I hung around tommy,, he was up in boulder and I was in westminster,,, him larry ferris and danny brines,,, great times back then,,, to bad he post toasted himself on heroin,,, everytime I hear this song,, thats it for me,, post toasted
i'm pretty sure i saw tommy bolin with pat travers and rick darringer in san bernardino in 1976, but i'm going to have to hear something else first, 'cause i do not remember this....
one of the classic UNDER-RATED GEMS of the era...and will apparently remain that way from the look of posts like ingsok. Please leave music like this alone for those of us who were actually there and got off on this far out magic.
@ilovetofish100 it is a good book, it is quotes from family, friends and people from the music world, it tells of his early life until his death, and even gives info about him after his death and some of the projects that have taken place
sioux city native, tommy bolin the only thing great about this city, but what happened to the festivals the use to be down by the river and johny use to play, need to get back to the roots music not dollar signs
Home boy from Denver burned out too soon, God only knows what he and Jimi would be doing if there were still around, prolly would have played together at some point. Damn dem drugs.
For me personally, this album brings back such incredible memories along with some wild/scary times. Sorry to say I was "gone" most of the decade myself (esp the mid to late yrs) but thank God I came away intact. So many including Tommy didn't : ( RIP Tommy
Wow, I had forgot this one. Great to hear. Great tune, People, People. Love the sax, Tommy had a style no one could touch.
Marching Powder, holy shit, everything on here was just timeless. Teaser is an absolute classic in rock lore.
I think too much gets said about Tommy's substance abuse and not enough gets said about his incredible work ethic. The man had to be working on two and three things at once. By the time he died at 25 he had this huge collection of work.
He is amazing, such a wonderful man. It is such a shame he passed away. Drugs are killing! This song is so powerful I can listen to it all day. My family is born in Sioux City were he was born. My dad knows some of his family.
All this makes me sad. When I remember these times, it seems to be like yesterday. The sky was falling down - Tommy´s chance to show all the people that he is really the best, passed by forever.
age 16, a friend gave me a tape of both teaser and private eyes to listen to on a long car trip in 1977, i had never heard of him,31 years later i still listen to it and love it,and think of him when i improv . big! big! big! influence for me!then theirs jimi
Anyone know why Tommy's vocals are almost completely drowned out by the music on the whips and roses version of this song? With all the good work done on those comps, that was really disappointing
Wow, marching powder! This song definitely influenced later bands like the spin doctors,i can hear this song in "shinbone alley/hard to exist" from pockey full of kryptonite.
I love this song, have it on cd. I was turned onto it on a late night public comedy radio show in DC called "Shaved Face" on WPFW in Washington, DC, I believe the host was named Wayne Middleton.
Teaser is a great album toastie ... thanx for uploading it on youtube, have not heard this in a long long time, brings back alot of fond memories of the 70's ... too bad Tommy's not here today, I can just imagine the kind of music he would be creating ...its a shame he's gone. He was definitely too young to die at the same time he certainly lived his life to the fullest and gave everything he had as a performer as well ... R.I.P Tommy B.
I've been listening to TB for 25 years. Check out a band called Moxy, he helped them get started, their early stuff had him playing solo's. He also did some great things with the James Gang after Joe Walsh left.
Haven't heard this in well over 20 years, yet still remember every word, every note, every pause as if it were yesterday. Is there anyone on earth who's heard this and NOT played wild air guitar to it? Made me choked up a bit for his past and for mine. Wagged that vinyl album around in my youth through countless apartment move every year. KimH, hope you still have my lifetime vinyl collection, wherever you are!
Love it ,thanks!!
twidnp 2 weeks ago
Do I detect a touch of Jeff Beck in there?
VEMWMIKE 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Tommy Bolin
best song ever
zulisen 2 months ago
@zulisen Never more true than or this song!
billfrog2 2 months ago
He was brillantT As solid today as the day it was released.
OwnFireGoldBone 3 months ago
One of the finest songs that I've ever heard. Pure love right here, true healing power. Keep the vibe alive!!!!
redshaftedflicker 4 months ago
I hung around tommy,, he was up in boulder and I was in westminster,,, him larry ferris and danny brines,,, great times back then,,, to bad he post toasted himself on heroin,,, everytime I hear this song,, thats it for me,, post toasted
artdonovan2000 5 months ago
Great work PostToastie! When I first came across this I hadn't heard this for maybe 20 years and got goose bumps hearing it.
mikemaehr4 6 months ago in playlist Groove Basement
i'm pretty sure i saw tommy bolin with pat travers and rick darringer in san bernardino in 1976, but i'm going to have to hear something else first, 'cause i do not remember this....
m1kewithaone 8 months ago
@m1kewithaone awesome
ropadres 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Tommy Bolin
Who isn't in love with Tootsie Too? God Bless Tom.
