T.B. has created so many transcendent musical moments that have lifted my soul & inspired my imagination. I love him for those joyful & magical gifts. His premature death saddens me for several reasons including a selfish curiosity of what other greatness has been denied. I'm still here & I continue to be grateful that he recorded what he did & that some of it is posted on youtube.
@rickyon No way man-I'm telling you his guitar strap is way too long for jazz and even fusion. And he had long hair. Plus he didn't know what a sus chord is.
Regardless of where he has his guitar slung in this picture at the age of 20 (in 1972) he formed a jazz/fusion/rock band called Energy. It is said that he had an influence on Jeff Beck. He also played on Billy Cobham's album Spectrum which is Jazz/fusion.
@rickyon I refer you to my first comment, which I will paraphrase here for your convenience:
"He had his guitar way too low below his waist to make him any more than a rocker. The strap should have been shorter".
That is my point. Also, he didn't even know what a sus chord is. And rule nm.1 for anyone who entertains the idea of being a fusion or jazz guitaris is to learn how to play a sus chord. And rule nm. 2 is to learn how to play Freddy the Freeloader in the key of G double flat.
You speak with such authority and assurance as if you are proclaiming some brilliant point of order and passing along incredible wisdom! You are doing neither here. It's a picture! Maybe he wore the strap low just for this picture! Maybe it's just for effect! You can't make such a proclamation from one single picture. Who cares what chords he plays or doesn't. He played in a jazz/fusion band and recorded with some jazz/fusion greats. What don't you get about that?
@rickyon Did he use a wound third g string on his guitar? If not, then that is absolute proof that he wasn't a jazz/fusion guitarist. It would be like ol' Tommy rising up from the grave and saying (in an eary, dead but nonetheless audible voice): I was not a jazz/fusion guitarist, and I don't even know what a sus chord is.
This is one of the very, very best albums ever. VERY talented guy...Jo Jo Gunn and other bands, James Gang, Deep Purple others i am sure I dont know about. This jam is excellent....One strat playing dude.....I am so jealous. Play on brother and rest in peace...
Hi Rickyon I've been trying to upload a song and it always comes back as failed unable to convert video. I never uploaded anything before so how do you do it as well as putting up a still picture at the same time. It's of Tommy Bolin of course.
You have to use the video in a format that You-tube accepts to start with. You'll need a program like "Windows Moviemaker" to put the picture and the audio together. Then I would suggest searching you-tube for how to videos that explain what formats to use and how to upload them.
RIP Tommy Bolin on this day 12-4-76 at age 25 - Wonder what music he'd be doing at age 59? Pulled out all his stuff this morning - the 2 James gang CD's, Cobham & Mouzon LP's, Deep Purple's Come taste the band CD, Zephyr LP's, Moxy CD, Teaser & Private Eyes solo CD's, 2 of the archive CD's - Energy & The Tommy Bolin Band. Grerat stuff!
@bassandguitarguy 'from the archives vol I' 'whisper and roses vol I' 'live ebbets fields 1974' are astonishing too...and this song, 'marching powder' studio version, has incredible drums parts...one of the best drumming performance I've ever heard in my life....
This is " IT " . You will never ever hear anything like this ever again . Tommy was one of a Kind . All the other " Guitar Gods " can bow to him on this song. This whole Teaser Album is the best Jam Session Recording ever made . The Chemistry was magic. We used to party to it in 1975. Its sounds even better now ,straight and 40 years later . God Bless Tommy , You still Live in The beauytiful Pocono Mountains of Penna. USA . You will Always Live In My Heart .
AS a drummer I can say that just with song Narada can be considered as one of the best drummer of the story...but every musician here shine....and Tommy was a genius...love a lot his album production too....
I wish! The other guy was commenting on one of my band Arsen's video where my bandmate Tommy plays a mean fiddle and he thought that was me. I was the drummer in that band. Have you heard Walden lately? Not as good as he used to be.
You can tell from his playing here that he could do pretty much anything he wanted on drums! He was really into the religion thing back then and that kept him exploring all these different styles and to be honest that kept many amazing musicians from producing great music because of all the time they spent dabbling in Theology.
I often wished Tommy had hung out in NYC more with the Cobham crew and allowed that fusion part of him develop more. I have NEVER heard a jazz fusion guitar compositions like what Tommy does on the Spectrum album. Completely original, incomparable
Narada Michael Walden show in this song he is one of the best drummer of the story and in jazz rock...don't know if he is even better than billy cobham...
