INCREDIBLE! I grew up north of Denver and was fortunate enough to see Zephyr in Boulder several times, (they were HUGE in Colorado!) and later Tommy solo as well. Actually, even got to see him at Ebbitt's field during the recording
This was like a fav groove that Tommy carried on his sleeve... anytime just hangin out at Glen Holly, he would slow it down for me so i could keep up on the drums. I'm no Cobham or Mousson. But I love the funk jam with Greg Phillinganes, Jeff Beck, Tommy and Phil Polemeni..just doin my best to hang on and keep listening in time.
ron s hamilton wish I was there with you guys, Tommy and Jeff are my guitar heroes; I love many others too, but IMO nobody matches them in terms of balance, lightweight, delicacy and tempo; every solo is an arabesque carved by the 2 guys, and they are gifted with the ability of choosing the right note, frequently the most unexpected one, the right number of notes, the freshest progression that will carry the tune away.. Jeff is widely recognized as the best in town as for guitar playing, and deservedly so, but Tommy was probably the most underrated guitar player in rock history..
The way Tommy builds a solo is just incredible. I've been a Tommy Bolin fan forever. I never heard a live version of Tommy playing this song. Thanks for posting.
@@gerthie, I believe this is "Ebbetts field" with The Good Rats but without the introduction. It's not the Billy Cobham version. Let me know uf I'm incorrect.
I've been a huge fan since 75. I worked to much. I guess. How I missed this masterpiece. I have no idea. Just heard. Just saw. Just got blown away.......... Wow.
great vid graphics.This is from Tommy Bolin The Bottom Shelf track 11. What a great version. Tommy on Guitar, Carmine Appice on drums.Mickey Marchello & Jonh Gatto on other guitars Lenny Ketke on bass.
I met him in 70' in Boulder,Co. at Tulagis club on the hill.Sold him a dime bag and talked.Zephyr was playing.Super cool smooth dude.Boulder and Tulagis had the best music in America 70-72.Best Super groups ever,anywhere then
This man is on par with the greatest: Hendrix, Mc Laughlin, Santana, Beck... F*cking HELLL! What energy... This drives me in a crazy uncontrollable headbanging fit!😍🤩😱🤘🤘🤘❤🔥
Got a James gang rides again 8 track in winnemucca at a gas station there with not much to pick through and Tommy bolin came into my life with a blessing of great Fuckin Guitar
Quand vous êtes déprimé, qu'il y a du spleen et que tout ne va pas très bien, écoutez Bolin... Il va vous redonner espoir, il est brut de coffrage, il permet de revivre de penseret surtout de rêver. Merci
Ebbets Field, 11-22-74, with The Good Rats, featuring Stanley Sheldon, Carmine Appice, and Tom Stephenson. This version appears on the Tommy release The Bottom Shelf, Volume 1.
. . . . and on the seventh day, God woke up, put on a Tommy Bolin album, and said "DAAAAAAAaaaammmmn . . . . Thats it. Im taking the day off. Theres no way I can create anything to top this shit."
Ben Suncin This is a live, yes live, bootleg of Tommy with the Good Rats ... long after the seminal version from Cobham's Stratus lp ... listen to the dueling guitar not present on the original ..
This just might be better than Billy Cobham's version. Carmine Appice is no slouch at laying down a beat. The original is a "call and response" composition between Jan Hammer and Tommy. In this version, Tommy is playing both the "call" and the "response" while the other guitarist adds some color.
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I like this version as much as I like Billy Cobham's. Carmine Appice reminds me of John Bonham. Tommy is driving this song entirely. - playing Jan Hammer's keyboard parts too. TB is playing both, the "call" and the "response" while he leaves room for the other guitarist to add some rhythmic color.
What I cannot believe is that on just about every top guitarist of the 70s list, he is left off or down near the bottom of the hundred. Are you kidding me?!
obviously there is another guitar in the right channel. Not Jeff Beck. Where and when was this recorded? And who is supposed to be playing on this.?No info. Sounds suspect to me and I have been listening to Tommy since 1972.
This is a live version with Carmine Appice on drums, along with a band called The Good Rats. They asked Tommy and Carmine to come up and jam. This was a live radio broadcast in late 1974.
Friggin' love this dude. Just a kid from South Dakota. Died so young. Tommy is tuning his guitar as he goes. Who is the other player? Is this with Billy Cobham?
It's something how you learn things years later,and I do mean years later...and still the Good Rats never made it big,even playing with Tommy Bolin and Carmine Appice,it sucks...
