On a hot July afternoon, Johnnie Bolin admitted he was feeling ... (best known for playing with Elton John); Joe Vitale (formerly with Joe Walsh's band); Stanley Sheldon (a bassist for Peter ...

Tommy Bolin was one of the great ‘70s guitar gods, a charismatic, stylish, one-of-a-kind young talent on the rise. He played in the James Gang after Joe Walsh bolted, then stepped into Deep Purple ...

Joe Walsh, who, after leaving the James Gang, had moved to Boulder had met Tommy in 1971 and was and is a major fan of his playing, and was well known for saying "Bolin can play rings around me!" ...

Tommy Bolin never got as big as The King ... In 1973, Bolin replaced Joe Walsh in The James Gang -- at the suggestion of Walsh. After two albums with that band, he replaced Ritchie Blackmore ...

After Energy split, Bolin went on to join the James Gang for two albums, replacing Joe Walsh, then came back to Boulder to focus on his solo career. “Tommy really wanted to be the leader of a ...

But he didn’t want to be with Ritchie [Blackmore] and he didn’t want to be with Joe Walsh. He wanted to be with Tommy. That’s who he was.” In 1976, the year that Bolin died, he befriended ...

Deep Purple and Allman Brothers Band Contribute to Tommy Bolin Tribute Album You know a guy has serious chops when he's called upon to take over Joe Walsh's role in the James Gang, then replace ...

including Joe Walsh, and recorded albums with Deep Purple and James Gang. He died of an overdose while on tour in Miami in 1976 as a 25-year-old. “I was a Tommy Bolin freak when I was a kid ...

“If you look up Tommy Bolin online you’ll find numerous ... his guitar playing is really the driving force,” he says. Bolin then replaced Joe Walsh in the James Gang in 1973 and Ritchie ...

Guitarist Tommy Bolin elevated the role of journeyman to a high art. After leaving his home in Colorado, where he played with Energy and Zephyr, he worked with fusion drummers Billy Cobham and ...

Guitarist Tommy Bolin elevated the role of journeyman to a high art. After leaving his home in Colorado, where he played with Energy and Zephyr, he worked with fusion drummers Billy Cobham and ...