<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Epic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Tom Scholz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> John Boylan & Tom Scholz </Td> </Tr> <P> "Rock & Roll Band" is a song written by Tom Scholz and first released by the rock band Boston on the band's eponymous debut album . It is one of six songs Scholz worked on in his basement in 1974 and 1975 before Boston got its record contract, five of which eventually appeared on the Boston album . The "Rock and Roll Band" demo was finished in 1974, along with three of the six . However, Scholz had begun writing the song years earlier, in the early 1970s . The drum parts of this and other early Boston songs were developed by Jim Masdea, but this is the only song on the Boston album on which Masdea plays drums . Scholz plays clavinet and all the guitar parts, including bass guitar, and Brad Delp sings the vocals . Boston consistently open with "Rock and Roll Band" while playing at live concerts . </P>

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