Chad Urmston Of Dispatch Never Left His Sherborn Roots Behind
In an interview with Urmston, he recalls his hometown influences.
Rock guitarist, vocalist, social activist and lifelong Sherborn resident Chad Urmston recently played to a sold out crowd with his band Dispatch at the Boston’s TD Garden. Patch caught up with Chad a few days after their show. After playing at the Garden, Urmston said, “It was a trip to play there after the Bruins won [the Stanley Cup].” His humble beginnings were in rural Sherborn where he starting playing trombone at Pine Hill Elementary School in the fourth grade and continued all the way through college. He said at Pine Hill he was taught by Mrs. Paula Winter. “I think her name is different now,” he said he recently got a nice letter from her. Among those who nurtured his love of music were Mr. Nolte, who taught him trombone at the …
