brown, Kaye, Fialkow, Richmond & Rothstein, Boston, Mass., for Francis Sheehan and John T. Hashien.

*714 David M. Jones, McDermott & Rizzo, Boston, Mass., for all defendants.

MEMORANDUM

CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the defendants' motion for summary judgment. In 1988, the plaintiff, James Masdea, brought this action in state court alleging that he has a contractual right to share the profits from certain albums and a concert tour performed by the rock group Boston. In his complaint, Masdea asserted six state law

•

List of Boston band members

List of former and current members for the American rock band Boston

(from left to right) Tom Scholz (off picture), Gary Pihl, David Victor, Tommy DeCarlo, Curly Smith (on drums), and Tracy Ferrie

Three lineups of Boston in 1977, 2008 and 2013.

Boston is an American rock band formed in 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts, by multi-instrumentalist Tom Scholz, who was joined by vocalist Brad Delp, guitarist Barry Goudreau, bassist Fran Sheehan and drummer Jim Masdea (who was replaced by Sib Hashian). The band has since gone under various line-up changes with Scholz as the band's only continuous member.

History

Tom Scholz first started writing music in 1969 while he was attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he wrote an instrumental song, "Foreplay".^[1] While attending MIT, Scholz joined the band Freehold, where he met guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Jim Masdea,^[2] who would later become members of Boston. Vocalist Brad Delp was added to the collective in 1970. After graduating with a master