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Tommy DeCarlo of Charlotte, N.C., dreamed of becoming a rock star, listening to his favorite band’s albums and memorizing their songs.

“A Boston song would come on and I’d get fired up and I’d start singing it,” said DeCarlo, 43, a father of two kids — Talia, 19, and Tommy Jr., 17.

But dreams didn’t pay the bills, so DeCarlo worked as a credit manager at a Home Depot store in Charlotte to support his.

Still, he never gave up singing along to his Boston CDs, and his daughter Talia took notice. She posted a MySpace page of DeCarlo singing karaoke to Boston songs after the band’s lead singer, Brad Delp, committed suicide in March 2007. And, in an instant, DeCarlo’s whole world turned upside down.

“My wife was at her computer playing our tunes, and I asked whether it was us playing live,” Boston founder Tom Scholz told USA Today. “She said, ‘It’s some guy in North Carolina singing your songs.’ I said, ‘I know Brad’s voice, and that’s Brad.’”

Still, a skeptical Scholz was intrigued.

“In order to believe it, I had to plug the computer into the big speakers so I could listen to the background music and see if it was the band,” Scholz told ABC News. “And I realized it wasn’t the band, it was a karaoke track. Somebody was singing to it, and it wasn’t Brad.”

So the band decided to give DeCarlo a shot — as their new lead singer.

I had a dream of sleeping with dozens of hot women whenever I want. Traveling the world. And continuing to act like an idiot. Now that Flavor Flav is in love and not going to have Flavor of Love 4, maybe I can step in. I'm kinda ugly, limited talent, but somewhat amusing. Maybe I have hope for my fantasy too. I'm going to work on my "Yeah Boyeeeeee" and post it to my MySpace account.

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IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER, THAT'S WHY I DRINK IT HERE!

That should work..

that story about Tom is really, REALLY cool. His work even gave him a sabbatical so he can tour with the band.

www.myspace.com/tommydecarlo

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9957945-7.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfrsGmf2oGM

Just so everyone knows, Tom wasn't the first lead singer discovered on the net.

Arnel, a Philipine national was in a Journey coverband called "The Zoo" and Neil Schon (lead guitarist of Journey) saw his performance, and asked HIM to be the new lead singer of Journey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4DzxvE ... re=related