I`d say way overrated. Many people hear what I can`t in Tommy. Lot of love for the man. Ritchie Blackmore could smoke Tommy on guitar. So could many other guitarist.
@oberfour1 He got a bad batch of heroin & it left his left arm somewhat paralyzed, so to speak, so he was very limited. Get the new DP dvd to find out more about it, it's very cool.
You are correct sir! It is Jazz Fusion. Bolin was playing Jazz Fusion before any of his stints with bands like The James Gang, and Deep Purple. He actually was doing Jazz Fusion before Jeff Beck! Check out the tags for this song in the info section. All the players on this song have Jazz Fusion backgrounds!
It is well known as a matter of record (google it) that when Beck heard Bolin's solo on 'Quadrant 4', it totally blew his mind and caused him to change his style. He's a big Tommy fan.
I don't doubt the influence I just find it hard to believe that one player, a contemporary at that, could cause someone as accomplished as Beck to totally change his style. As I said all great players are influenced by other players and are constantly evolving their styles.
Also, Roy Buchanan had a big impact on Beck ... that's why he dedicated Cause We Ended As Lovers to him .. the subtleties and variations on melodies are of Roy's style.
@rickyon Tommy Bolin went to the James Gang- already established great rock band- and penned or co-penned every song on the two albums he is on. Then he went to Deep Purple - a rock superband- and penned or co-penned every song on Come Taste the Band, the only Purple studio album he did. And you think he couldn't influence Jeff Beck. Come on. Tommy Bolin was a very special musician!
You are not a very observant person. No one here, including myself , said anything to the contrary of what you are saying! It seems as if you are just looking for a good spirited back and forth and you're not going to get it from me. The facts you have stated are well known and we are on the same page so I don't understand what the point of your comment is!
@SpeedKingTube Tommy was kinda like a relief pitcher. He was brought into the "Game" to replace Joe Walsh and that "other" guy from Deep Purple, in the middle of their respective tours when those bands imploded in the middle of the tour. The guy was so fuckin' good he could fill in for anybody. He saved ALOT of peoples asses. He was a special musician.
@rickyon Hmmm - @jonsilence Beck's "Blow by Blow" and "Hello Jeff" with Stanley Clarke on "Journey to Love" were totally different in approach than "Wired"and his work with the Jan Hammer Group. Beck was evolving anyway, although I liked his work on Blow by Blow (Cause we ended as lovers)
Yeah, I can't discount the possibility that Beck knew of Bolin because although Bolin looked younger than he was, he was doing Jazz / Fusion maybe even earlier than Beck. Nobody should kid themselves these guitar gods were listening to everybody and most still do! ALL musicians borrow from countless contemporary and past artists, the really creative and exceptional players just rise to the top!
Absolutely awesome and ferocious- this is
one of drummer Narada Michael Walden's best recorded performances- Tommy Bolin was a true rocker and killer axman- so sad that he left us...
rest in peace
davelewitt 3 weeks ago
T.B. has created so many transcendent musical moments that have lifted my soul & inspired my imagination. I love him for those joyful & magical gifts. His premature death saddens me for several reasons including a selfish curiosity of what other greatness has been denied. I'm still here & I continue to be grateful that he recorded what he did & that some of it is posted on youtube.
bogeybast 2 months ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dabeegroove 6 months ago
He had his guitar way too low below his waist to make him anything more than a rocker. The strap should have been shorter.
limaktba 8 months ago
Tommy Bolin was a jazz/fusion guitarist before he ever made it big in Rock!
rickyon 8 months ago
@rickyon No way man-I'm telling you his guitar strap is way too long for jazz and even fusion. And he had long hair. Plus he didn't know what a sus chord is.
limaktba 8 months ago
Regardless of where he has his guitar slung in this picture at the age of 20 (in 1972) he formed a jazz/fusion/rock band called Energy. It is said that he had an influence on Jeff Beck. He also played on Billy Cobham's album Spectrum which is Jazz/fusion.
rickyon 8 months ago
@rickyon Do you even know what a sus chord is? Tommy didn't.
limaktba 8 months ago
And your point is?
rickyon 8 months ago
@rickyon I refer you to my first comment, which I will paraphrase here for your convenience:
"He had his guitar way too low below his waist to make him any more than a rocker. The strap should have been shorter".
