| Barry Goudreau (born on Nov. 29, 1951) - Original guitarist for the rock band Boston. Boston was formed from Barry's original band, "Mother's Milk", in which Tom Scholz (of Boston) joined as a keyboard player. Later, Barry recruited Brad Delp, who later became the lead vocalist for Boston. Barry worked with Scholz and Delp as early as 1969 on an initial set of demo tapes, where he performed all of the rhythm and lead guitar work. These early attempts to attract record label interest did not succeed. Later, Scholz re-worked and re-recorded some of these demo songs and wrote several new songs for a second set of demo tapes. By this time, Scholz had finally become proficient on the guitar, so he performed all of the instrumental work. This second demo set won a recording contract with Epic Records. |
