Tommy is one of the greatest guitarists hands down. I have literally thousands of albums and he is def in my Top 5 favorite guitarists. He was a chameleon. He played all different styles. He inspired Jeff Beck! Jeff still tips his hat to Tommy by playing Stratus live. Nuff said.
I agree....I heard if first in 1976 as a13 year old. Private Eyes on vinyl on great stereo really sealed the deal for me. I thought it was much more cohesive than Teaser. Remember the day he died clearly.
You prolly dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all the latest series on Instaflixxer. Been streaming with my brother recently =)
I remember when Tommy Bolin the ultimate box set came out..I ran down to wooden nickel here in Fort Wayne Indiana and picked it up right away.....the Bang album is still one of my favorite albums of all time...we all sure miss your genius Tommy...🎸🎸🎸
First heard Tommy on the spectre album and saw him live with Purple after replacing my favorite guitarist Ritchie Blackmore but he could play and I love him much respect his songs will never die.
I got to Tommy via James Gang without even realising he'd played for them, as I independently loved them both in their own rights. Then I heard he had a spell in Deep Purple, a huge band in their own right (I've not yet listened to any Zephyr). The first track of his I heard was Homeward Strut and it blew me away, I LOVED the way he almost attacked the music with the power of it. Most would have either destroyed the whole thing or smothered any music, but he was so good that he could pull it off. And it felt so different to anyone else I'd heard. I breezed through Teaser and Private Eyes - The Grind and especially Post Toastee are songs I don't think I could ever possibly get tired of hearing, but of course his whole catalogue is a blast. And a real sympathetic character leaps out from much of his lyrics, or so I felt; he just seemed like such a genuinely good soul. The kind you could imagine giving you the shirt off his back or his last couple of dollars if you needed them. I was so excited to hear what he followed up with - and then I was completely floored to learn that was the end of it, and he had died so tragically before realising his immense potential and that he was only 25.25! I couldn't believe it. How had he managed so much so young? 25 is so, so young. And man, I was not expected how hard it hit me to read that last exchange he had with the Miami News journalist, It just felt so real you could almost see it and hear it: Tommy must've looked so lost and lonely that this guy even said, "hey, take care of yourself, okay?" "I've been taking care of myself my whole life, don't worry about me. I'll be around for a long time". It was 4 December, 1976; he was found dead the next morning. 25. He is a legend anyway, but I only wish he had gotten the good fortune his talent and good heart deserved. I really have never reacted to any other musician in the same way, and plenty of bright young things have met premature ends, look at the whole 27 club thing. But (apart from the fact he didn't even get that far, even 2 more years may have seen the release of potentially exceptional albums) it was different with Tommy. I still get sad to think about it now, and i don't even think I've ever heard him speak, only listened to his music and read a few printed interviews. But clear as day I know I'm right about him. If the world had more Tommy Bolin's it'd be much a kinder place, but when you factor in his talent...he was one of a kind. What a legend.
His girlfriend who married Glenn Hughes, one of Tommy's best friend is speaking for Tommy the one who hurt Tommy, crazy. Dont know if Tommy would be thrilled about her words.
The sad thing to me is that after Blackmore left, they never should have called that band Deep Purple. Those guys were great together. Come Taste The Band was a great album but an entirely different thing from Purple. I think that as the years pass by, more people are realizing that Come Taste The Band is a great album.
Right. That was a first for me, too. Cool, glad to have TH-cam for stuff like this. Also great to see Tommy's girlfriend. Read about her but never actually knew anything about her.
Ho conosciuto Tommy tramite i Deep purple. Chitarrista eccellente bellezza straordinaria. Lui e Glenn Hughes erano una coppia meravigliosa. Comunque lui per essere cosi giovane era un genio . Sarebbe stato sicuramente il miglior musicista della storia 😢🙏🙏🙏
Tommy was too good for Purple. I mean, he was very creative on his on way. Not a cliche rock guitarplayer. And no one could an can`t really replace Blackmore. Tommy never try`s to play like Ritchie. Purple fans hated that. And the fame/drugs took him to the limit. He was only 24 25 years old. Goddammit, he died too soon..
