Atlantics Paul Caruso dies, This is Unbelievable Options

[ray fernandes]

Last night following Illegals rehearsal, Fred Pineau got the news that the former Atlantics drummer
died sometime last night from an apparent heart attack.
Very sad.
Paul replaced me in the band in 1979 and played on their biggest hit song Lonely Hearts

This post has been edited by ray fernandes: May 5 2006, 04:48 PM

[Muso]

Shit man, sorry to hear it. My condolences to Ray and the rest of the Atlantics family. Paul played in a couple other notable Boston acts, yes?

There goes the three-drummer extravaganza I was envisioning at an Atlantics reunion.

[LexiKahn]

That's terrible, sorry for the loss.

[Carmelita]

Cripes! What an awful year of loss. This is sad.

Didn't Paul collaborate on, play drums and co-produce Joe Perry's latest project? He also played drums with Ball and Pivot early on, if I'm not mistaken.

This post has been edited by Carmelita: May 5 2006, 05:34 PM

[JohnnyBlack]

Sad news. He certainly earned a place in Boston rock history.

I may be totally off here but was he involved with Sass?

[pipecleaner]

I'm sorry.

[Boby Bear]

This is a tragedy of mythic size. I cannot say much right now, I'm far too shaken. I have a few phone calls to make this evening regarding his memorial service. What an astounding loss.

[Jesse Vön Kenmöre]

So sorry to hear this news. Fred called me today. He is, quite understandably, stunned.

[K 2]

Ray, Boby... I am sorry to hear this.

[cuth]

I am very sorry to hear this. My condolences to the Atlantics family.

[plinko chip]

Paul was a really great drummer with good ears and a lot of technical expertise. I remember seeing him playing brilliantly with both Sass and the Atlantics. Years later Paul founded and ran BayFarm SoundStudio in Duxbury. He then went on to build Joe Perry’s Boneyard Studio. Caruso was the house engineer there. The bulk of Aerosmith’s “Nine Lives” album was recorded in that very good sounding facility as well as the latest Joe Perry album and numerous other projects. Throughout his life Paul remained extremely humble and down to earth. He loved rock’n’roll and he loved to work hard. Paul, you will truly be missed.

[JohnnyBlack]

Paul was a really great drummer with good ears and a lot of technical expertise. I remember seeing him playing brilliantly with both Sass and the Atlantics. Years later Paul founded and ran BayFarm SoundStudio in Duxbury. He then went on to build Joe Perry’s Boneyard Studio. Caruso was the house engineer there. The bulk of Aerosmith’s “Nine Lives” album was recorded in that very good sounding facility as well as the latest Joe Perry album and numerous other projects. Throughout his life Paul remained extremely humble and down to earth. He loved rock’n’roll and he loved to work hard. Paul, you will truly be missed.

Okay, so I was right, he was in Sass (I loved that 45 of theirs) so I'm assuming he also worked with Joe Perry on his last solo album and maybe was playing with him at that Perry gig at Harper's last year????

[plinko chip]

The Sass single on Roulette was called "Radio". Paul Caruso also played all the drums and sang some back up on last year's Perry solo cd.

[shagrath9]

Wow! this is sad news , so sorry ...
yes he did the latest perry cd & gigs ....

[Boby Bear]

Ray, Boby... I am sorry to hear this.

Thanks K 2; If anyone knows what this is doing to Rayboy and I it's you. For the rest of the Noise Board crowd, I offer this: There was never a moment's rivalry between we three Atlantics drummers. Each of us represent a major moment in the band's existance. Myself,the beginning. Rayboy, the one who took the torch to arenas across America, and Paul, bringing it all home and out on top with a monsterous hit song in LONLEYHEARTS. I have so much more to say about Paul, but I just can't put it together right now. Rayboy and I have suffered our second great loss, and will no doubt become even closer. Paul was sweet, classy person and extemely talented drummer. His roots in Boston's music scene go deeper than most realize. This is an astounding loss.

