Whirlwind Tommy Bolin(Flac)Disc 1 

yeah, if only everyone else had left him the hell alone.....

i agree his own style, sound and tone, and also he played with Hiwatt amps when he was in D.Purple ....love Hiwatt...

versatility

I agree....

Tommy selected his axe according to the tone he wanted. Everyone knows about his two Fender Strats - the Sunburst and the wood finish one with a Telecaster neck. He also liked Les Pauls with Bigsby trems, an Explorer, thought to be an Ibanez through HiWatt amps. On a few tunes, he used a Gibson SG with two Fender amps set up -probably Twins.

Gary Moore

Amen!!

So True

It was never in any doubt - the greatest ever. Speed, tone, imagination, fluidity, control, the silent SPACES and FEEL, thank GOODNESS there is quite a lot of his material out there. I could - and have - listened to him all day, and the next day, etc I feel blessed to have had him in my musical listening world since the day of release of Billy Cobham's 'Spectrum' - I'm 68 yo - but this recording is totally new to me. THANK YOU to the original poster!!!!!

Only used a wah wah pedal from what I have read. He used an Echoplex effect machine which used tapes. One of the first to use it to a large degree and be able to control it!

I had an Echoplex. He’s using phase shifter of some kind. Alexis James Gang was brilliant!

Right On.

I agree! This blows my mind! Three times🤯🤯🤯

there's always one dick head isn't there...shame...RIP Tommy Bolin...

saw him with james gang,saw him with deep purple,saw him with his band after that,no guitar player in history did all the things he did at such an early age,best ever

there is no greatest,but he was the most VERSATILE ever

I think Tommy Bolin Jimi Hendrix Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Moore and Jeff Beck Walter Trout and Robben Ford Steve Lukather on guitar and Carlos Santana on the guitar and Joe Bonamassa on the guitar should have played together with Jeff Pocaro on the drums and Mitch Mitchell on drums and Alphonse Mouzon on drums and Billy Cobham on drums and on bass Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke on the bass with Reese Wynans on Keyboards and saxophone player David Sanborn would make a great recording.

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​@@harmonica212Right On Brother!!

​@billyshane3804, Guitar player Garth Webber who has worked with Guitar player Robben Ford Saxophone player Danny Hull Miles Davis played with Tommy Bolin. When Garth Webber was first starting out as a Drummer played with Tommy Bolin then switched to the Guitar. This is Garth Webber and Danny Hull. Danny Hull played with Robben Ford back in the day and was a member of the Doobie Brothers and had a 5. sec. Saxophone, solo on Michael Jackson's Bad. I hope you enjoy this. They both have great skills. Too Hot pt 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3zMlIzAocgM.html The Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin' Live at Budokan '932.flv This is Danny Hull on the Harmonica. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L01GJDJcNoM.html

+Steve O well now you know. If no know, go know.

Tommy said he wanted to die young and leave a 'pretty corpse'. He accomplished that.

​@Customer Service Tommy was murdered. He had just learned that evening his former longtime girlfriend Karen Ulibarri (who he hoped to get back together with) was engaged to Glenn, so he took heroin while grieving. He was not an addict and had no tracks. Later on, the suppliers injected him a second time while he was asleep. It was the second shot that killed him. The suppliers were reportedly hired by Tommy's agent, the late Barry Fey, who felt that Tommy was a bad ROI and was worth more dead than alive. All of the evidence is available in "The Ultimate" documentary on RU-vid and "Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story" by Greg Prato. Jon Lord and Karen Ulibarri made statements supporting the possibility that he was murdered. So go ahead and keep saying Tommy was reckless and that led to his death. Doesn't make it true, mate.

Good honest Bud. Bong On Brother. Right On.

stratocaster1greg Joe Bonamassa recently located and bought Tommy’s 1960 Les Paul which he played in Zephyr and some in The Japanese Gang. Still has the US flag pick guard on it too. The guitar is on the cover of Tommy’s Whirlwind album. You’ll find a RU-vid video of Joe Bonamassa playing it too

​@@flyingburritobro68He had a replica guard made so he doesn't ruin the original.

