3 Tommy Bolin Licks From 1974
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Here's the next episode of Three-For-All with 3 Tommy Bolin Licks From 1974.
I've had numerous requests for a Tommy Bolin lesson and honestly, that was quite a shock. While Tommy's not a household name, his music and the level of respect that musicians and music fans alike have had for him over the years is really impressive and noticeable.
This lesson focuses on a number of slick licks and cool moves from Tommy from a live performance in 1974 when he was working with James Gang. This was after Joe Walsh left the group to focus on his solo career and interestingly enough - it was Joe that recommended Tommy for the gig in the James Gang.
There's a lot you can pick up and learn from studying Tommy's music and musical habits, and various guitarists were directly inspired by Tommy's music and overall style, and this includes other legends such as Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, and countless others.
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I'm 66 years old now, but I remember when he played in Pueblo Colorado at Pinocchios when I was 16 years old, he was awesome, I'll never forget that day
I have visited Tommy's grave in Sioux City. It was a powerful moment. I was all alone in this huge cemetery. But standing there, I felt maybe he was visiting me. I played Post Toastee while I stood there. He was a loved man. Still is..
Timing and taste with a magical flare...he was unique and had an identifiable style that set him apart from any other player...his two solo albums were brilliant and his work on Spectrum was monumental and critical in establishing the genre of jazz/rock fusion. He was one the giants despite never reaching the public pinnacle he deserved.
Saw Tommy playing with Zephyr many times in Denver/Boulder.. he was so far ahead of the other guitarists in style and technique.. the only one close to his particular talent was Jeff, glad he was good friends with him..
The reason I discovered Tommy Bolin is thanks to his brothers relentless almost yearly "from the archive'" releases. This effort to keep his brothers music alive has gained Tommy a new generation of fans. God knows commercial radio was no help in building the legend of Tommy Bolin.
Johnny's a great guy, very friendly - got to jam with him on Teaser and a few others at Boyds on the River when he was with DVC - super sound!
Great points! I guess I was lucky to have grown up in San Antonio Texas where KISS FM played Tommy's 2 solo albums all the time. Joe Anthony and Lou Roney played the hell out of "Post Toastee". The days of radio stations having much influence or meaning is long gone sadly. So glad to see Tommy finally getting the recognition he always deserved.
Didn’t joe bonamassa purchase his LP with the American flag pick guard ?
Alot of people are now discovering some rediscovering Tommy Bolin for the first time .....finally he is getting the recognition he deserves.
There’s so much about Tommy and his playing that I relate to and feel so much. He’s become one of my favorites since finding this video. Thanks so much Dave!!!
here's another long time fan, still alive.
Thanks for this video on Tommy Bolin's artistry. But when I hear people reflect on Tommy's work I'm saddened and reminded of my last memories of him. Back in the mid-1970s, shortly before his untimely death, I was living in Greenwich Village in lower NYC and heard through word of mouth in the local music community that Tommy was going to play at my favorite club, a small venue called The Bottom Line, along with drummer Michael Walden. Quite a few music luminaries came out to see them too. Sitting at the tables next to me at the front of the stage were John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, and Stanley Clarke. But when Tommy stepped onto the stage, I immediately felt that something was seriously wrong. Tommy's face was blanched and he looked like the life was drained from him. My immediate thought was that he was experiencing drug withdrawal. But Tommy did his best during his set. I remember us cheering him on and calling out his name, letting him know we loved him no matter what. There were flashes of his genius and musical energy still there, but I had that sinking feeling that Tommy was somehow going through a slow-motion suicide, as I've seen this happen before. This performance would turn out to be one of his last. It's still painful to think about after all these years. But the great music still lives on.
Narada quit the band after that gig...
Great story. Thanks.
@James Did he fall off the stage as has been reported? I was there once and I recall the stage not being very high at all. After that show, I read his label dropped him. The Bottom Line was a great club-so intimate.
@@DCB728 yes, true.
Tommy Bolín was hanging out in Denver and Boulder around 1974-75ish (where I lived) and he was the first concert ever saw when he opened for Deep Purple. I was only about 15 but I and my friends loved his music and there was a lot of buzz around Denver about him. The day I found out he died I ditched my classes, took a booth at the A&W across the street from school and just sat there and cried. I’ll never forget that day. Several years later in the mid 80s one of my friends met and befriended Dave Brown, Tommy’s former manager, and he became part of our crew. As you might imagine Dave Brown had some stories to tell!
I discovered Bolin shortly after his death. One of my favorite albums still today is James Gang Miami. No Walsh, all Bolin! Used to listen to it all the time cruising around during my teenage days! Cruisin Down the Highway, in My Flying Machine. Been a fan ever since. Bought a bunch of his music during the middle of the pandemic.
