(AOR) Orion The Hunter(Barry Goudreau & Fran Cosmo) - Orion The Hunter - 1984, MP3, 320 kbps

Orion the Hunter was a 1980s rock combo and offshoot of the popular band Boston. It featured former Boston members Barry Goudreau on guitars and Brad Delp on backing vocals, as well as future Boston lead vocalist Fran Cosmo. The band released its self-titled album in 1984 on Portrait/CBS Records, which yielded a hit single "So You Ran," featuring the sky-high vocals which prompted Cosmo's entrance to Boston in the early 1990s.

Orion the Hunter charted at #57 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart after its debut on May 9, 1984. "So You Ran" managed to make the Top Ten on rock radio and was a mid-chart hit on mainstream pop radio.

Orion the Hunter featured Bruce Smith on the bass and ex-Heart drummer Michael DeRosier. The album also included Brad Delp, former lead singer of Boston. Brad sang background vocals on numerous tracks. The influence of Goudreau's Boston sound is evident on the album. The band is commonly thought to be similar to Boston, Heart, and Triumph.

The Hunter is the first (and, thus far, only) recording from the band Orion The Hunter, which was an offshoot of the band Boston (guitarist Barry Goudreau and vocalist Brad Delp-who sang backing vocals here- were also in Boston, and guitarist/vocalist Fran Comso would be in a later incarnation of that band). The group also included Michael DeRosier (from the group Heart on drums & percussion).

The album was released in 1984 and charted at number 57. It featured the single "So You Ran", which was a rock radio top 10 hit; it also charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Fran Cosmo: Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Phased Guitars
Barry Goudreau: Backing Vocals, Lead, Rhythm, Slide and Twelve String Guitars
Bruce Smith: Bass, Backing Vocals
Michael DeRosier: Drums, Percussion