Post by rob on Dec 20, 2021 21:28:45 GMT
Bradley Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 - March 9, 2007)
Associated Acts: Boston, Orion the Hunter, RTZ, Delp and Goudreau, Beatlejuice
Vocal Range: G♯2 - E♭6
Brad Delp was well known and beloved as the lead singer of the Classic Rock band Boston. He also was involved as a member of various Boston-related spinoff projects with guitarist Barry Goudreau, as well as briefly being in a Beatles cover band. His high notes are exceptional, with a masterful vocal range, mix and ability to hold incredibly high notes for impressively long amounts of time. Brad Delp's vocals are a very large part of what made Boston's breakout hit, Boston, a huge success and should be regarded with the same level of respect or more that is given to his rock n roll contemporaries. In many ways, Brad Delp was in a class of his own vocally, his studio vocals in particular are second to none.
Significant High Notes:
E♭6: “Let Me Take You Home Tonight”
C♯6" "A Man I'll Never Be" live Cleveland 1976
C6: “Don’t Be Afraid”, "More Than a Feeling" live Cleveland 1976
B5: “Peace of Mind, "More Than a Feeling”
B♭5: “Long Time”, “Mean Woman Blues”, “Talk to Me”
A5: "Oh Darling" live Salem 2005, “Rock & Roll Band”, "Smokin'"
G♯5: “Something About You”, “Talk to Me”, “Until Your Love Comes Back Around”, “We’re Ready”
G5: "Mean Woman Blues", “More Than a Feeling”, “Smokin’”, "Talkin' to a Wall"
F♯5: “Cool the Engines”, “It’s Easy”, “Let Me Take You Home Tonight”, “Life is What We Make It”, “One Step Away”, “Party”, “Rockin’ Away”, "Rock & Roll Band", “Something About You”
F5: “Dangerous”, "Long Time"
E5: “Change for Change”, “Dangerous”, “Don’t Be Afraid”, “Don’t Look Back”, “Feelin’ Satisfied”, “Given You Up for Dead”, “Hands of Time”, "Hollyann", “It’s Easy”, “Let Me Take You Home Tonight”, “Livin’ for the Rock ‘N’ Roll”, “A Man I’ll Never Be”, "More Than A Feeling", “My Destination”, "Oh Darling" live Salem 2005, “Party”, "Peace of Mind", “Power of Love”, “Rain Down on Me”, “Rock & Roll Band”, “Something About You”, “Talk to Me”, “This is My Life”, “Until Your Love Comes Back Around”, “Used to Bad News”, "We're Ready", “What’s a Fella to Do?”
E♭5: "Can’tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love", “Devil to Pay”, “Didn’t Mean to Fall in Love”, “Dreams”, “Hollyann”, “Life is What We Make It”, “Return to Zero”
D5: “Cool the Engines”, “Dangerous”, “Don’t Be Afraid”, “Don’t Look Back”, "Given You Up for Dead", “Hands of Time”, “Hard Luck”, “Long Time”, "Oh Darling" live Salem 2005, “One Step Away”, “Rain Down on Me”, “The Rhythm Won’t Stop”, “Smokin’”, “Something About You”, “Such a Fool”, “Talk to Me”, "Talkin' To The Wall", “There’s Another Side”, “Winners and Losers”
C♯5: "All My Loving" live Salem 1995, “Face the Music”, “Feelin’ Satisfied”, “I Had a Good Time”, "It's Easy", “My Destination”, “One in a Million”, “Peace of Mind”, “Rock the Night”, “Rockin’ Away”, “Show Me”, “Social Disease”, “This is My Life”, “When You Love Someone”
C5: “Change for Change”, “Don’t Be Afraid”, “Given You Up for Dead”, “Hard Luck”, “Let Me Take You Home Tonight”, “Livin’ for the Rock ‘N’ Roll”, “Out of My Hands”, "Party", “The Rhythm Won’t Stop”, “Such a Fool”, "Talkin' to a Wall", “There’s Another Side”, “Turn This Love Around”, “Until Your Love Comes Back Around”, “What You Leave Behind”
B4: “All You’ve Got”, “Amanda”, “Better and Better”, "Cool The Engines", “Dangerous”, “Devil to Pay”, “Didn’t Mean to Fall in Love”, “Don’t Wait”, “Dreams”, “Every Door is Open”, “Face the Music”, “Feelin’ Satisfied”, “Hands of Time”, "Higher Power", “I Think I Like It”, “It’s Easy”, “Life is What We Make It”, “Mean Woman Blues”, "More Than A Feeling", “One Step Away”, “Power of Love”, “Reconciliation”, “Rise Above It All”, “Rock & Roll Band”, “Rock the Night”, “Smokin’”, “Social Disease”, “Such a Fool”, “Talk to Me”, "Ticket to Ride" live Salem 1996 “To Be a Man”, “Used to Bad News”, “We’re Ready”, “What’s a Fella to Do?”, “When You Love Someone”
Significant Low Notes:
E3: “Change for Change”, “Hard Time (In the Big House)”, “I Need Your Love”, “I’m On a Roll”, “My Destination”, “My One True Love”, “Return to Zero”, “Talk to Me”, “There’s Another Side”, “This is My Life”
E♭3: “Can’tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love”, “Face the Music”, “It’s Easy”, “Let It Roll”, “Power of Love”
D3: “Didn’t Mean to Fall in Love”, “Everyday”, "Golden Slumbers" live Salem 2005 “More Than a Feeling”, “Out of My Hands”, “The Rhythm Won’t Stop”, “Someone”
C3: “Don’t Lead Me On”, “I Had a Good Time”, “Someone”
B2: “Didn’t Mean to Fall in Love”, “My One True Love”
A2: “Let It Roll”, “Out of My Hands”
G♯2: “I Had a Good Time”
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*Italics mark non-sung notes.
*Underlines mark notes in the backing vocals or otherwise obscured.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