Jeff Beck said the Spectrum album was a big inspiration for him to move in his jazz direction.
He also said Tommy was the only guitarist that scared him.
Nice to see that you young-uns still know and appreciate the greats! Tommy was one of the greats.
I want to Specially appreciate you for being a big fan. Thanks for your nice comment on my post, it means a lot to me. I want you to send me a direct message via hangouts using my personal email. Also endeavor to add your name to the text so I can know you are the one texting because I don’t reply unnecessary messages.
Hangouts mail: tommybolinlivechat@gmail.com🌹🌹
Standing in the rain hooked me in back then👍😁🎸
yeah first heard him with the james gang in the 70s...loved it
Rick Bolin opened a door for me 4 plus decades ago. I have followed Tommy since
Have you ever been to Bolin Fest in Sioux City which Tommy’s brother Johnnie hosts?
Tommy Bolin my favorite guitarist ever along with McLaughlin, Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth. Thank you man. \m/ \m/
Excellent taste.
Tommy should get more credit for his vocals! I love the haunting laid back tone of his voice. I think that is what would have eventually made him a major star.
OK< this is freaking great. More please!!!
Glad to see this, wore out Spectrum daily back then, great album, thanks, enjoyed the video.
I got into Tommy when I was in college in the early 80's. Listened to his 2 solo albums on a loop for a while. Mesmerizing.
Ive been listening to Tommy Bolin and everything in the realm all my life
Back tracking through some of your stuff I missed, originally, David! I wanted to get to this one for awhile! Thanks!
I knew about TOMMY from Deep Purple,but to hear that he had no real musical knowledge ,has made me appreciate him much more ,what a creative inspiration,proves ,where theres a will ,theres a way.
I love this guy !!!
The way he says...something like that...and nails the lick perfectly each damn time !
A real talent kudos
That was Great!.. Tommy was a huge influence on my playing.. Still is.
Fantastic that you're keeping his legacy alive. Thanks Man!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Tommy’s playing, very interesting as always. Teaser is never far from my turntable! 😷👍
Thanks for keeping Tommy Bolin’s genius alive!
Tommy Bolin was such a fantastic artist !
Awesome lesson, man! Thanks for shining a light on the great, often overlooked Tommy Bolin! Keep on doin' what you're doin!
I got influence from Ricky Bolin when Tommy's musicianship had been introduced. Thanks Pudge
I never heard of Tommy Bolin before but now I'm going to listen to some of his music.
Another favorite. Right up there with Zappa.
Excellent analogy.
Homeward Strut is a personal favourite. Like to see you break that one down. 👍
I've been a Bolin fan since the Zephyr days but the one album I missed was Alphonse Mouzon's Mind Transplant. Thanks for doing this video. Great playing and terrific info you provided.
Got into Bolin after hearing the James Gang - Bang album. He was a really good song writer too. Thanks for keeping his name out there.
It was the same for me. Still playing the same (very worn) copy 40 years later!
Likewise....still jam on that after getting the CD Huge influence His solos really move you
Ditto my friend, couldn't get enough of the Bang album. If you listen to Deep Purples come taste the band album it's like Bang 2. I also have his Cobham material.
I love Tommy's work on Deep Purple's Come Taste the Band. One of my fave releases. Check it out.
Great lesson I’ve always been a Bolin forever. He really was a player cut from a different kinda rock
Well said.
I’ve only recently become aware of Tommy. I immediately became a fan. I’m really disappointed that it’s taken me so long to discover his incredible and mesmerizing sound. I love his 2 solo albums
I can't thank you enough for this lesson from my number one guitar hero
I was a Bolin fan back in the day. Thanks for the insight.
LOVE this watched AGAIN Thanks oorah...
I had the privilege of meeting Tommy at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1976. My friend and I did shake hands and had a short conversation with him. He played a concert there in the gym with James Gang. I was blown away with his guitar riffs. Truly amazing!
The beginning of Standing in the Rain is killer.
James Gang Bang is still one of my favorite albums of all time. He wrote played and sang. Serious guitar licks throughout.
He was just a natural.
I dig the last bonus lick👍, It's right up my alley. (Wait, that didn't sound right)
Thank you for keeping Tommy's music alive
Quadrant 4 with Billy Cobham is stunning for its time, some incendiary fretwork and the Echoplex used to great effect (not to mention Jan Hammer and Billy.....)
Thank you very much for posting this and for keeping Tommy's legacy alive he was a genius on the guitar and his song writing.
I got to see Tommy at winterland , I got to stand at his feet. People people , teaser, etc I'm truly blessed. I'm also truly blessed to have you in my world Dave , thanks again
Tommy was a one of a kind, he had his own distinct style most fans would know instantly.