Tommy was so vast in his skills not only playing but writing.Jeff Beck Jimmie Page were in awe from him.Jeff Beck went on his fusion thing with many X Tommy players on hisBlow & Wired. Rush who toured with him changed from the Working Man metal to the unstructured fusion style metal also influenced by Tommy. I consider him as this doc states the Ultimate.Straying from 1 genre to the next & mastering it with ease.Left such a treasured amount of music in the few years. Sad what if?
I was a little too young to see Tommy playing in person at the local Denver clubs. I wished I had seem him perform. A friend of mine from college lived down the street from Joe Walsh on Sugerloaf Mountain and got to see him jam a few times. I heard that the first time Joe saw Tommy play in Denver he was floored. And I just found out recently that one of my neighbors knew Tommy from Sioux City, IA, then ran into him again after moving to Denver in the early '70s during Tommy's Energy days.
Indeed Gary, I remember those days well, Tommy lit that sh#t UP on Spectrum, just ask Jeff Beck !...Thats where he and Jim were headed, a jazz rock hybrid, w/ blues-funk connotations as well
What wasn't mentioned was that Tommy's girlfriend was having an affair with Glenn Hughes while Glenn's girlfriend was carrying on with a married Jon Lord during Tommy's time in Deep Purple.
A great excellent talent who flamed out way too young. The record business is an unforgiving beast which is what I think Hoyel California tried to convey to fans.
Bang is one of my favourite rock LP's from the seventies. Tommy was a good replacement for Joe. Come taste the band sounds more like a JG album than a DP album.
well he was a heroin addict , fed off the good times , went insular in places like england where blackmore was revered . tragic waste of talent , i love all his material .twas the seventies though and he joined illustrious company in departing this world
And what exactly did she do to Tommy? Were you privy to their relationship? How dare you assume. I'm sure Karen had her reasons for ending the relationship. She has mentioned before something along the lines that they needed to break up to grow up. Karen loved Tommy and supported him through thick and thin for so many years-6 I do believe. Remove the footage of Karen? You Joey M are one ignoramus.
@@DCB728 yeah....she had her reasons...she thought Glenn Hughes was a better rock star to get attached to 'cause he didn't pass out as much...she gets a free ride into this existence from Bolin and then dusts him...typical....what fools these rock stars are....there were legions of hot poon running around for them....you don't get involved....whats their motivation....they either screw you financially in divorce court or break your heart...poor Bolin....the kid was in way over his head....the one I don't want to hear is Glenn Hughes...gets Bolin to take the nestea plunge into the abyss of substance abuse 10 times worse than Bolin ever did...then steals his woman and destroys him.....millions of bimbos running around and he has to take his....and forever we have to hear Hughes going on about .."...he was a beautiful person....my best friend in life...."...blah blah blah....
TOMMY BOLIN IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. HE BLEW AWAY JOE WALSH (WHO IS SUPREME ON GUITAR) BETTER THAN ERIC CLAPTON AND RICHIE BLACKMORE WHO ARE BOTH SUPREME, I WOULD RATE TOMMY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS JIMI HENDRIX, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, JEFF BECK AND JIMI PAGE. ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME. I MISS YOU VERY MUCH TOMMY. YOU ARE THE MAN. JOHN BENEVENTO
John Benevento John Bonham crashed a deep purple concert and went on stage and said Tommy couldn't play for shit and jimmy page was the greatest guitarist...
Fair enough, though we'll have to agree to disagree. I still think you're underrating Bolin though, have you heard all his material? Remember that was their first effort - it would've been interesting to see what could have come next..... Cheers
It is strange that Coverdale never talks much about Bolin after their breakup. It tends to be Hughes and Lord who have spoke of him or the music they created.
I agree with you but with how out of control he was, there was a good chance he still would have died sooner rather then later unfortunately. We will never know tho which is really sad. He was def supremely talented.
Arrrggghhh here we go again, & I suppose mate that Dio was no replacement for Ozzy in your books either. Come Taste.... is right up there with the best of the Purple albums. Pull your head out....
