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Kimberley Dahme of Boston |
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Jeb: My first thought is this: There is girl in the band Boston!
Kimberley Dahme: That is a normal reaction; I even had it.
Jeb: How did you get in Boston?
Kimberley: I was in the right place at the right time. I was playing in another band and Tom Scholz and Gary Pihl were out looking for a new drummer for Boston. They happened to see me onstage. I was playing electric guitar and singing in that band. Tom approached me after the show and asked me if I could play bass. I told him that I could learn. I immediately went back to Nashville and bought a bass and called their offices and begged for an audition. I ended up getting the part. I went into deep rehearsal mode for a year. The concerts come as second nature now but they took a great deal of wood-shedding at the beginning.
Jeb: Did you have any idea that Tom was in the audience that night?
Kimberley: I did. I am a huge Boston fan. It was funny because as they approached me, Tom introduced himself and I told him, “I know who you are. I hate to tell you but you are kind of famous.” I am a huge fan of his music. You can’t get better than Boston and Tom and Brad Delp. I am very honored to be a part of this band.
Jeb: Did you ever think, “Pinch me, I’m dreaming”?
Kimberley: Every night I am onstage with them I feel that way. When we are playing “Foreplay” or “More Than A Feeling” I just feel like “Oh my God!” I look next to me and there is Tom and Brad and Gary. It is very surreal. I have worked with a lot of wonderful musicians but this band is my favorite.
Jeb: Did you have any idea that Tom was going to use any of your songs on Corporate America?
Kimberley: I came in at the tail end of the project. I would be in the studio and I would just start singing along. I naturally hear everything in harmony. When a person sings I hear in my head about eight different harmonies. Tom heard me singing and said for them to put a microphone on me. It really took a long time for me to realize what I was doing. It was several months after I joined that I finally went, “Hey, I am part of Boston!”
Jeb: You also sang lead on one of the tracks on the album, “With You.”
Kimberley: I wrote that in Berlin a few years earlier for my web designer and his wife’s wedding. I was not going to be able to be in Berlin for their wedding and so I wrote them a song and recorded it the very next day. That is the same track that is one the Boston album. I have hundreds of original songs. I live in Nashville and I write all the time. I never anticipated that one to be chosen. All he wanted to do was add some harmony to the bass line and his guitar, of course.
Jeb: Corporate America has garnered good reviews and poor reviews. Do you think the negative reviews come from the fact that all other Boston albums follow a formula and this one is all over the map?
Kimberley: I think the idea Tom was working on was being more current sounding and not just being a classic rock band. I was amazed how well it goes over onstage.
Jeb: Your song is my favorite on the album. It is very emotional.
Kimberley: It is a genuine love tale. I tried to add in the flavor or country music on it.
Jeb: It is very weird to hear that sort of song on a Boston album. I have asked people to name the band when I play that song and no one has ever guessed Boston and they don’t believe me till I show them the cover.
Kimberley: It is a great trivia question.
Jeb: Tom gets some shit from people. But you have to admit that he showed some balls to stick a country song on a Boston album and he puts it in the live show.
Kimberley: I love music as you can tell. I love performing and the people and everything. Bring it on!
Jeb: Where did you get the giant bass that you play onstage?
Kimberley: Tom and Gary designed it for the song that I play. We play “The Launch” with it; when the spaceship comes down. We put the heavy distortion on it and smokes billows out everywhere.
Jeb: First you have to practice for a year to get your chops down and then Tom makes you play a ten foot bass guitar!
Kimberley: I am not afraid of any of it! Whatever they want, I will do. It is wild as the frets are to speck but they are big.
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