Well said !
Thanks, man, you explain well, and play even better!! God Bless!!
Tommy is such a great communicator on guitar, you can feel his soulfulnes even in the wildest solos... Loved his playing from the teen years, when I've heard him - thank you for showing some licks. Need to learn some Tommy stuff
Dave thanks so very much, but please don’t leave it there. A Tommy Bolin Chordplay featuring his solo records Teaser and Private Eyes is really necessary. You know it is.
Tommy Bolin was & still is one of the greats ! Imagine how good he'd be now if still alive ?
This guy was at least 10 years ahead of anyone at the time.
I'm so glad I discovered this channel & have duly subscribed, thanks a lot mate, all the best, rock on !
I’ve been a tommy bolin fan since I was a kid, huge fan, huge impact on me! Thank you for making this!! Rock on!
I’m thrilled to find this lesson! Thank you for all you do. And great thanks for honoring Tommy Bolin !!
You got it - then you are highly blessed when you go for it!
Amen!
That was pretty cool. Great licks, thanks for breaking it down
As a fellow Iowan Tommy bolin is our hero . Our brother . And a legend
Thank you for this🙌🏼 I have only been listening to tommy for a couple of months but i’m already a huge fan and influenced my playing in a big way. We need some more Bolin content!
I was Fortunate enough to see Tommy Bolin in Rapid City South Dakota when he was with Zephyr! Very eye opening concert, to say the least!
Thanks for reminding him to everyone.
thanks for this - Tommy was amazing
Great lesson!! Thanks for this!
Great Vid! Not being a guitarist myself, but an avid listener, I rate my favorite guitarists on how listenable they are. I've often heard that the space between the notes is what matters, not how many notes or how fast. With that said, Tommy Bolin is easily in my top ten all time favorites, which boasts the likes of Steve Howe, Trey Anastacio, Steve Morse, and Jeff Beck. Thank you Tommy... you'll never be forgotten! ❤
What blows me away about Tommy is how percussive his licks were at times. They just pop. Tough thing to nail for a rock player. We’re used to sustaining every note but he’d choke them off, even through a 16th note run.
Yes he was a drummer originally
Very very good right hand for sure
Spectrum is a masterpiece. And Tommy was partly responsible for that.
My dad grew up with Tommy in Sioux City. They were good friends, same with Tommy’s brother Johnnie(Drummer for Black Oak Arkansas) Every year we go to ‘BOLIN FEST’ at the Icky Nickel bar and other bars downtown Sioux City.
I’ve met Johnnie, Bobby Berge and Alphonse Mouzon(Tommy did the album ‘Mind Transplant’ with him. He’s guitar on Golden Rainbows is perfect.)
Tommy Bolin is like Rory Gallagher Ronnie Montrose in respect that they may not be as famous as some but all the musicians knew who they were,I heard Bolin on Cobham's Stratus after hearing Jeff Beck's cover and it was like hey wait a minute..FoundPrivate Eyes and Teaser years ago and was reunited again a couple years back and wow..so cool..and yes I love his voice too..Thnaks DB for your efforts your very good at this history guitar thing..
thanks to you and those who wrote in for introducing me to Tommy Bolin
Post Toastee was a huge hit in St. Louis. They still play it.
Great video. Going to go spend some time with his stuff.
Great video, and I love your vibrato!
In 2019 Tommy Bolin was inducted into the Colorado Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I attended the ceremony and Warren Haynes and Joe Bonamassa played Tommy's music. Pretty cool.
Wow! I already owe you big time . When your video ended, I was directed to Tommy Bolin Whips and Roses . I don't have that. Its a fantastic surprise that I needed. It's like Christmas morning as a kid. The clarity is spectacular and to hear his comments after the song is a treat. I thought I had heard them all . I stand corrected. Thank you brother.
I just saw a wonderful video about Tommy's short career. Now I need to get all of his albums and listen to them .
Thank you so much, that was a very pleasant and informative session, I appreciate you knowing how Tommy Bolin fits and influenced the guitar community of the mid 70’s. Very Cool lick breakdowns too. Cheers!
He was probably one of the first world music players Versed in so many styles Reggae..fusion...Latin...blues...rock....funk All over the place
Loved your take on Tommy💓
Thank you for helping with the legacy. Tommy live was an experience like no other. Read what they did with the mix for the Zep set at the Ertegun Tribute Concert. If tech like that had been around to record Tommy's club gigs with Energy and TBB, he would be remembered as the GOAT. Which he is to some of us.
Tommy ,gone but never forgotten.