SunnyDays951 8 months ago 2
a tasty treat for those with ears to hear...
sheltech12 9 months ago
People people please for awhile just hear what was lost all those days ago. And hear the cost.
Love you Tommy
Stickyjazz1 10 months ago
Life respect...so much to live for ! `1
4down2 1 year ago
one of the classic UNDER-RATED GEMS of the era...and will apparently remain that way from the look of posts like ingsok. Please leave music like this alone for those of us who were actually there and got off on this far out magic.
dauerwald 1 year ago 2
Where in the Hell is this promised land.............Seek it...... Tootsie Too....... Missing Tommy.
SunnyDays951 1 year ago
has anyone out there read the only book on tommy bolin(touched by magic)
ilovetofish100 1 year ago
@ilovetofish100 it is a good book, it is quotes from family, friends and people from the music world, it tells of his early life until his death, and even gives info about him after his death and some of the projects that have taken place
nitefunone 1 year ago
ce type était génial !!
arnaudkip 1 year ago
Thank you so much Poat Tostie for sharing the incredible music Tommy left! I can't stop hearing it all day long! Love him!
twiggysangelfromhell 1 year ago
The favourite of that LP, listened millions of times ... haha ^^
Freedaaa 2 years ago
Have no record player and so I haven't heard this in a very long time. Great song...thanks so much!
naumnn 2 years ago
is that david sandborn on sax?
jasonjarvis1988 2 years ago
@jasonjarvis1988
yes
ruben1956 2 years ago
Go to ebay and search for
"Tommy Bolin Four Photo set"
Awesome pics of Tommy!
bayridgedave 2 years ago
God Bless Tom, and those lyrics spoke to me way back when I was 19.
SunnyDays951 2 years ago
Mom's have it too! The 70's wouldn't be the 70's without Tommy
SaCeCat10 2 years ago 2
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pity about the saxophone on his music.spoils it.
cloudfactory1000 2 years ago
sioux city native, tommy bolin the only thing great about this city, but what happened to the festivals the use to be down by the river and johny use to play, need to get back to the roots music not dollar signs
mintosphere712 2 years ago 2
my dad has this record
YaBaBy5000 2 years ago 2
lol alot of peoples dads do
theuglyhairmonster 2 years ago 2
hahaha i know hu
YaBaBy5000 2 years ago
oh yes
AGONIAmusic 2 years ago
@theuglyhairmonster
yeah, im one of those dads!
ruben1956 2 years ago
Youre a cool dad!!
Nachor4 2 years ago
My favorite record of all time!
nes7827 2 years ago
Home boy from Denver burned out too soon, God only knows what he and Jimi would be doing if there were still around, prolly would have played together at some point. Damn dem drugs.
johntcolo 2 years ago
For me personally, this album brings back such incredible memories along with some wild/scary times. Sorry to say I was "gone" most of the decade myself (esp the mid to late yrs) but thank God I came away intact. So many including Tommy didn't : ( RIP Tommy
Upyrazz 2 years ago
I think Jan Hammer played on this, too. Quite a lineup of talent on this album!
jax1moi8 2 years ago
Hammer played drums on this track, read about in Greg Prato's new book "Touched By Magic"
nes7827 2 years ago
Desde Argentina, emociona escucharte Gran Tommy, por siempre en mi corazón............
sergio28sp 2 years ago
i think jeff porcaro is the drummer,he also has since passed on
looselyride 3 years ago
That's supposed to be Jan Hammer on the drums
(he himself declares so)
dockaiser 3 years ago
se ponía fino de jamaro, el tío
vacoin 3 years ago
Incredible music Tommy gave us!! We are from the same town, knew his family well. Good people!
Trishs666 3 years ago
Im also from Iowa . Never got to meet Tommy But knew His brother Johny fom White Noize. Tommy is very under rated and missed verry much to this day.
dwights4101 2 years ago
Wow, I had forgot this one. Great to hear. Great tune, People, People. Love the sax, Tommy had a style no one could touch.
Marching Powder, holy shit, everything on here was just timeless. Teaser is an absolute classic in rock lore.
I think too much gets said about Tommy's substance abuse and not enough gets said about his incredible work ethic. The man had to be working on two and three things at once. By the time he died at 25 he had this huge collection of work.
tomitstube 3 years ago
Lay Down Sally backwards!
MthrfckrOfTheYear 3 years ago
So Sammi do you like him? I LOVE HIM!
