Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Tommy Bolin






















Artist:  Tommy Bolin
Birth Name:  Thomas Richard Bolin
Born:  August 1, 1951.  Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Died:  December 4, 1975 (Aged 25).  Miami, Florida, USA
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Funk Rock, Jazz Fusion, Heavy Metal
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer

Tommy Bolin was an American Guitarist from Sioux City, Iowa who played with Zephyr (1969-1971), Energy (1972), James Gang (1973-1974) and Deep Purple (1975-1976), and maintaining a Solo career.


















Title:  Teaser - 40th Anniversary (Box Set Limited Edition - 3 LP + 2 CD)  (2015)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Funk Rock, Jazz Fusion, Heavy Metal
Label:  UDR
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

LP:  Teaser:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Teaser  (5:21)
 2.  Flyin' Fingers  (16:05)

Side B:

 3.  Wild Dogs  (13:52)
 4.  Cookoo  (6:15)

LP 2:

Side C:

 5.  Chameleon  (7:34)
 6.  Lotus  (11:29)

Side D:

 7.  The Grind  (5:39)
 8.  Crazed Fandango  (5:06)

LP 3:

Side E:

 9.  People People  (6:09)
10. Smooth Fandango  (6:15)
11. Marching Powder  (6:38)

Side F:

12. Homeward Strut  (3:58)
13. Dreamer  (5:14)
14. Savannah Woman  (3:24)
15. Oriental Sky  (11:26)

Personnel:

Tommy Bolin:  Guitar, Vocals
David Sanborn:  Sax on Tracks:  9, 11 of LP 3 Side E
David Foster:  Piano, Synth on Tracks:  7 of LP 2 Side D, 12, 13 of LP 3 Side F
Jan Hammer:  Synth on Tracks:  11 of LP 3 Side F, 9 of LP 3 Side E, Drums on Track 9 of LP 3 Side E
Ron Fransen:  Piano on Track 6 of LP 2 Side C
Stanley Sheldon:  Bass 
Paul Stallworth:  Bass on Tracks:  3 of LP 1 Side B, 14 of LP 3 Side F, 6 of LP 2 Side C
Jeff Porcaro:  Drums on Tracks:  1 of LP 1 Side A, 12 of LP 3 Side F, 2 of LP 1 Side A, 13 of LP 3 Side F
Prairie Prince:  Drums on Tracks:  3 of LP 1 Side B, 14 of LP 3 Side F
Narada Michael Walden:  Drums on Track 11 of LP 3 Side E
Bobbie Berge:  Drums on Tracks:  7 of LP 2 Side D, 6 of LP 2 Side C
Phil Collins:  Percussion  on Track 14 of LP 3 Side F
Sammy Figueroa:  Percussion 
Rafael Cruz:  Percussion















CD:  Best Of Love:

CD 1:

My Father's Place:

 1.  Teaser  (6:02)
 2.  People, People   (8:01)
 3.  The Grind  (3:29)

Live At The Northern Lights:

 4.  Wild Dogs  (9:20)

Live In Albany:

 5.  You Told Me That You Loved Me  (5:09)

Live At Ebbets Field

 6.  Stratus  (5:22)

Live In Albany:

 7.  Post Toastee  (10:34)

Energy KBPI Broadcast:

 8.  Hoka-Hay  (10:32)

Live At Ebbets Field:

 9.  Homeward Strut  (4:24)

CD 2:  

Live At The Northern Lights:

1.  Shake The Devil  (4:35)

My Father's Place:

 2.  Marching Powder  (13:02)
 3.  Lotus  (I6:18) 

Live At The Northern Lights:

 4.  Homeward Strut  (10:04)

Live At Ebbets Field:

 5.  You Know, You Know  (4:34)
 6.  Crazed Fandango  (7:17)

Live At The Northern Lights:

 7.  Post Toastee (13:29)

Live At Ebbets Field:

 8.  Walk In My Shadow

Personnel:

My Father's Place:

Tommy Bolin:  Guitar, Vocals
Mark Stein:  Keyboards, Vocals
Norma Jean Bell:  Sax, Vocals
Reggie McBride:  Bass
Narada Michael Walden:  Drums, Vocals

Nothern Lights & Albany:

Tommy Bolin:  Guitar, Vocals
Mark Stein:  Keyboards, Vocals
Norma Jean Bell:  Sax, Vocals
Jimmy Haslip:  Bass
Johnnie Bolin:  Drums

Energy Live:

Tommy Bolin:  Guitar
Jeff Cook:  Vocals, Harmonica
Tom Stephenson:  Keyboards, Vocals
Stanley Sheldon:  Bass
Bobby Berge:  Drums

Live At Ebbets Field:

Tommy Bolin:  Guitar
Jeff Cook:  Vocals
Stanley Sheldon:  Bass
Bobby Berge:  Drums
Russell Bizzett:  Drums
Archie Shelby:   Percussion

Teaser - 40th Anniversary is the Box Set Limited Edition - 3 LP + 2 CD, by Tommy Bolin,  was released on May 18, 2015 by UDR, including 3 Vinyl and Double Live CD, with 12" Art Booklet.








1 comment :

  1. who ever did this design of tommy bolin in this 40th aniversary teaser album cover should have all his drawing tools taking away and placed facing the corner. i only agreed with one other person on u tube about this cover. and for the longest time i wasnt sure if i should evem write anything.but evrytime i see it the worst it becomes.

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