[tynsle]

wow, and time slips further and further away
Lonelyhearts was the first 'local' song i ever liked
i'm sorry for the loss

[ray fernandes]

When I first started this thread yesterday I had just gotten off the phone with Fred as he gave me more of the details of how Paul died.
He told me Paul was having trouble breathing and that he was rushed to the hospital.
There,they ran some tests on him and just when they were about to proceed with emergency surgery,
Paul's heart had stopped beating.All attempts to revive him had failed.
Fred also informed me that Paul's wife Susan wanted word of his passing to be gotten out to as many professional local musicians as possible because she really didn't know how to contact most of the people Paul worked with with the obvious exception of The Atlantics and Aerosmith families.
Personally, I didn't really know Paul very well and the only time really spoke to him at length was when
the idea of releasing the ANTHOLOGY came about and how we could get the master recordings of the
Big City Rock album.
During those talks I came to realize that Paul Caruso was very caring intelligent and articulate man who really
cared very much about the Atlantics legacy and how we would be remembered.
We talked about a wide range of subjects including that no matter what successes we had in our lives,
there isn't a day that goes by that we don't think of B Wilkinson and that those days in The Atlantics
were the greatest days of our lives.

And at this time while I have the opportunity to say it..
To the surviving Atlantics Boby Bear, Jeff Lock, Bobby Marron, Fred Pineau and Tom Hauck..
You are my brothers..what we shared most people could only dream of.
It was a very special time..it was our coming of age, the rite of passage in our lives.
It came along at a point in our lives when we felt for the first time in our young lives that we could
do anything and be part of something very special.

I love you

Paul Caruso and B Wilkinson may you both rest in peace.

[JohnnyBlack]

The Sass single on Roulette was called "Radio". Paul Caruso also played all the drums and sang some back up on last year's Perry solo cd.

Well, my message to Paul is, like Sass sang: I tune my radio to you....

[terrydactyl]

Okay, so I was right, he was in Sass (I loved that 45 of theirs) so I'm assuming he also worked with Joe Perry on his last solo album and maybe was playing with him at that Perry gig at Harper's last year????

werent there two brothers in sass and they had a great song called 'sweet pea'?

[Boby Bear]

When I first started this thread yesterday I had just gotten off the phone with Fred as he gave me more of the details of how Paul died.
He told me Paul was having trouble breathing and that he was rushed to the hospital.
There,they ran some tests on him and just when they were about to proceed with emergency surgery,
Paul's heart had stopped beating.All attempts to revive him had failed.
Fred also informed me that Paul's wife Susan wanted word of his passing to be gotten out to as many professional local musicians as possible because she really didn't know how to contact most of the people Paul worked with with the obvious exception of The Atlantics and Aerosmith families.
Personally, I didn't really know Paul very well and the only time really spoke to him at length was when
the idea of releasing the ANTHOLOGY came about and how we could get the master recordings of the
Big City Rock album.
During those talks I came to realize that Paul Caruso was very caring intelligent and articulate man who really
cared very much about the Atlantics legacy and how we would be remembered.
We talked about a wide range of subjects including that no matter what successes we had in our lives,
there isn't a day that goes by that we don't think of B Wilkinson and that those days in The Atlantics
were the greatest days of our lives.

And at this time while I have the opportunity to say it..
To the surviving Atlantics Boby Bear, Jeff Lock, Bobby Marron, Fred Pineau and Tom Hauck..
You are my brothers..what we shared most people could only dream of.
It was a very special time..it was our coming of age, the rite of passage in our lives.
It came along at a point in our lives when we felt for the first time in our young lives that we could
do anything and be part of something very special.

I love you

Paul Caruso and B Wilkinson may you both rest in peace.

Well said, Ray. I'll see you tonight.

[Carmelita]

And at this time while I have the opportunity to say it..
To the surviving Atlantics Boby Bear, Jeff Lock, Bobby Marron, Fred Pineau and Tom Hauck..
You are my brothers..what we shared most people could only dream of.
It was a very special time..it was our coming of age, the rite of passage in our lives.
It came along at a point in our lives when we felt for the first time in our young lives that we could
do anything and be part of something very special.

I love you

Paul Caruso and B Wilkinson may you both rest in peace.

Ray, this is utterly moving. Nature will make sure that we lose those we love and shared with, but nothing can take away the beloved history that you all shared.

Peace, love, and my deepest condolences go out to all the Atlantics during this difficult time.

[plinko chip]

werent there two brothers in sass and they had a great song called 'sweet pea'?

Paul drummed in Sass with the West brothers. Dana and Vernon. Very tight harmony singers from Revere. The trio was popular on the high school circuit and they were also included on the Live at the Rat record. Sass traveled to CBGB along with WA and the Boom Booms, Third Rail, DMZ, Thundertrain and most of the rest for a week of Bowery shows in the spring of 1977.

[dimenno]

My condolences. A sad day for Boston.

[allie]

My condolences to all those affected.

[Orbitron]

Condolences to Ray, Boby, and the rest of the Atlantics' family and friends.