Thibaud was raised in Burlington , Vermont , and moved to Boston in 1987 to pursue a career in music . The Courage Brothers , whom Thibaud fronted , released two albums independently in 1993 and 1994 , and the group was nearing a deal with a major label Relativity Records when the group broke up . Thibaud retained the band name and continued work on the major-label release , but was eventually dropped when Relativity switched formats from rock to hip hop and R&B . Thibaud then embarked on a solo career , garnering critical acclaim for his first release , 1997 's '' Favorite Waste of Time '' . The album was produced by Dumptruck founder Kevin Salem . Songs from '' Favorite Waste of Time '' were used on the television series '' Melrose Place '' , '' 7th Heaven '' and '' Smallville '' , and Thibaud appeared on HBO 's show , '' Reverb '' . The album '' Little Mystery '' followed in 1999 , as did '' Squash '' in 2002 ; both met with critical success . Thibaud then was involved in Hardpan , a collaboration between Singer/Songwriters in 2002 , including Thibaud , Chris Borrouhgs , Terry Lee Hale and Joseph Parsons . Thibaud also wrote the theme song to the 2000 Big East basketball championship for ESPN , a song entitled " In the City Tonight " . Thibaud did two Records until now with Joseph Parsons ( Blue Rose Records 2007 and 2011 ) . Thibaud has toured the US numerous times but now performs mostly in the Boston area , continuing to release music independently ; many of the albums he released in the 2000s have been on Blue Rose Records , a German imprint . His 2009 release '' Broken '' was released in single-CD and double-CD formats , the latter containing a full-length acoustic bonus disc
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Todd Thibaud