TrueHorseLovers101 3 years ago
hey sawyer. like you said he knew he would die soon...........
samiam3897 3 years ago
Easy that way huh ;P
o-o :P
wynemillrabca 3 years ago
Well my great great great grandmother knows his family really well.
OkobojiChick 3 years ago
He is amazing, such a wonderful man. It is such a shame he passed away. Drugs are killing! This song is so powerful I can listen to it all day. My family is born in Sioux City were he was born. My dad knows some of his family.
OkobojiChick 3 years ago
All this makes me sad. When I remember these times, it seems to be like yesterday. The sky was falling down - Tommy´s chance to show all the people that he is really the best, passed by forever.
linksforyou 3 years ago
age 16, a friend gave me a tape of both teaser and private eyes to listen to on a long car trip in 1977, i had never heard of him,31 years later i still listen to it and love it,and think of him when i improv . big! big! big! influence for me!then theirs jimi
theonemodifier 3 years ago
Love these 2 songs, Tommy was King
rockguitargod58 3 years ago
Tommy Bolin was Great
GreatBands76 3 years ago 2
is there any footage of Tommy playing marching powder live?
dothedewupurs 3 years ago
Tommy Bolin & Tamas Barta = My two Gods
jameslgt 3 years ago
Great song, but unfortunately I can't listen to David Sanborn anymore without thinking lite jazz. Kinda ruins the song.
pretorious700 3 years ago
Anyone know why Tommy's vocals are almost completely drowned out by the music on the whips and roses version of this song? With all the good work done on those comps, that was really disappointing
aalton 3 years ago
what a numer, makes bob marley sound like faecal matter
charoufunk 3 years ago
Tommy Bolin was kiiiiing
Westlie 3 years ago
Wow, marching powder! This song definitely influenced later bands like the spin doctors,i can hear this song in "shinbone alley/hard to exist" from pockey full of kryptonite.
stivendog 3 years ago
Oh, I like your style!!!
TuTubo1986 3 years ago
OMG just rock on bother,thanks Tommy
looking4thepast 4 years ago
thanks toastie...like a lock of my friends hair
mobilebus 4 years ago
I love this song, have it on cd. I was turned onto it on a late night public comedy radio show in DC called "Shaved Face" on WPFW in Washington, DC, I believe the host was named Wayne Middleton.
jazzfanmd 4 years ago
Teaser is a great album toastie ... thanx for uploading it on youtube, have not heard this in a long long time, brings back alot of fond memories of the 70's ... too bad Tommy's not here today, I can just imagine the kind of music he would be creating ...its a shame he's gone. He was definitely too young to die at the same time he certainly lived his life to the fullest and gave everything he had as a performer as well ... R.I.P Tommy B.
BILL14075 4 years ago
I've been listening to TB for 25 years. Check out a band called Moxy, he helped them get started, their early stuff had him playing solo's. He also did some great things with the James Gang after Joe Walsh left.
ckillahertz 4 years ago
He was so awesome.........Damn drugs.........
chazverado 4 years ago
Saaaa_freekin_weeeeeeet
Estabonbon 4 years ago
This is a Great Album, if you don't have it, Go buy it NOW!
removetube 4 years ago
It s hard to find it :(
Battrockeur 3 years ago
But thx PostToastie ^^
Battrockeur 3 years ago
I'm another one of those "haven't heard this for 20 years" guys and Marching Powder is still a masterpiece.
I was a Jan Hammer nut back then and gee, can anyone tell it's him? LOL
Tommy was SOOOOO good. Can you imagine what he'd be doing now?
clembo1872 4 years ago
Great song! Especially adding David Sanborn to the mix...wonderful!
sexybisquit 4 years ago
. . . Michael Walden on drums - Marching Powder
awbolden 4 years ago
Haven't heard this in well over 20 years, yet still remember every word, every note, every pause as if it were yesterday. Is there anyone on earth who's heard this and NOT played wild air guitar to it? Made me choked up a bit for his past and for mine. Wagged that vinyl album around in my youth through countless apartment move every year. KimH, hope you still have my lifetime vinyl collection, wherever you are!
pinkology777 4 years ago
yes, one of the best, I think too,
also like rhandy roads....... god bless them
Karl
kazadupa 4 years ago
If you're not here. Keep Trying...... Tommy's the Man.
joeymonza3 4 years ago
Tommy Bolin is now dead for 30 years. I still
remember him as one of the greatest musicians ever.
Bobrue 4 years ago
He was so cool.
dudeness88 4 years ago
Marching Powder is the kind of direction Deep Purple would have headed I think if it had all held together and Bolin was still around
gab99 4 years ago
Tommy was the best. The pride of Sioux City, Iowa.
pinehavenbeach 4 years ago