Former Boston drummer William “Curly” Smith is back in the spotlight thanks to a TikTok that his son, Zach Montana, uploaded.

In the video, Montana, who is also a musician, explains that his father left music in his car. When it came through the speakers, he recognized the singer’s voice as his father’s. The song turned out to be Smith’s unreleased material from the 70s.

“I listen and I think, ‘Whoa, that’s really good,'” Montana said. Today. “Then the voice comes and I hear a very familiar voice, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s my dad.

“There’s a brass section! Wait! It’s so good!” Montana says in the clip. “And he never took it out!” I’m so mad at him!

You can watch the TikTok clip and listen to the song below.

Although Montana noted that his father had been “out of the game for a little while”, Smith toured and recorded with Boston for seven years (1994-2001) and produced and participated in working sessions for artists such as Jeff Beck. , Joe Walsh, Ron Wood, Brian Wilson, Dickey Betts and Bonnie Raitt. His name has once again reached the mainstream as Montana’s TikTok circulates.

Within two months, the video amassed millions of views and the song “Surrender to Me” racked up over a million streams on Spotify. The father and son duo even performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel live last month.

“It was very difficult at the time to get a recording contract, especially with people like the Bee Gees who were dominating the charts,” Smith said on Kimmel, explaining why he never released the song. “I couldn’t get it signed. So I put it on the shelf for 43 years, and every once in a while I’d listen to it and say, ‘Hey, that was pretty good.’ You know, maybe it will come out one day.”