Did Barry Goudreau, Fran Sheehan and Sib Hashian actually play on the first two albums, or were they just “hired hands” brought in to complete the touring lineup?
A. Barry and Sib played a lot on the first two albums, but (according to the Boston Office) Fran didn’t play at all on _Boston_ and contributed very little to _Don’t Look Back_. (However, Fran claims to have made significant contributions to early _Third Stage_ sessions). Barry played all the lead parts on “Long Time,” “Used To Bad News” and “Let Me Take You Home Tonight.” Tom has also admitted in interviews that Barry came up with the opening and closing solos on “Don’t Look Back,” and played slide on it as well. 3.19 Q. I heard Tom Scholz state on the 1994 World Premiere Radio Broadcast of _Walk On_ that in 1976, to keep CBS executives off his back, Tom had members of Boston go to Los Angeles (with a producer hired by CBS) to do some recording, while Tom worked on the _Boston_ album in Boston. Tom said that “We actually did use one song that they recorded out there.
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