Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz (born March 10, 1947), is an American rock musician, songwriter, guitarist, inventor and mechanical engineer. He is best-known as the founder of the hard rock band Boston and the inventor of the Rockman guitar amplifier. Scholz, as noted by Allmusic, is "a notoriously 'un-rock n' roll' figure who never enjoyed the limelight of being a performer," but instead concentrated on his music. After achieving commercial success ...
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Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz (born March 10, 1947), is an American rock musician, songwriter, guitarist, inventor and mechanical engineer. He is best-known as the founder of the hard rock band Boston and the inventor of the Rockman guitar amplifier. Scholz, as noted by Allmusic, is "a notoriously 'un-rock n' roll' figure who never enjoyed the limelight of being a performer," but instead concentrated on his music. After achieving commercial success with Boston, Scholz has spent much of his time working with charities.
Tom Scholz was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in the suburb of Ottawa Hills. His father, Don Scholz, was a homebuilder who garnered considerable wealth from his designs of prefabricated luxury houses and founded Scholz Homes Inc. His mother, Olive, was valedictorian of her class then became an architectural designer and a landscape architect. As a child, Scholz studied classical piano. He also had a penchant for tinkering with everything from go-carts to model airplanes...
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