Yes...and when you find out with whom I will be playing later this year............you will understand that I'm not trying to be "harsh" ....I just get so tired of those guys who talk and talk about this and that......and are clueless about what the truth is........I was there....a am there now.........so I know...they guess....! :)))) Be well my friend....this has nothing to do with you......it this other Dog nut I cannot put up with...........~ :))))))))
i wish they would update the interview with his last girlfriend and his brother johnnie and others and the real reason why karen left tommy for glen,... let the truth be told..
What was the reason? I thought they were together till he left? On the other hand, if there ever was one musician I wish was still here of all the great ones..Cobain, Morrison, Hendrix, Bonham etc... it´d be all of them, but Bolin first!
but didnt tommy know there was no getting back with her and he was already dating the girl who tried to save him that night.,you could tell that G , wanted to be tommy...and i dont think contacting any one now would matter? or would it .
I think tommy was in a dark place with his ex bring with Glenn. It believe it mentions that in the book about him. He had a different girlfriend but I believe the book paints him as being in a dark place during his tour. I believe Barry fey took an insurance policy on Tommy and made some money off his death.
From what I've read, I don't think Karen left Tommy just to be with Glenn. There's way more to it. I remember reading that she said they had to split to grow up-something along those lines. Karen was also anti drugs and they had $$$ problems for most of their relationship. I've always wished that Karen would write a book-no one knew him better.
LISTEN TO ALL THE SESSION WORK LIKE TOMMY,S WORK ON BILLY COBHAM'S "SPECTRUM".If Tommy was still with us Bolin would destroy Blackmore(and i love Blackmore since "IN ROCK")
YA KNOW WHATS SAD PEOPLE......YES, tOMMY HAD A DRUG PROBLEM BUT, IN THE END.....SOMEONE KILLED HIM AND THATS WHY HE IS DEAD. wHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT???? SHAME BUT, THATS WHAT HAPPENED. IN ALL HONESTY.
Saint Peter couldn't keep Tomas' out of heaven 'cuz he shredded out a riff and those pearly gates shattered from the wail. Man, if he was still around, imagine the monster he'd be. Tommy and Joe Satriani just jammin' together...........FUUUUCK ME.
The James Gang guys look ridiculous and I was around in those days and cover bands were wearing tights and make-up. I would be embarrassed but that is just the way I am.
Fey? We was a very successful concert promoter, and to get there he had to be aggressive. Sometimes too aggressive. But he cared for the acts he managed and/or promoted. He was the exclusive US promoter for the Who and the Stones, so yea, he was to be an arrogant, cocky bastard. Even pulled out a gun on Axl Rose to "compel" him back on stage. He took no BS from anyone. And he got the job done.
Steve Morse....basic approach....LOL.......your obviously not a guitarist. Check out Morses' album, The Introduction. I love Blackmore, but even Ritchie couldn't have done what Bolin did on Spectrum. Tommy was junked out by the time he went into Purple and his playing did suffer due to mainlining in his left arm (playing hand). You may want to check out Tommy's fusion group, Energy from the early '70's
i still don't believe Tommy's death was an accident,i'm not saying Barry Fay had anything to do with it,but he knew Tommy was on his way to being a huge success and he wanted as much of it as he could get.Ithink he treated Tommy like shit,you can tell just by this interview.
What is she talking about with "You may say they weren't good musicians?" Who the hell would ever had said that about Deep Purple? I'll tell you who... someone who knew absolutely nothing about them... that's who. I mean what an ignorant comment from his girl friend... I don't think to this day she still has any real idea of what he was involved with there... she talks about em like they were a bunch of hacks... Ian Paice for starters, may well have been the best drummer Bolin ever played with!
His girlfriend is disgusting...she talks for Tommy, but she was stabbing a knife into Tommys back, because she left him for his "best friend" mr. Hughes (one of my favorite singers but he didn't treat Tommy right...).
