We like to end our week in a different way from how we started it, so let’s go rock with the free Boston piano sheets, by Augustana.
Augustana is an American rock band, formed in 2003 in California.
The band was originally formed out of five members – Jared Palomar, John Vincent, Justin South, Josiah Rosen and Chris Sachtleben and they sang mainly rock music genre songs.
Among the band’s most famous songs we can name All the Stars and Boulevards – 2005, Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt – 2008, Steal Your Heart – 2011 or Boston – 2006.
Here are some facts about the free Boston piano sheet music, we will let you dive in.
Boston was released by Augustana through Epic Records in January 2006, as part of the band’s debut album named All the Stars and Boulevards.
The song was released as a pop-rock music genre song, with a length of 4:06 minutes, and it was originally produced by Jon King and later re-recorded with Brendan O’Brien.
Boston was written by Dan Layus, Josiah Rosen, Jared Palomar and Justin South.
Looking into the song’s composition, we can see that it was composed in the key of C major, set in common time, having a tempo of 147 beats per minute.
The story behind the lyrics is known to be about Dan Layus’ high schoolmates, who left to attend Duke University.
The song has also an accompanying music video, released in 2006.
The music video features Dan Layus playing the piano on the beach, and as the video continues, the other band members appear in the scene.
The music video has a wonderful finale, showing all musical instruments of the band’s members shattered by the sea waves.
Because of its success, Boston has been used also in popular media, for example in TV shows – One Tree Hill or The Big Bang Theory.
You can now try Boston at your piano at home, as starting from today, we made it available for you on our website.