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Our Complete List Of Boston Band Members looks at the musicians from a band formed in the mid-1970s in Boston, Massachusetts. Do you remember the first time you heard Boston and said wow! I will never forget hearing “More Than A Feeling” for the first time when it came out in 1976 when I was 15 years old.
Boston’s self-titled debut album, released in 1976, became one of the best-selling debut albums in U.S. history. Over the years, Boston released six studio albums: Boston (1976), Don’t Look Back (1978), Third Stage (1986), Walk On (1994), Corporate America (2002), and Life, Love & Hope (2013). The band’s music has remained popular over the decades, with classic hits like “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” and “Amanda.”
Boston last toured in 2017. The band’s most recent touring lineup featured Tom Scholz, Gary Pihl, Tommy DeCarlo, Tracy Ferrie, Beth Cohen, Jeff Neal, and Curly Smith. DeCarlo, who had become Boston’s lead singer following the death of Brad Delp, died from brain cancer on March 9, 2026. Tom Scholz has continued writing and developing music, but no seventh Boston studio album has followed Life, Love & Hope.
BOSTON’S MOST RECENT TOURING LINEUP
Tom Scholz
Tom Scholz is the founder, primary songwriter, producer, and creative architect of Boston. He developed the band’s music during the early and mid-1970s while working as an engineer at Polaroid. Scholz earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his technical background became an essential part of Boston’s meticulously layered sound.
Scholz played guitar, keyboards, bass, and other instruments throughout Boston’s catalog and has appeared on every Boston studio album. Much of the first Boston album was created in his basement studio, where he painstakingly built the arrangements that would become the band’s signature. His music technology work later included the Rockman line of guitar amplification and signal-processing equipment. Scholz has remained Boston’s only continuous member and the central force behind every era of the band.
Gary Pihl
Gary Pihl joined Boston in 1985 after spending eight years in Sammy Hagar’s band. He met Tom Scholz when Hagar toured with Boston in the late 1970s. Pihl joined Scholz during the final stages of work on Third Stage and traded lead-guitar parts with him on “I Think I Like It.” He subsequently became Scholz’s longtime right-hand man on guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, rehearsals, and the technical side of Boston’s stage production.
Pihl appeared on Boston releases from Third Stage forward and remained part of the band’s touring lineup through its last tour in 2017. In addition to Boston, he has continued working with Alliance and other projects while remaining closely associated with Scholz’s musical work.
Tommy DeCarlo
Tommy DeCarlo joined Boston after an extraordinary series of events following Brad Delp’s death in 2007. A lifelong Boston fan with no previous experience in a major touring band, DeCarlo posted recordings of himself singing Boston songs on MySpace and wrote a tribute song for Delp. Tom Scholz heard his voice and invited him to perform at the Brad Delp tribute concert in Boston.
DeCarlo subsequently joined Boston and shared lead-vocal duties with Michael Sweet before becoming the band’s principal lead singer. He toured with Boston through 2017 and contributed lead vocals to Life, Love & Hope in 2013. DeCarlo also formed the band DeCarlo with his son Tommy DeCarlo Jr. He died from brain cancer on March 9, 2026, at the age of 60, exactly nineteen years after Brad Delp’s death.
Tracy Ferrie
Tracy Ferrie became Boston’s touring bassist in 2012 after previously performing with Tom Scholz and Gary Pihl at a benefit connected with victims of the Station nightclub fire. Ferrie brought extensive experience from his work with artists and bands including Stryper, Guardian, and Whitecross. His bass playing and backing vocals became part of Boston’s live sound during the band’s final touring years.
Ferrie performed on Boston tours from 2012 through 2017 and became known for faithfully reproducing the highly detailed bass parts from the band’s recordings while bringing his own energetic stage presence to the shows.
Beth Cohen
Beth Cohen became part of Boston’s touring lineup in 2015, performing keyboards, rhythm guitar, flute, and vocals. Before joining the road lineup, Cohen had already worked with Tom Scholz in the studio. Her vocals appeared on material associated with Corporate America and Life, Love & Hope.
Cohen brought extensive professional experience to Boston after working with artists including Jon Secada, Barry Gibb, Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, and Pink. She remained part of Boston’s touring lineup through 2017.
