Tommy Bolin is a legend! Check this out folks - James Gang (with Tommy Bolin) Live Buffalo Memorial Hall - th-cam.com/video/C_eqMncmMUs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5zAOGkYVCg6-taaG
In an interview in LA June 21 1975 (published in NME August 2 that year) Bolin asked "Blackmore put a good word in for me, didn't he". And Coverdale answered "No, nobody said anything", followed by Tommy saying "You liar Blackmore, you lying"...
Yes, Ritchie's ex girlfriend - Shoshana Feinstein - said a similar thing about Ritchie. She was a singer in the band "Dark Star" in 1975. They were recording their first demo. This is what she said: "Richard told my guitarist John Angelina that he would bring our songs to his record company Warner Brothers. I found out twenty years later that he never did bring those tapes to Warner Brothers."
I saw Tommy at Winterland in San Fran probably 1975. He was high as a kite on something...he looked scared (I was up against the stage). A flash of light.
As I recall the show was May of '76. He was opening. Steve Marriott's All-Stars were support and Robin Trower was the headliner. And yes, he was high - from my perspective further back from the stage anyway, I remember him leaning on Norma Jean Bell at one point and also cracking a joke about the backing vox being by "The Sniffettes" - no clue why I remember that. He also played again at Winterland in Nov '76/
Tommy was a monster and had all the talent in the world, but he didn't really care for the MKII material. They also talked to Ronnie Montrose about the gig but he was unenthused about it.
Can you make a vid on Ritchie Blackmore meeting with Iron Maiden as I am sure there is a pic of Blackmore with maiden also did Blackmore ever talk about Rory Gallagher that would be interesting too !!
In fact, Purple wanted Rory Before Tommy. Rory turned down the Purple gig. Why I will never know. In Purple he would have been mentioned with the greats. We know he's great. Most people never heard of him. He had his shoot at being big time. Rip Tommy and r Rory.
I found this. Ritchie Blackmore's comment on Rory Gallagher: “Rory was probably the most natural player I’ve ever seen. In all the gigs we did together I don’t think I ever heard him play the same thing twice... He was the ultimate performer.” Ritchie Blackmore, Deep Purple
I'm Dutch, born in 1961. Deep Purple became mid 70ies my all time favorite band and Ritchie Blackmore my all time favorite guitarplayer. To me Deep Purple without Gillan and Glover wasn't Deep Purple anymore. It just doesn't come close... Sorry Tommy!
Blackmore could have never done anything close to what Tommy did on Spectrum. Tommy broke a string on one of the cuts and kept playing - the track was saved and used for the LP. You can hear the string break! Very few guys could have pulled that off. Tommy's playing on that LP influenced Beck to go into the fusion direction. You're comparing apples to oranges. Blackmore doesn't sing either. The only real influence Ritchie has had has been on rock players. Tommy crossed over to the jazz/fusion guys.
Tommy Bolin is a legend! Check this out folks - James Gang (with Tommy Bolin) Live Buffalo Memorial Hall - th-cam.com/video/C_eqMncmMUs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5zAOGkYVCg6-taaG
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Dude! ANY Tommy Bolin videos are a MUST watch!!!
Tommy was the ultimate. Rip, Tommy. Come taste the band grows on you, awesome lp.
I saw Tommy Bolin twice , once in Albuquerque and once in Denver , he put on a great show , throwing slides into the audience !
Awesome story, love it! Thnx
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Many thanks!!!
Come Taste the Band was a very good rock album.
Still is
Excellent rock history ..
Kar great job on this for sure..
Kar/Shawn Have a Rocking Great Day !!! ✌️
Thanks Scott, glad to see you here!! Have a great weekend, rock on
Thanks for the compliment but Kar is the one who does all the work. I just read the script. Kar does an amazing job.
In an interview in 1976 - Blackmore said he thought very highly of him but was woried that he was self destructive. I guess he was right.
How are you 24 years old and you replace Ritchie Blackmore? And he DID. Massive talent, stolen from the world by drug abuse. Unreal.
In an interview in LA June 21 1975 (published in NME August 2 that year) Bolin asked "Blackmore put a good word in for me, didn't he". And Coverdale answered "No, nobody said anything", followed by Tommy saying "You liar Blackmore, you lying"...
Everybody wanted to had discover Tommy.
Yes, Ritchie's ex girlfriend - Shoshana Feinstein - said a similar thing about Ritchie. She was a singer in the band "Dark Star" in 1975. They were recording their first demo. This is what she said: "Richard told my guitarist John Angelina that he would bring our songs to his record company Warner Brothers. I found out twenty years later that he never did bring those tapes to Warner Brothers."
blackmore n'est pas le monstre que la presse et beaucoup de personne disent.il a reconnu le talent de tommy et la perte pour la musique.
I saw Tommy at Winterland in San Fran probably 1975. He was high as a kite on something...he looked scared (I was up against the stage). A flash of light.
As I recall the show was May of '76. He was opening. Steve Marriott's All-Stars were support and Robin Trower was the headliner. And yes, he was high - from my perspective further back from the stage anyway, I remember him leaning on Norma Jean Bell at one point and also cracking a joke about the backing vox being by "The Sniffettes" - no clue why I remember that. He also played again at Winterland in Nov '76/
👍Awesome video
Many thanks 👍 !!!
Tommy was a monster and had all the talent in the world, but he didn't really care for the MKII material. They also talked to Ronnie Montrose about the gig but he was unenthused about it.
Good job Kar!
Bolin being surrounded by gods like Lord, Paice, Coverdale, and Hughes would have become a master. We were robbed. The world was robbed.
Can you make a vid on Ritchie Blackmore meeting with Iron Maiden as I am sure there is a pic of Blackmore with maiden also did Blackmore ever talk about Rory Gallagher that would be interesting too !!
In fact, Purple wanted Rory Before Tommy. Rory turned down the Purple gig. Why I will never know. In Purple he would have been mentioned with the greats. We know he's great. Most people never heard of him. He had his shoot at being big time. Rip Tommy and r
Rory.
I found this. Ritchie Blackmore's comment on Rory Gallagher: “Rory was probably the most natural player I’ve ever seen. In all the gigs we did together I don’t think I ever heard him play the same thing twice... He was the ultimate performer.” Ritchie Blackmore, Deep Purple
Waooo
I never understood Tommy Bolin. The Spectrum stuff was amazing. The Deep Purpoe stuff wasnt my cup of tea.
Tommy could combine jazz and rock very well. Almost as well as he could combine booze/drugs and death. 😂
"If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn." Tommy lived it. He made his mark.
I'm Dutch, born in 1961. Deep Purple became mid 70ies my all time favorite band and Ritchie Blackmore my all time favorite guitarplayer. To me Deep Purple without Gillan and Glover wasn't Deep Purple anymore. It just doesn't come close... Sorry Tommy!
Bolin was great-no doubt about it-but nowhere near Blackmore's level overall.
Not many are he's a Mount Rushmore guitarist.
He was 24. Of course he wasn’t _quite_ Blackmore. Blackmore was a professional for a decade by the time Bolin came into DP.
Blackmore could have never done anything close to what Tommy did on Spectrum. Tommy broke a string on one of the cuts and kept playing - the track was saved and used for the LP. You can hear the string break! Very few guys could have pulled that off. Tommy's playing on that LP influenced Beck to go into the fusion direction. You're comparing apples to oranges. Blackmore doesn't sing either. The only real influence Ritchie has had has been on rock players. Tommy crossed over to the jazz/fusion guys.