Born November 29, 1951 (age 63) Barry Goudreau (born November 29, 1951) is a musician, best known as one of the original guitarists for the rock band Boston. Goudreau had developed a musical interest at an early age and got his first guitar, an acoustic which he borrowed from a friend, at age 11. He began taking lessons and by age 13, joined his first band, the Tornadoes. At age 15, he joined another band with future Boston drummer Sib Hashian. They would often play at night clubs, sometimes seven times a week. Later, he met up with Brad Delp and Fran Sheehan, both future members of Boston. The group evolved from Goudreaus college band Mothers Milk which also included Tom Scholz and Brad Delp.[citation needed] Goudreau worked with Scholz and Delp as early as 1969 on an initial set of demo tapes, where he performed all of the rhythm and lead guitar work. These early attempts to attract record label interest did not succeed. Later, Scholz re-worked and re-recorded some of these demo songs and wrote several new songs for a second set of demo tapes, this time with Scholz performing all of the guitar, bass and keyboard parts. This second demo set won a recording contract with Epic Records. Although Goudreau is not credited with any songwriting on any Boston tracks, his guitar work was an integral part of the Boston trademark sound and style.[citation needed] Goudreau composed and performed the lead work for Foreplay/Long Time, Dont Look Back, and Used To Bad News and provided much creative input to the primary songwriter, Tom Scholz.[citation needed] In late 1979, Scholz became involved in legal and contractual battles with the bands manager, and later on, with CBS. Thereafter, he informed the members of Boston that he would not be working on Boston material for at least a year and that they should feel free to do solo projects. :) ~ Joy youtu.be/FRfcq4M2VsM
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