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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Tom Scholz: 30 Seconds on Guitar Solos
Season 2014
Episode 38
Tom Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer and inventor who also happens to be the mastermind, songwriter and lead guitarist of the band Boston. Boston has sold something like a bajillion albums and Tom continues to record, tour and invent equipment for himself and other musicians.
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