The following statements have been made in response to recent allegations made surrounding Brad's Delp's death:

TOM SCHOLZ (BOSTON leader, friend and collaborator for 35 years):

I am sick over this incredible loss, it is the worst of my life.

Brad and I were both overly sensitive. We both became vegetarians and opposed violence, and it's probably the reason we lasted so long together as friends. He was the passive one and I was the feisty one, we were a good team while he was alive. Now that he is gone, I'm trying to be a little more like him.

I can only say that Brad always seemed happiest when he was playing music with us, and to the extent possible, BOSTON matters were arranged for his comfort. Brad was hard to read, but the group and I did our best, and maintained contact with some of his other close friends. There were no warning signs; no one saw this coming.

Brad had a sad and difficult life. He was divorced twice, his children lived 3,000 miles away in California, people were constantly pulling at him for something.

Like many people I'm haunted by the thought that there was something I could have done. I can't speak about pressure Brad may have felt from others, but his involvement with BOSTON was strictly voluntary; I thought I was lucky he had any interest in my work. Brad was autonomous; I didn't tell Brad he had to do anything for BOSTON, or tell him to do anything. I only asked him if he wanted to do something. If he didn't, we didn't.

BOSTON took up a tiny portion of Brad's time, a three month tour roughly every three or four years. Studio work took only a couple of days every three to six months.

By the end of BOSTON's 2004 tour Brad and I were both worn out. We took 2005 off, I still physically couldn't tour in 2006, and 2007 was in limbo waiting for Brad to decide if he wanted to do it. Shortly before his death I had sent him an email telling him "..if you don't want to tour, I don't want to tour..", and a second email telling him we hadn't even received an actual tour offer yet. At the time he died he knew there was no scheduled tour; we had only a few weekend dates planned for the summer.

Allegations have been made that Brad died because I put him in a difficult spot, because working with BOSTON made him unhappy, and then because he was sad that he had to tour without Fran Cosmo. I don't think this is true, or the reason a man with two children and an upcoming wedding would take his life.

This loss has devastated me, and now the accusation that I am responsible is crushing. Brad didn't have a mean bone in his body and would never say anything that would hurt someone; this is not the way Brad would have wanted it. Words cannot express how much I will miss him.

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