Barry Fay was very jealous of Tommy Bolin,i didn't trust him.Tommy should have told him to fuck off and get out of his life.But Tommy trusted too many people,that was Tommy's nature.Maybe if he did get rid of these people everything would have turned out for the best.
Tommy Bolin was really just a flamboyant funkster... he'd basically hammer out on cool grooves... he had a style... but he was no replacement for Blackmore in Purple. And he was no where near Blackmore's league as a guitarist... ever!
@@DCB728 Since making my original comment some 8 years ago... I've become a little more acquainted with Tommy Bolin's work as a guitarist.. especially some of the live stuff he did with 'Zephyr', the 'James Gang' etc. Yes he was a darn impressive player, no doubt about that whatsoever. But re: his replacing Blackmore in Purple... I think you hit it on the head... " they were just very different players ". I think it was just too huge a task to expect Tommy to fill the huge black-hole left by Blackers. Deep Purple was never the right band for him... I think Tommy Bolin was meant to become some kind of John McLachlan type player/character. He was no doubt meant to do big ground-breaking things as a guitarist/musician... but unfortunately, his "H habit" got the better of him. Big waste eh?
@@yellingelk A big waste indeed. Glad to hear you've better acquainted yourself with Bolin's music. I would agree that no one could replace Blackmore. It wouldn't have mattered how good they were-Blackmore was just too singular with Deep Purple. I will take some issue with your statement of "his H habit got the better of him". A lot of folks seem to think that Bolin was some stone cold junkie-shooting up every day for years. He was anything but. He did not even have track marks when they did the autopsy. He did have heroin in his system, that along with numerous other substances. He died from multiple drug intoxication. Tommy never should have been on tour-his entire life was spiraling out of control. Too bad the powers that be couldn't have put him in rehab. But, things were very different in 1976 compared to now in terms of dealing with addiction and rehab.
Tommy is one of the greatest guitarists hands down. I have literally thousands of albums and he is def in my Top 5 favorite guitarists. He was a chameleon. He played all different styles. He inspired Jeff Beck! Jeff still tips his hat to Tommy by playing Stratus live. Nuff said.
The thing about Tommy was that , he was a shooting star among different constellations. James Gang ; Deep Purple ; Billy Cobham . He is truly missed !
Tommy Bolin Private Eyes is one of the greatest albums I have ever listened to.
As is Teaser, which came right before it....yeah man, he was the real deal alright
I agree....I heard if first in 1976 as a13 year old. Private Eyes on vinyl on great stereo really sealed the deal for me. I thought it was much more cohesive than Teaser. Remember the day he died clearly.
For me it's Teaser. But I haven't heard Private Eyes in full...
You prolly dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all the latest series on Instaflixxer. Been streaming with my brother recently =)
@Iker Nickolas Yup, been using Instaflixxer for since november myself :)
It took me years, to realise how good come taste the band is, now it's one of my most played albums
Me too, it's his best work
I remember when Tommy Bolin the ultimate box set came out..I ran down to wooden nickel here in Fort Wayne Indiana and picked it up right away.....the Bang album is still one of my favorite albums of all time...we all sure miss your genius Tommy...🎸🎸🎸
Reggie McBride's underrated bass work on _Private Eyes_ was very influential for me. And they put him UP in the mix like few albums did with bass.
First heard Tommy on the spectre album and saw him live with Purple after replacing my favorite guitarist Ritchie Blackmore but he could play and I love him much respect his songs will never die.
I got to Tommy via James Gang without even realising he'd played for them, as I independently loved them both in their own rights. Then I heard he had a spell in Deep Purple, a huge band in their own right (I've not yet listened to any Zephyr). The first track of his I heard was Homeward Strut and it blew me away, I LOVED the way he almost attacked the music with the power of it. Most would have either destroyed the whole thing or smothered any music, but he was so good that he could pull it off. And it felt so different to anyone else I'd heard. I breezed through Teaser and Private Eyes - The Grind and especially Post Toastee are songs I don't think I could ever possibly get tired of hearing, but of course his whole catalogue is a blast. And a real sympathetic character leaps out from much of his lyrics, or so I felt; he just seemed like such a genuinely good soul. The kind you could imagine giving you the shirt off his back or his last couple of dollars if you needed them. I was so excited to hear what he followed up with - and then I was completely floored to learn that was the end of it, and he had died so tragically before realising his immense potential and that he was only 25.25! I couldn't believe it. How had he managed so much so young? 25 is so, so young. And man, I was not expected how hard it hit me to read that last exchange he had with the Miami News journalist, It just felt so real you could almost see it and hear it: Tommy must've looked so lost and lonely that this guy even said, "hey, take care of yourself, okay?"
