Blimp Time-Hop: We Lost Brad Delp of Boston 14 Years Ago Today
We were still reeling from the news of Maine music legend, Bill Chinnock s death in the windy chill of that first week in March. Then while I was on the air just a couple days later, another phone call came that I certainly didn t want hear. My friend Dave dialed into the Blimp studio to tell me that Brad Delp was now gone too.
Dave is a huge Boston fan and was also a loyal follower of Brad s Fab Four tribute band, Beatlejuice. He had connections to Brad through friends and was the first to share the heartbreaking message with WBLM. I remember instantly choking up and then after composing myself as best I could, delivering the sad story on-air to Blimpsters. The announcement was followed by all Boston classics for the rest of the show.