abstract:"Rock and 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.
On the album produced by mandolinist David Harvey, bluegrass stars from Harley Allen, Tim O'Brien, and Alison Krauss to Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie are called on to interpret "Your Wildest Dreams, " "I'm Just a Singer in a RockandRollBand, " and "Nights in White Satin, " among others.
And he appeared briefly in 1993 when he and his band were inducted into the RockandRoll Hall of Fame, but for the most part, nothing until late last year.