That is my point. Also, he didn't even know what a sus chord is. And rule nm.1 for anyone who entertains the idea of being a fusion or jazz guitaris is to learn how to play a sus chord. And rule nm. 2 is to learn how to play Freddy the Freeloader in the key of G double flat.
limaktba 8 months ago
You speak with such authority and assurance as if you are proclaiming some brilliant point of order and passing along incredible wisdom! You are doing neither here. It's a picture! Maybe he wore the strap low just for this picture! Maybe it's just for effect! You can't make such a proclamation from one single picture. Who cares what chords he plays or doesn't. He played in a jazz/fusion band and recorded with some jazz/fusion greats. What don't you get about that?
rickyon 8 months ago
@rickyon Did he use a wound third g string on his guitar? If not, then that is absolute proof that he wasn't a jazz/fusion guitarist. It would be like ol' Tommy rising up from the grave and saying (in an eary, dead but nonetheless audible voice): I was not a jazz/fusion guitarist, and I don't even know what a sus chord is.
limaktba 8 months ago
@limaktba "suspended"?
/drummer
Sirscorps 5 months ago
PERFECT!
triplettam 9 months ago
This is one of the very, very best albums ever. VERY talented guy...Jo Jo Gunn and other bands, James Gang, Deep Purple others i am sure I dont know about. This jam is excellent....One strat playing dude.....I am so jealous. Play on brother and rest in peace...
graybeard19 10 months ago
He really was an amazing guitarist....Quadrant 4 was something else...he could play anything...well.
gukhaloon 11 months ago
re the dr670 drum machine - works good for me. Was easy to program the pads for drumbeats.
bassandguitarguy 1 year ago
Thanks man. Tommy Bolin rules!!
GGStalin 1 year ago
You're welcome.
rickyon 1 year ago
Hi Rickyon I've been trying to upload a song and it always comes back as failed unable to convert video. I never uploaded anything before so how do you do it as well as putting up a still picture at the same time. It's of Tommy Bolin of course.
GGStalin 1 year ago
You have to use the video in a format that You-tube accepts to start with. You'll need a program like "Windows Moviemaker" to put the picture and the audio together. Then I would suggest searching you-tube for how to videos that explain what formats to use and how to upload them.
rickyon 1 year ago
Scorching guitar lines. Absolutely jaw dropping musical acumen.
sectorQ66 1 year ago
very good.
bluestreetcar 1 year ago
RIP Tommy Bolin on this day 12-4-76 at age 25 - Wonder what music he'd be doing at age 59? Pulled out all his stuff this morning - the 2 James gang CD's, Cobham & Mouzon LP's, Deep Purple's Come taste the band CD, Zephyr LP's, Moxy CD, Teaser & Private Eyes solo CD's, 2 of the archive CD's - Energy & The Tommy Bolin Band. Grerat stuff!
bassandguitarguy 1 year ago 3
@bassandguitarguy I have always said the same thing. Where would his music and playing be today? PS, how do you like that D5 metronome?
bassiclogic 1 year ago
@bassandguitarguy 'from the archives vol I' 'whisper and roses vol I' 'live ebbets fields 1974' are astonishing too...and this song, 'marching powder' studio version, has incredible drums parts...one of the best drumming performance I've ever heard in my life....
nazzare79 1 month ago
GREAT TUNE I Like it!
angelblue1912 1 year ago
This is " IT " . You will never ever hear anything like this ever again . Tommy was one of a Kind . All the other " Guitar Gods " can bow to him on this song. This whole Teaser Album is the best Jam Session Recording ever made . The Chemistry was magic. We used to party to it in 1975. Its sounds even better now ,straight and 40 years later . God Bless Tommy , You still Live in The beauytiful Pocono Mountains of Penna. USA . You will Always Live In My Heart .
joeymonza3 1 year ago
AS a drummer I can say that just with song Narada can be considered as one of the best drummer of the story...but every musician here shine....and Tommy was a genius...love a lot his album production too....
nazzare79 1 year ago
@nazzare79 Oh I agree with you on that! He is playing with Jeff Beck now!
bassiclogic 1 year ago
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NilsNohope 1 year ago
hi, did you remix this, I have never heard this song like this?
