{"id":644713,"date":"2026-03-10T04:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/644713\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:06:14","slug":"tommy-decarlo-dead-boston-fan-turned-lead-singer-was-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/644713\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy DeCarlo dead: Boston fan turned lead singer was 60"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tommy DeCarlo, a longtime fan of Boston who became the classic rock band\u2019s lead singer in the late 2000s, has died. He was 60. <\/p>\n<p>DeCarlo died Monday following a battle with brain cancer, his family announced on <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thetommydecarlo\/posts\/it-is-with-heavy-hearts-that-we-share-the-passing-of-our-dad-tommy-decarlo-on-mo\/889827597375400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[H]e fought with incredible strength and courage right up until the very end,\u201d the family\u2019s statement said. \u201cDuring this difficult time, we kindly ask that friends and fans respect our family\u2019s privacy as we grieve and support one another.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Born April 23, 1965, in Utica, N.Y., DeCarlo said he first started listening to <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1986-10-05-ca-4292-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston<\/a> \u2014 the 1970s rock band known for its instrumental overtures and hits including \u201cMore Than a Feeling,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back\u201d and \u201cPeace of Mind\u201d \u2014 as a young teenager, according to the group\u2019s <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/bandboston.com\/pages\/the-band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>. The vocalist credited his love for Boston\u2019s original frontman Brad Delp and his desire to sing along with him on the radio for helping to develop his own singing voice. <\/p>\n<p>After <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2007-mar-10-me-passings10.1-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delp\u2019s death<\/a> in 2007, DeCarlo, then a manager at a Home Depot, sent a link to his MySpace page filled with Boston covers as well as an original song in tribute to Delp to the Boston camp, hoping for a chance to participate in a tribute show for the singer. They kindly turned down his offer. <\/p>\n<p>But eventually, Boston founder and lead songwriter Tom Scholz heard DeCarlo\u2019s cover of \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back\u201d and invited the singer to perform a few songs with the band at the tribute. That tribute show would be DeCarlo\u2019s first time ever performing with any band in front of a crowd, but it wouldn\u2019t be his last. He continued to perform with the band at live shows for years, and even joined them on some tracks for their 2013 album, \u201cLife, Love &amp; Hope.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>DeCarlo also formed the band Decarlo with his son, guitarist Tommy DeCarlo Jr. In October, the singer <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thetommydecarlo\/posts\/pfbid04X5boswwLgKXZsQc6mt9xUWNRtxAPe8RGC9UqdBVcnh5f1YsaYvgeC8defPH24Vil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> he was stepping away from performing due to \u201cunexpected health issues.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[P]erforming and sharing music with all of you around the world has been one of the greatest joys of my life,\u201d DeCarlo wrote in his Facebook post. \u201cI can\u2019t thank you all enough for the incredible love, support, and understanding you\u2019ve shown me and my family during this time. It truly means the world to us.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy DeCarlo, a longtime fan of Boston who became the classic rock band\u2019s lead singer in the late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":644714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[26949,2731,274077,1582,276,274079,274078,274080,1066,246,274082,2961,2519,2252,224,5337,4818,274081,274076,58592],"class_list":["post-644713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-band","tag-boston","tag-boston-fan","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-classic-rock-band","tag-delp","tag-difficult-time","tag-facebook","tag-family","tag-guitarist-tommy-decarlo-jr","tag-la","tag-lead-singer","tag-life","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-love","tag-original-frontman-brad-delp","tag-tommy-decarlo","tag-tribute"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116202909763590653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}