Thank you, makes it easier

Alexis So cool to hear alt versions and all Thanks

Tommy was a hellava song-writer. He wrote according to the band that was with him.

Nola-Hey..is a great example of..Tommy..playing..fusion..as well as anyone at the time...with a ..Hendrix..influence..AND..his OWN..unique way of manipulating the..tape echoplex...the volume swells with..wha-wha..are superb.This solo from..energy ?....had as much of an impact on me as..the truly genius solo...Quadrant 4..RIP..Mr Bolin 🐝🌈💫. (HOKA-HEY ) AHO!!!

Right On Brother.

No, let's START a discussion on how friggin' GOOD this man is 😆🤘

Coolthatigrewupinthesamecity Sioux City

SRV was not famous and known yet when he was big but maybe they cross paths and heard each other at one time or SRV had his records? I wish they had a chance to play together.

Not so sure on that, but he did influence Jeff Beck's fusion playing.

His name is Jeff Cook.

It's an agressive jam. Jeff Cook shared some great stories about his days with Tommy.

so what are you saying then ?

What happened around his death? Tommy was one of my Dad's closest friends in Boulder. They grew up together and jammed together. My dad was the lead singer and guitarist of Onyx Rock Band in late 60s and early 70s. Tommy Bolin was the best Rock Guitarist along with Rory Gallagher, everyone else that's close to their league are right under them. Hendrix was a close 3rd :) IMO!

@@robogenus Tommy was murdered by a second dose of heroin injected into his back while he was asleep. There was a party in Tommy's hotel room after his concert in Miami. Some attendees were men who no one knew and were characterized as unfriendly. Tommy received a phone call from London by his former longtime girlfriend, Karen Ulibarri, who informed him that she had just become engaged to Glenn Hughes. Tommy coped with the news by snorting a hit of heroin which was provided by one of the men already mentioned. Tommy went to sleep soon after that, and was joined by his current girlfriend, a woman from Switzerland. Later that night he was injected with heroin in his back. His girlfriend woke up and heard his labored breathing. She asked if someone would call an ambulance but those men were against it. Tommy's autopsy indicated that he had no tracks, which meant that he wasn't a heroin addict. He had used heroin periodically in the past but wasn't a current user, only taking it after the phone call because of the news from Karen. The autopsy verified the injection site in his back. Tommy suffered from alcoholism, a result of the free booze provided to him by bars and clubs in Colorado where he used to play. They often gave drinks to band members instead of paying them. He was also addicted to cocaine, a result of Glenn introducing it to him when they lived at Glenn's house in LA. He used a variety of drugs over the years but I don't believe he was addicted to anything else. Some people believe that Tommy's agent Barry Fey was behind his murder, and that the men at the party were sent by him. Barry was very disappointed in the dissolution of Deep Purple, since he had been supporting Tommy financially for several years and hoped to cash in on Tommy's success. But things hadn't worked out and it is believed that Barry felt Tommy was worth more dead than alive. He had Tommy's catalogue and planned to monetize it after his death. He never proceeded with his plan, however, possibly because it would establish a motive. There are some who say Barry had a life insurance policy on Tommy, which if true would further support the motive that Tommy was worth more dead than alive. Barry's daughter admitted recently that she has Tommy's master tapes in a comment on RU-vid. You can find it at the link below. Tommy's friends and relatives have scrounged for whatever recordings of his they could find to publish, but the vast amount of his recordings have been held back by Barry and his daughter. The above information is my recollection of what I've learned over the years, as well as from information found in the following links. Disregard what the rock magazines from 1976 say... they were covering for Barry and his crowd. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OL-2sAVktPs.html www.amazon.com/Touched-Magic-Tommy-Bolin-Story/dp/0578003171

@@bolinfan1519 ...thanks for the info..never knew any of that.Long time..Bolin..fan.✌️

We go in cars from Humpybong flats to the Matilda House and get the Mary Jane and sometime Johnny Cash and Cecil

I live with the people in the Humpybong flats