"I've been taking care of myself my whole life, don't worry about me. I'll be around for a long time". It was 4 December, 1976; he was found dead the next morning. 25. He is a legend anyway, but I only wish he had gotten the good fortune his talent and good heart deserved. I really have never reacted to any other musician in the same way, and plenty of bright young things have met premature ends, look at the whole 27 club thing. But (apart from the fact he didn't even get that far, even 2 more years may have seen the release of potentially exceptional albums) it was different with Tommy. I still get sad to think about it now, and i don't even think I've ever heard him speak, only listened to his music and read a few printed interviews. But clear as day I know I'm right about him. If the world had more Tommy Bolin's it'd be much a kinder place, but when you factor in his talent...he was one of a kind. What a legend.
His girlfriend who married Glenn Hughes, one of Tommy's best friend is speaking for Tommy the one who hurt Tommy, crazy. Dont know if Tommy would be thrilled about her words.
Dope- magnifies all of the problems, and also diminishes the ablity to deal with, handle or correct these problems- so there you have it.
his last gig is when my dad was his agent.or at least one of them...he did book him..not sure where
.I have the demo album...sad day in rock n roll
I've been reading his last gig was here in Davenport, Iowa at the RKO.
The sad thing to me is that after Blackmore left, they never should have called that band Deep Purple. Those guys were great together. Come Taste The Band was a great album but an entirely different thing from Purple. I think that as the years pass by, more people are realizing that Come Taste The Band is a great album.
Great to see Tommy and hear him speak live, never experienced that before.
Google: Tommy Bolin and Jim Fox interviewed by Bob Harris on Whistle Test.
TV interview from 1973.
Right. That was a first for me, too. Cool, glad to have TH-cam for stuff like this. Also great to see Tommy's girlfriend. Read about her but never actually knew anything about her.
Ho conosciuto Tommy tramite i Deep purple. Chitarrista eccellente bellezza straordinaria. Lui e Glenn Hughes erano una coppia meravigliosa. Comunque lui per essere cosi giovane era un genio . Sarebbe stato sicuramente il miglior musicista della storia 😢🙏🙏🙏
He has a very different kind of stage presence the way he dances along the stage.. Cute
I must have heard Teaser and Come Taste the Band more times than I can count. Thank you Tommy.
a massively under rated genius... its so sad he died at such a young age ..
Bang is so overlooked.
MISS YOU VERY MUCH-LUV THE INTERVIEW !
Thanks piutico. Hadn't seen this before and I'm a HUGE Tommy Bolin fan. His music will never die.
Tommy was too good for Purple. I mean, he was very creative on his on way. Not a cliche rock guitarplayer. And no one could an can`t really replace Blackmore. Tommy never try`s to play like Ritchie. Purple fans hated that. And the fame/drugs took him to the limit. He was only 24 25 years old. Goddammit, he died too soon..
Teaser- Bang- energy radio broadcast- ebbets field 1974
Tommy was so vast in his skills not only playing but writing.Jeff Beck Jimmie Page were in awe from him.Jeff Beck went on his fusion thing with many X Tommy players on hisBlow & Wired. Rush who toured with him changed from the Working Man metal to the unstructured fusion style metal also influenced by Tommy. I consider him as this doc states the Ultimate.Straying from 1 genre to the next & mastering it with ease.Left such a treasured amount of music in the few years. Sad what if?
This is great
This video compilation is just so unreal. What a friggin rush!