That album cover of Tommy behind your lava lamp is one of my favorite photos of Tommy. I remember seeing a photo of Tommy wearing a tee shirt with that on the front. Tommy with his hair tinted with blue streaks, I'm not sure if he or Todd Rudgren did that first. Anyways I remember wanting to see him at the Aragon but for whatever reason decided that I'd see him next time he came to town. It pains me to think about it but sadly there was no next time.
Thanks for this and reading some of the comments I started listening to Stanley Clark and I always wondered if they were aware of each other I've pondered this question for 40 years I knew they played with some of the same musicians well thanks Tommy fans keep on marching ❤
Great stuff as usual; keep it up!
Fantastic video. Thanks for keeping the legend alive. Tommy went way too early. Just pure class...
Thank you for this great appreciation of Tommy's guitar playing! Tommy is a top 5 guitarist in my book coming in somewhere above Santana and below Hendrix. And he also DEFINED Jazz/Rock fusion along with Jan Hammer and Billy Cobham on the Spectrum album which he really just sat in on. But he was the rock... at a level I've never heard on any other fusion record.
I knew Tommy in his early days in Denver and Boulder with Zephyr. Tommy played by ear, and could visualize the notes being played by other guitarist, so he could duplicate that riff on his guitar. His concerts with Zephyr were always high energy and had the bluesy-jazzy feel along with Candy's vocals. I played keys with his drummer Robbie Chamberlin in an earlier band, and use to drive Robbie up to Boulder for there practices.
Jake E Lee counts Tommy as a huge influence. He headed an early band he named TEASER.
Adrian Vandenberg’s first band was also called TEASER
Album name too
Love me some Tommy
Great singer as well
Love it man - the streetwise blues kid mixing it up with the jazz heavyweights - awesome and great presentation by the way. UK lockdown fan.
Fantastic. Any chance of Chord of Tommy focusing on his Teaser album? Thanks for all the lessons
Man, you just made my day. Though I can't say I am familiar with Bolin's entire body of work, I'm aware enough to know he was a badass whose influence is wider than can be easily explained. "Post Toastee" has some great examples of delay and reverb perfectly used with his sassy phrasing. Very cool lesson, sir!
It's a shame there's not much live footage on Tommy. Love to see it if there is!
He also played lead on some of the songs in Moxy's first album.
My first concert in 1974 was going to see Santana here in Cincinnati and the James gang with Tommy Bolin opened up.
Dave I requested this a while ago. Just wanted to say thanks!
ok so let's move it up North with some Frank Marino!
Pat Travers too.
@@Chewwy153qt hell yeah to both of you(paul edc) as well
Not sure if you know, but David has a great Frank Marino Late Night Lesson from a year or two ago (2019-ish?)....
Mahogany rush shredded .
@@voronOsphere thank you!
Spot on! I introduce his music to our entire county town. 79 z28 pioneer speakers and rocking to Post Toastee.
I would consider Post Toastie a hit.
Busting out for Rosey Also.
Must Be Love was a bonafide radio song here in Colorado in '74
Three different styles of music in Post Toastee
@dbltrplx but i would love to be hearing him today! There was a type of positive "soaring above the mundane" quality to his sound. One of the GOATs, he was and was intent on becoming all he could be. He was ambitious and in love with music. I met him when i was 14 in Sioux City. He was sitting on the steps of an apartment building playing the hell out an acoustic guitar, he was 17. I never saw him again. I was in Macon Ga when i heard the sad news of his passing in 1976, i think it was.
Rest Easy, Tommy. You left the world some awesome stuff!
I was wondering if anyone would remember "post tosties " was a hit. Thx
VIDEO REQUEST: Living Colo Vernon Reid LICKS and CHORDS. Tommy Bolin LIVE with Deep Purple licks are much better
Bolin's DP work is the LEAST of his playing. Bolin was only in DP for the money and he had a $500 a day cocaine habit by then so; although Come Taste The Band is very good; his playing on that tour was a train wreck! After he cleaned himself up is when he got back on track.
I knew Tommy Bolin's mother and talked to Tommy on the phone when he would call his mom after a performance. Very very sad when he passed away so young. I wonder how big he would have been in the music world had he lived a full life. His brother Johnny had his own career as a drummer. It is nice to see people having an interest in Tommy and his talent all these years later. Of course here in Sioux City he is remembered fondly.
My dad grew up with Tommy and Johnnie and we go to Bolin Fest every year. I met Bobby Berge, Alphonse Mouzon, Johnnie of course and Jim Dandy. I met a lot of other ppl but I was drunk or super high the whole time I was there. A 3 day non stop party during Bolin Fest!
Do you know ‘The Wick’ from Bolin Fest?
I met Tommy Bolin's brother when he was the drummer for Black Oak Arkansas when they played a big gig in Hot Springs, AR in 2005...