Jeff Neal
Jeff Neal joined Boston in 2002 after Tom Scholz saw him performing with his band Punchbug at a ski resort in Maine. Neal brought energetic drumming and strong harmony vocals to the band and participated in multiple tours beginning in the early 2000s.
Neal returned for later Boston tours and shared drumming responsibilities with Curly Smith during portions of the band’s final touring years. Outside Boston, Neal has balanced his work as a musician with a career in education and athletics.
Curly Smith
Curly Smith first joined Boston during the Walk On era in the 1990s. The veteran drummer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist brought extensive session and touring experience to the group. He later returned to Boston in 2012 and again during the band’s subsequent touring years.
Smith shared drumming duties with Jeff Neal during portions of Boston’s later tours and also contributed percussion, harmonica, and backing vocals. His career outside Boston has included work with a long list of artists as a drummer, songwriter, producer, and session musician.
FOUNDING AND FORMER BOSTON BAND MEMBERS
Brad Delp
Brad Delp was Boston’s original lead vocalist and one of the defining voices in classic rock. He began working with Tom Scholz during the band’s formative years and became an essential part of the recordings that eventually secured Boston’s deal with Epic Records. Delp sang the lead and layered harmony vocals that helped make the band’s 1976 debut such a phenomenon.
Delp appeared on Boston, Don’t Look Back, and Third Stage, and later returned to contribute to Boston projects including Greatest Hits and Corporate America. He also wrote or co-wrote several Boston songs and played guitar, keyboards, percussion, and harmonica. Outside Boston, Delp worked with Barry Goudreau in RTZ and performed in the Beatles tribute band Beatlejuice. Delp died on March 9, 2007, at the age of 55.
Jim Masdea
Jim Masdea was one of the musicians at the center of Boston’s earliest development with Tom Scholz and Barry Goudreau. Masdea played drums on Scholz’s demo recordings and helped shape the arrangements that eventually attracted the attention of Epic Records. Although Sib Hashian became the drummer pictured with Boston’s classic 1976 lineup, Masdea’s drumming remained on “Rock and Roll Band” on the debut album.
Masdea later returned during the lengthy creation of Third Stage, playing drums on much of the album. He also participated in Boston’s 1987 tour, including appearances on “Rock and Roll Band.” His early contributions were fundamental to the sound Scholz was developing before Boston became famous.
Sib Hashian
Sib Hashian joined Boston in 1975 as the group was being assembled for live performance and the completion of its debut album. His drumming can be heard throughout much of Boston (1976) and Don’t Look Back (1978), contributing to the band’s distinctive early sound.
Hashian also participated in early sessions for Third Stage before leaving Boston in the early 1980s. After Boston, he continued making music and worked with Barry Goudreau on Goudreau’s 1980 solo album. Hashian died on March 23, 2017, after collapsing while performing aboard a rock-music cruise. He was 67.
Barry Goudreau
Barry Goudreau was one of Boston’s original guitarists and an important part of the band’s early history. His guitar work contributed to the layered sound of Boston (1976) and Don’t Look Back (1978). Goudreau had worked with Tom Scholz and Brad Delp before Boston’s recording contract and helped build the musical relationships that produced the original lineup.
Goudreau left Boston in 1981. He released a self-titled solo album and later formed Orion the Hunter and RTZ, continuing his musical partnership with Brad Delp on several projects.
Fran Sheehan
Fran Sheehan was the bassist in Boston’s classic 1970s touring lineup and played on Boston (1976) and Don’t Look Back (1978). His bass playing and stage presence contributed to the band’s powerful live sound during its first period of enormous commercial success.
Sheehan remained involved during the early stages of work on Third Stage but left Boston before the album was completed. He received a songwriting credit on “Cool the Engines.” After leaving the band, Sheehan continued performing and later made occasional appearances with former Boston bandmates.
David Sikes
David Sikes joined Boston as bassist, vocalist, and keyboardist for the Third Stage touring era beginning in 1987. He remained with the band into the 1990s and became an important part of the lineup that developed Boston’s fourth studio album.