I was a little too young to see Tommy playing in person at the local Denver clubs. I wished I had seem him perform. A friend of mine from college lived down the street from Joe Walsh on Sugerloaf Mountain and got to see him jam a few times. I heard that the first time Joe saw Tommy play in Denver he was floored. And I just found out recently that one of my neighbors knew Tommy from Sioux City, IA, then ran into him again after moving to Denver in the early '70s during Tommy's Energy days.
Strange thing: when I see the picture of Rod Evans on Shades Of, he looks like Tommy and Ian Gillan combined.
some people just didn't get Tommys music.But Jeff Beck did.
Indeed Gary, I remember those days well, Tommy lit that sh#t UP on Spectrum, just ask Jeff Beck !...Thats where he and Jim were headed, a jazz rock hybrid, w/ blues-funk connotations as well
Fan of Purple , i love Bolin work on " come taste the band " album anyhow. . Even if he wasn t at his right place , that album remains a great album.
R. I . P Tommy boy .
What wasn't mentioned was that Tommy's girlfriend was having an affair with Glenn Hughes while Glenn's girlfriend was carrying on with a married Jon Lord during Tommy's time in Deep Purple.
how many times are you goin to type that same stuff ? you are typing to people who wrote over 4 yr ago...
Deep Purple rivals to the Stones as the biggest band in the world? Led Zeppelin might have something to say about that.
yeah I agree. One of the song blurbs I heard on hear I thought sounded like beck.
A great excellent talent who flamed out way too young. The record business is an unforgiving beast which is what I think Hoyel California tried to convey to fans.
Bang is one of my favourite rock LP's from the seventies. Tommy was a good replacement for Joe. Come taste the band sounds more like a JG album than a DP album.
well he was a heroin addict , fed off the good times , went insular in places like england where blackmore was revered . tragic waste of talent , i love all his material .twas the seventies though and he joined illustrious company in departing this world
Say YOU KNOW one more time!!
teaser -bang moxy cobham mouzon purple private eyes
they should remove all the footage of Karen.....dont like what she did to Tommy.
And what exactly did she do to Tommy? Were you privy to their relationship? How dare you assume. I'm sure Karen had her reasons for ending the relationship. She has mentioned before something along the lines that they needed to break up to grow up. Karen loved Tommy and supported him through thick and thin for so many years-6 I do believe. Remove the footage of Karen? You Joey M are one ignoramus.
@@DCB728 yeah....she had her reasons...she thought Glenn Hughes was a better rock star to get attached to 'cause he didn't pass out as much...she gets a free ride into this existence from Bolin and then dusts him...typical....what fools these rock stars are....there were legions of hot poon running around for them....you don't get involved....whats their motivation....they either screw you financially in divorce court or break your heart...poor Bolin....the kid was in way over his head....the one I don't want to hear is Glenn Hughes...gets Bolin to take the nestea plunge into the abyss of substance abuse 10 times worse than Bolin ever did...then steals his woman and destroys him.....millions of bimbos running around and he has to take his....and forever we have to hear Hughes going on about .."...he was a beautiful person....my best friend in life...."...blah blah blah....
@Sandrina Otelli ....your welcome....yes....rock on.....
05:55
Dead ringer for Gillan, especially that goofy face he makes in that Episode 6 video
Days May COME Days May Go
que dios lo tenga en la gloria bolin buen guitarrista
more ya want? ainthappenin...gracias. tommy. bolin.
I heard tommy thought deep purple were too robotic , ,,,,
...sad to hear that DP thing, because he was the star in that line up ...
never be another!
Tommy Bolin ist leider am 04.12.1976 gestorben
TOMMY BOLIN IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. HE BLEW AWAY JOE WALSH (WHO IS SUPREME ON GUITAR) BETTER THAN ERIC CLAPTON AND RICHIE BLACKMORE WHO ARE BOTH SUPREME, I WOULD RATE TOMMY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS JIMI HENDRIX, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, JEFF BECK AND JIMI PAGE. ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME. I MISS YOU VERY MUCH TOMMY. YOU ARE THE MAN. JOHN BENEVENTO
I AGREE WITH YOU JOHN.......100% ! TOMMY COULD PLAY SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC AND THATS WHAT MADE HIM GREAT....SO AMAZING>
John Benevento you're right. He was a world class guitar player. I saw him up front and personal and was awed by his licks.