MegaGforce5 1 year ago
No , this is just an extended version. they cut out the last minute and 45 seconds when they put this on the album. This is the whole thing.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon I agree with you totally! By the way you are a great Fiddle player!
bassiclogic 1 year ago
Thanks but I was the drummer in that band.Tommy was the fiddle player.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon so, you are Narada Michael Walden? the one responsible of the greatest drumming parts ever heard on a studio song?
nazzare79 1 year ago
I wish! The other guy was commenting on one of my band Arsen's video where my bandmate Tommy plays a mean fiddle and he thought that was me. I was the drummer in that band. Have you heard Walden lately? Not as good as he used to be.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon yes I listened to other songs he was involved in and I didn't like it....but in this Tommy Bolin song he is astonishing, awesome...
nazzare79 1 year ago
You can tell from his playing here that he could do pretty much anything he wanted on drums! He was really into the religion thing back then and that kept him exploring all these different styles and to be honest that kept many amazing musicians from producing great music because of all the time they spent dabbling in Theology.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon anyway another masterpiece drums recording is the one of simon phillips on the Jon Lord's song 'bach onto this'...
nazzare79 1 year ago
I'll have to check that out. Simon Phillips is my favorite drummer!
rickyon 1 year ago
very much like Beck but alot more listenable. beck for me has always been an aquired taste
smithdsmit 1 year ago
@smithdsmit
NilsNohope 1 year ago
@smithdsmit
NilsNohope 1 year ago
Come to think of it, what am I talking about? He was ALREADY a jazz maestro at age 20. Listen to Spectrum if you need confirmation of that.
ricorreze 1 year ago
I often wished Tommy had hung out in NYC more with the Cobham crew and allowed that fusion part of him develop more. I have NEVER heard a jazz fusion guitar compositions like what Tommy does on the Spectrum album. Completely original, incomparable
ricorreze 1 year ago
Thought i heard someone humming "Gimme gimme gimme at 5:24...:)
prutters 1 year ago
I was lucky... I saw Tommy play with Zephyr in 1970. I had no idea who this Colorado band was playing in Tempe,AZ. All I can say was what a show!!!
gandlbass 1 year ago
Ijust realised I posted to this a coulpe a month before already. Haha, this riff keeps running in my head, fuck, Bolin is/was an unbelievable genius.
CasbahRocker31 1 year ago
Its abs marv!!!!! Half guitar though,Jan Hammer was ace also!!! ;-) Dig?
ulriktrille 1 year ago
Tommy played in a band called Zephyr before James Gang and etc. They were based out of Colorado. He smoked then also.
bassiclogic 1 year ago
f'n jammn as usual tommy f'n bolin.all i can say!
southernbeatleguy 1 year ago
i can't get this riff out of my head. so brilliant.
CasbahRocker31 1 year ago
you should check the 'wishpers and roses' cd too...there are some incredible jams...monstrous musicians...
nazzare79 2 years ago
Narada Michael Walden show in this song he is one of the best drummer of the story and in jazz rock...don't know if he is even better than billy cobham...
nazzare79 2 years ago
What a fuckin riff. This shit gets your day going in a new way.
wanawa87 2 years ago
I lived in Honolulu at age 19 when this album came out. I bought and it and it was my RELIGION.
SunnyDays951 1 year ago
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musicmonster222 2 years ago
OMG... They were jammin like CRAZY at the end. WOW!!
msheats45 2 years ago
greatest song ever written.
BlackDeevil666 2 years ago
Narada Micheal Walden, one of the greatest and most underated drummers in history!!!!!! Incredible drumming!!!!
livejamm69 2 years ago
THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME. R. i. P. Tommy....
MrSimbajoe 2 years ago 2
most under rated guitarist ever
musicmonster222 2 years ago 11
@musicmonster222
I`d say way overrated. Many people hear what I can`t in Tommy. Lot of love for the man. Ritchie Blackmore could smoke Tommy on guitar. So could many other guitarist.
Including Joe Walsh.
oberfour1 8 months ago
@oberfour1
I'm not saying Blackmore isn't better but he's also way more well known, and even still Bolin was an excellent replacement.
musicmonster222 8 months ago
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oberfour1 8 months ago
@musicmonster222
I think Tommys` unique style and taste in music is great.
I`m not down on him I think he`s just an ok guitarist, not bad not great either.
I think his work in Purple was compromised by his drug use.
I listened to Deep Purple live in Japan with Tommy and its very evident that Jon Lord carryed him on the organ.
oberfour1 8 months ago
@oberfour1 He got a bad batch of heroin & it left his left arm somewhat paralyzed, so to speak, so he was very limited. Get the new DP dvd to find out more about it, it's very cool.