Sikes played bass and sang on Walk On (1994), contributed songwriting to several tracks, and also worked as an assistant producer and engineer on the album. His tenure bridged Boston’s hugely successful 1980s comeback and the band’s next studio era.
Doug Huffman
Doug Huffman joined Boston for the Third Stage touring period in 1987, playing drums, percussion, keyboards, and backing vocals. He remained with the band through the development and recording of Walk On.
Huffman played drums on Walk On and helped anchor Boston’s rhythm section during a period when the band’s lineup was undergoing major changes following Brad Delp’s departure. He left before the touring lineup that followed Delp’s return in the mid-1990s.
Fran Cosmo
Fran Cosmo joined Boston during the creation of Walk On after previously serving as the lead singer of Barry Goudreau’s band Orion the Hunter. Cosmo handled the lead vocals on Walk On (1994), giving Boston a new voice during Brad Delp’s absence.
When Delp returned, Cosmo remained with the band and the two vocalists shared lead duties during subsequent tours. Cosmo also contributed to Greatest Hits and Corporate America before leaving Boston in the 2000s.
Anthony Cosmo
Anthony Cosmo, also known as Anton Cosmo, joined Boston in the late 1990s as a guitarist, backing vocalist, and songwriter. The son of Fran Cosmo, he became part of a later Boston lineup that also included Brad Delp, Tom Scholz, Gary Pihl, and David Sikes.
Cosmo contributed substantially to Corporate America (2002), including songwriting and guitar work. After leaving Boston, he continued working on music with his father and on other projects.
Kimberley Dahme
Kimberley Dahme joined Boston in the early 2000s as bassist, vocalist, and guitarist and became the first woman to serve as a member of the band. Her first public appearance with Boston came at the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day in 2002.
Dahme contributed to Corporate America, including her song “With You,” and later sang on material included on Life, Love & Hope. She toured extensively with Boston and returned as a guest performer during the 2014 tour, shifting from bass to rhythm guitar and vocals.
Anthony Citrinite
Anthony Citrinite served as a temporary Boston drummer during the early 2000s. He performed live with the group during a transitional period before Jeff Neal joined. Citrinite later became well known for his work in music education and the professional drumming community.
Tom Hambridge
Tom Hambridge briefly filled Boston’s drum chair in 2002 during the period surrounding Corporate America. Hambridge is also an acclaimed drummer, songwriter, and producer whose extensive career outside Boston has included major work in blues and rock music.
Michael Sweet
Michael Sweet, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Stryper, first performed with Boston at the 2007 Brad Delp tribute concert. Tom Scholz subsequently invited him to become part of Boston’s next touring lineup.
Sweet joined Boston in 2008, sharing lead vocals with Tommy DeCarlo while also playing rhythm guitar. He remained with the band until 2011, when he left to focus his attention on Stryper and his own projects.
David Victor
David Victor joined Boston in 2012 as a guitarist and vocalist. He shared vocal duties with Tommy DeCarlo on tour and contributed vocals to material that appeared on Life, Love & Hope.
Victor toured with Boston during the early part of the 2014 Heaven on Earth tour before leaving the lineup. He has continued performing and working on other musical projects outside Boston.
ADDITIONAL BOSTON STUDIO AND TOURING CONTRIBUTORS
Tommy Funderburk
Tommy Funderburk was a studio vocalist on Boston’s Walk On album rather than a regular touring member of the band. His backing-vocal work helped strengthen the layered harmonies on a record made while Brad Delp was away from Boston. Funderburk has had an extensive career as a session singer and recording artist.
Siobhan Magnus
Massachusetts singer Siobhan Magnus appeared with Boston as a guest vocalist during the 2014 Heaven on Earth tour after David Victor left the touring lineup. She performed lead vocals on “Walk On” during selected shows. Her role was that of a touring guest rather than a permanent Boston member.
Boston’s unusual history has always revolved around Tom Scholz’s studio vision, but the musicians who recorded and toured under the Boston name helped bring that sound to life across five decades. From Brad Delp and the classic 1970s lineup to Gary Pihl, Tommy DeCarlo, and Boston’s later touring musicians, each era added another chapter to one of classic rock’s most recognizable catalogs.
Updated August 7, 2026.
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