John Benevento John Bonham crashed a deep purple concert and went on stage and said Tommy couldn't play for shit and jimmy page was the greatest guitarist...
@@arthurdduda8233 well he was wrong,Bolin is way better
It would be cool to see the entire interview at 6:15 with Tommy and Bary Fey. Does anybody know the origins
must see doc-part 3
what is the name of that Deep Purple song that is playing during this part three section? I need to know
LadyV431 1) Owed to G ( instrumental) 2) Smoke on the water and in the middle 'Teaser' (From solo album)
BARRY F!
I KNOW !
please !
I love Deep Purple, but Tommy should have never joined. The experience robbed him of his joy and Glenn got his woman. Poor guy
Fair enough, though we'll have to agree to disagree. I still think you're underrating Bolin though, have you heard all his material? Remember that was their first effort - it would've been interesting to see what could have come next.....
Cheers
Tommy "fuck 🎸" Bolin 😎👊
John Oetomo; that woman who's narrating this documentary is his fiance during those years.
It is strange that Coverdale never talks much about Bolin after their breakup. It tends to be Hughes and Lord who have spoke of him or the music they created.
And yet, Coverdale was the one who mentioned Tommy at the Rock hall induction-NOT Hughes. Yes, strange indeed.
What happened Oct.25?
Tommy Bolin would still be alive today.if they listened to the doctor that said to get him to the hospital right away.but they didn't do shit.
I agree with you but with how out of control he was, there was a good chance he still would have died sooner rather then later unfortunately. We will never know tho which is really sad. He was def supremely talented.
Tomy Bolin was not a good fit for Purple....they should have called it something else.
I do agree 100% re Morse!
10/25 Teaser
4min 55 sec part 3
Arrrggghhh here we go again, & I suppose mate that Dio was no replacement for Ozzy in your books either.
Come Taste.... is right up there with the best of the Purple albums.
Pull your head out....
Yes...and when you find out with whom I will be playing later this year............you will understand that I'm not trying to be "harsh" ....I just get so tired of those guys who talk and talk about this and that......and are clueless about what the truth is........I was there....a am there now.........so I know...they guess....! :)))) Be well my friend....this has nothing to do with you......it this other Dog nut I cannot put up with...........~ :))))))))
SLASH?? 13,12???
i wish they would update the interview with his last girlfriend and his brother johnnie and others and the real reason why karen left tommy for glen,... let the truth be told..
What was the reason? I thought they were together till he left? On the other hand, if there ever was one musician I wish was still here of all the great ones..Cobain, Morrison, Hendrix, Bonham etc... it´d be all of them, but Bolin first!
they were already broken up when he passed away.his other gf was with him when he died..very sad.
but didnt tommy know there was no getting back with her and he was already dating the girl who tried to save him that night.,you could tell that G , wanted to be tommy...and i dont think contacting any one now would matter? or would it .
I think tommy was in a dark place with his ex bring with Glenn. It believe it mentions that in the book about him. He had a different girlfriend but I believe the book paints him as being in a dark place during his tour. I believe Barry fey took an insurance policy on Tommy and made some money off his death.
From what I've read, I don't think Karen left Tommy just to be with Glenn. There's way more to it. I remember reading that she said they had to split to grow up-something along those lines. Karen was also anti drugs and they had $$$ problems for most of their relationship. I've always wished that Karen would write a book-no one knew him better.
ask barry !f
LISTEN TO ALL THE SESSION WORK LIKE TOMMY,S WORK ON BILLY COBHAM'S "SPECTRUM".If Tommy was still with us Bolin would destroy Blackmore(and i love Blackmore since "IN ROCK")
YA KNOW WHATS SAD PEOPLE......YES, tOMMY HAD A DRUG PROBLEM BUT, IN THE END.....SOMEONE KILLED HIM AND THATS WHY HE IS DEAD. wHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT???? SHAME BUT, THATS WHAT HAPPENED. IN ALL HONESTY.
