Tommy Bolin

As a cousin to Tommy Bolin, it is good to hear the stories, and recognition of his abilities. Truly one of the best guitarists ever.

Great story, Tommy Bolin was truly amazing

I was a big fan of Tommy I was just out of high school in 1972.. I saw him many times. His band called ENERGY at the time. Opened for REO SPEEDWAGON. The crowd did not want Tommy to stop playing. He was truly a great guitar player. Really sad how drugs took him. His record Teaser is great check it out.

I seem to be on an eternal hunt for more and more Tommy Bolin recordings. What a player.

Blessed that Tommy was a good friend

Man...! I was just surfing through and came upon this. So glad I pulled up a chair and stayed! Brilliant, old school testimony about back when players were _PLAYERS_! Always liked Bolin's style! Not surprised he got tied onto Beck when he toured. Good stuff, mate!

Loved Tommy Bolin. Teaser is in my top 20 of all-time. Was fortunate enough to see him in Sept 76 at the Aragon in Chicago. He opened for Blue Oyster Cult - Rick Derringer was also on the bill.

Tommy was one of those special players.....to me his playing is timeless

Tommy Bolin was a fantastic person!! 🌹🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Saw Tommy on February 24, 1976 in El Paso, Tx. He was playing with some guys who called themselves Deep Purple or something. Great back up band for Tommy. Really loud, too.

I'm from Boulder and can picture everything in the story. I'm a little younger, perhaps you knew my brother Clint Reiss. He saw Tommy play both at Tulagi and at CU house parties. Heady times in Boulder and Tommy is the least known of the top 5 guitarist/performer/writers to ever grace this earth. Thanks for keeping the fire alive!

Nice. I know all this music, I've been a Tommy Bolin fan since the 70s. I saw him with Deep Purple. I play his stuff constantly. Thanks.

Tommy Bolin is a guitar virtuoso!!!! If you want to hear him wail listen to Billy Cobham's Spectrum album. Tommy also wails on his two solo albums Teaser and Private Eyes, too, as well as Alphonse Mouzon's Mind Transplant album!!!!

As a child I new nothing about nothing but when my brothers put the album's on Tommys style took complete control of my ears and mind to the point my grip would loosen and GI Joe would hit the floor. Thanks for the story.

Really awesome story,Garth! Yeah, Tommy Bolin is still my favorite musician. Brilliant guitarist,awesome vocalist and great songwriter and arranger. I’ve lived near Boulder my whole life, but never met him. That would be awesome if Boulder had a Tommy Bolin museum,even though he was from Souix City, Iowa. Thanks for sharing that!

Thanks for the classic Tommy Bolin story. Saw him at Santa Monica Civic with Brian Auger. Great show. Love all his songs on "Teaser" and "Private Eyes," as well as "Stratus" on Spectrum.

Ahh the infamous barn story ... love it - great to hear it from the source

...And Alphonse Mouzon nobody talks about that "mind transplant" album it is kickass jam beginning to end with Tommy blowing anyone's mind that listened

As others have said, WOW! What an incredible experience & great memory for you Garth! Thanks for sharing. Tommy still loved & remembered by some of us here in Australia. He only made it here once but left a great impression. I have one burning desire & that is to hear a 5.1 high res version of Private Eyes - it's already so good in stereo but I can only imagine how much better it could be. If you haven't heard the BGO records cd release of Bang & Miami, (on one disc) do yourself a favour & get it. Sonically excellent. Cheers mate.

That was an awesome story. Omgosh... 😍😍😍