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Tommy Bolin Biography

Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), James Gang (from 1973 through 1974), and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a notable solo career. Most of his discography was released years after his death by drug overdose at age 25.

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A lot of things just got distorted, like stories about each other. After the tour we never talked. I believe a band should be a band.

Band, Believe, Like, Stories, Tour

When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair.

Hair, Loved, Mother, School

The best money I made was panhandling.

Best Money, Made, Money, Panhandling

I learned a lot about lead; you don't have to blow your cookies in the first bar. It is much harder to be simple that to be complicated during solos.

Bar, Bars, Blow, Complicated, Simple

My first joint I smoked onstage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I smoked my first joint live.

Fall, Falls, Firsts, Joints, Live, Smoked

I blew my voice out and the doctor said, don't even talk for a week.

Doctors, Said, Talk, Voice, Week

I have my own style, but it's different for each kind of music. There are certain little characteristic things every player has.

Certain, Characteristic, Different, Music, Player, Style

I can't do anything but play guitar.

Guitar, I Can, Play

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

Direct, Fingers, Piano, Strings, Under

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.

Band, Ready, Record, Records, Work, Working Together

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.

Family, Musician, Musicians, My Family, School

For me, practice isn't doing scales but doing things like writing, jamming with other people, or playing gigs.

Gigs, People, Practice, Things, Writing

I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.

Know, Knows, Play, Subconscious, Thing

I'd rather work than not.

Work

I don't like English bands. They're too structured.

Band, Bands, English, Like, Structured

I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.

Completely, Purple, Song, Songs, Write, Writing

I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.

Bounds, Leaps, Steps, Things, Trying, Used

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

Coast, Come, East, Midwest, Mind

A lot of times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient.

Impatient, Music, Times, Wish

All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.

Different, Guitarist, Style, Styles, Way

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