Saint Peter couldn't keep Tomas' out of heaven 'cuz he shredded out a riff and those pearly gates shattered from the wail. Man, if he was still around, imagine the monster he'd be. Tommy and Joe Satriani just jammin' together...........FUUUUCK ME.
The James Gang guys look ridiculous and I was around in those days and cover bands were wearing tights and make-up. I would be embarrassed but that is just the way I am.
Fey? We was a very successful concert promoter, and to get there he had to be aggressive. Sometimes too aggressive. But he cared for the acts he managed and/or promoted. He was the exclusive US promoter for the Who and the Stones, so yea, he was to be an arrogant, cocky bastard. Even pulled out a gun on Axl Rose to "compel" him back on stage. He took no BS from anyone. And he got the job done.
Steve Morse....basic approach....LOL.......your obviously not a guitarist. Check out Morses' album, The Introduction. I love Blackmore, but even Ritchie couldn't have done what Bolin did on Spectrum. Tommy was junked out by the time he went into Purple and his playing did suffer due to mainlining in his left arm (playing hand). You may want to check out Tommy's fusion group, Energy from the early '70's
i still don't believe Tommy's death was an accident,i'm not saying Barry Fay had anything to do with it,but he knew Tommy was on his way to being a huge success and he wanted as much of it as he could get.Ithink he treated Tommy like shit,you can tell just by this interview.
What is she talking about with "You may say they weren't good musicians?" Who the hell would ever had said that about Deep Purple? I'll tell you who... someone who knew absolutely nothing about them... that's who. I mean what an ignorant comment from his girl friend... I don't think to this day she still has any real idea of what he was involved with there... she talks about em like they were a bunch of hacks... Ian Paice for starters, may well have been the best drummer Bolin ever played with!
His girlfriend is disgusting...she talks for Tommy, but she was stabbing a knife into Tommys back, because she left him for his "best friend" mr. Hughes (one of my favorite singers but he didn't treat Tommy right...).
Barry Fay was very jealous of Tommy Bolin,i didn't trust him.Tommy should have told him to fuck off and get out of his life.But Tommy trusted too many people,that was Tommy's nature.Maybe if he did get rid of these people everything would have turned out for the best.
Tommy Bolin was really just a flamboyant funkster... he'd basically hammer out on cool grooves... he had a style... but he was no replacement for Blackmore in Purple. And he was no where near Blackmore's league as a guitarist... ever!
I'll beg to differ. Bolin was every bit as talented-they were just very different players.
@@DCB728 Since making my original comment some 8 years ago... I've become a little more acquainted with Tommy Bolin's work as a guitarist.. especially some of the live stuff he did with 'Zephyr', the 'James Gang' etc. Yes he was a darn impressive player, no doubt about that whatsoever. But re: his replacing Blackmore in Purple... I think you hit it on the head... " they were just very different players ". I think it was just too huge a task to expect Tommy to fill the huge black-hole left by Blackers. Deep Purple was never the right band for him... I think Tommy Bolin was meant to become some kind of John McLachlan type player/character. He was no doubt meant to do big ground-breaking things as a guitarist/musician... but unfortunately, his "H habit" got the better of him. Big waste eh?
@@yellingelk A big waste indeed. Glad to hear you've better acquainted yourself with Bolin's music. I would agree that no one could replace Blackmore. It wouldn't have mattered how good they were-Blackmore was just too singular with Deep Purple. I will take some issue with your statement of "his H habit got the better of him". A lot of folks seem to think that Bolin was some stone cold junkie-shooting up every day for years. He was anything but. He did not even have track marks when they did the autopsy. He did have heroin in his system, that along with numerous other substances. He died from multiple drug intoxication. Tommy never should have been on tour-his entire life was spiraling out of control. Too bad the powers that be couldn't have put him in rehab. But, things were very different in 1976 compared to now in terms of dealing with addiction and rehab.