Sirscorps 5 months ago
He played with the great Canadian band Moxy for a brief time. Peace.
Brucev7 2 years ago
nao entendo como em tao pouco tempo tommy bolin fez todas essas obras de arte.suas musicas serao eternas.
foxforninetail 2 years ago
tommy bolin ever n ever n ever n ever forever.brazilian loves you tommy.
ruuyoliveira 2 years ago
I love his awesome Sound it's almost ajazz fusion sound. It's awesome.
Lkjshd66 2 years ago 6
You are correct sir! It is Jazz Fusion. Bolin was playing Jazz Fusion before any of his stints with bands like The James Gang, and Deep Purple. He actually was doing Jazz Fusion before Jeff Beck! Check out the tags for this song in the info section. All the players on this song have Jazz Fusion backgrounds!
rickyon 2 years ago
You are 100 % CORRECT rickyon....for the record.
MrSimbajoe 2 years ago
What can I say. I wish I could be like tommy and not die trying it.
Nachor4 2 years ago
It is well known as a matter of record (google it) that when Beck heard Bolin's solo on 'Quadrant 4', it totally blew his mind and caused him to change his style. He's a big Tommy fan.
jonsilence 3 years ago
I don't doubt the influence I just find it hard to believe that one player, a contemporary at that, could cause someone as accomplished as Beck to totally change his style. As I said all great players are influenced by other players and are constantly evolving their styles.
rickyon 3 years ago
Also, Roy Buchanan had a big impact on Beck ... that's why he dedicated Cause We Ended As Lovers to him .. the subtleties and variations on melodies are of Roy's style.
guitar1phantom 2 years ago
@rickyon Tommy Bolin went to the James Gang- already established great rock band- and penned or co-penned every song on the two albums he is on. Then he went to Deep Purple - a rock superband- and penned or co-penned every song on Come Taste the Band, the only Purple studio album he did. And you think he couldn't influence Jeff Beck. Come on. Tommy Bolin was a very special musician!
SpeedKingTube 1 year ago
You are not a very observant person. No one here, including myself , said anything to the contrary of what you are saying! It seems as if you are just looking for a good spirited back and forth and you're not going to get it from me. The facts you have stated are well known and we are on the same page so I don't understand what the point of your comment is!
rickyon 1 year ago
@SpeedKingTube Tommy was kinda like a relief pitcher. He was brought into the "Game" to replace Joe Walsh and that "other" guy from Deep Purple, in the middle of their respective tours when those bands imploded in the middle of the tour. The guy was so fuckin' good he could fill in for anybody. He saved ALOT of peoples asses. He was a special musician.
Paulsworks 1 year ago
@Paulsworks He came in played lead on almost all of Moxy's debut album with zero rehearsal. Put that great band on the map for an eternity.
ricorreze 1 year ago
@rickyon Hmmm - @jonsilence Beck's "Blow by Blow" and "Hello Jeff" with Stanley Clarke on "Journey to Love" were totally different in approach than "Wired"and his work with the Jan Hammer Group. Beck was evolving anyway, although I liked his work on Blow by Blow (Cause we ended as lovers)
awbolden 1 year ago
Just checking, hehe.....Amazing how similar his tone is to Becks, and the riffs he plays. I mean they sound alot alike but I still like Beck better.
AmericanDiaz 3 years ago
I think this might be where Beck stole his whole spiel from. Holy shit I never knew Bolin was such an awesome player.
AmericanDiaz 3 years ago
Bolin is an awesome player but Beck is more likely the one who was stolen from!
rickyon 3 years ago
Nice! extended version and different mix than the original...thx
chinesename8 3 years ago
You're Welcome! I have the LP but haven't picked up the USB turntable yet! I got this off of I-Tunes!
rickyon 3 years ago
Really? You ever stop to think that it's just a case of mutual influence?
Keep in mind that Tommy's guitar work on Billy Cobham's album Spectrum predated Beck's Blow by Blow by a couple of years.
kstrat 3 years ago
Yeah, I can't discount the possibility that Beck knew of Bolin because although Bolin looked younger than he was, he was doing Jazz / Fusion maybe even earlier than Beck. Nobody should kid themselves these guitar gods were listening to everybody and most still do! ALL musicians borrow from countless contemporary and past artists, the really creative and exceptional players just rise to the top!
rickyon 3 years ago