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Acting · Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Known for
- Deep Purple: Phoenix Rising — Self2011
- Deep Purple - Deepest Purple — Self - Guitar2010
- Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'762009
- Deep Purple: Heavy Metal Pioneers — Self1991
- Deep Purple: Rises Over Japan — Self1985
- The Midnight Special — Self1972
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951
- Active to
- 1976
Discography
Member of
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- 44,748
- Total plays
- 476,534
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American-born guitarist with a swedish father and a mother of syrian descent. Tommy Bolin began playing in bands around Sioux City as a youth before moving to Boulder Colorado in his late teens. He had played in a band called American Standard before joining Ethereal Zephyr, a band named after a train that ran between Denver and Chicago. When record companies became interested, the name was shortened to Zephyr. This band included Bolin on guitar, David Givens on bass, and Givens' wife Candice o
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Richard Bolin , ( 1951-08-01 ) August 1, 1951, Sioux City, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- December 4, 1976 (1976-12-04) (aged 25), Miami, Florida , U.S.
- Genres
- Hard rock jazz fusion blues rock funk rock
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1966–1976
- Formerly of
- Zephyr James Gang Deep Purple
- Website
- tommybolinofficial .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.tommybolin.com
- Image
- Rock guitarist Tommy Bolin.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1951-08-01
- date of death
- 1976-12-04
- Commons category
- Tommy Bolin
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Tommy Bolin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American rock guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), the James Gang (from 1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a career as a solo artist and session musician, notably for Billy Cobham on his 1973 album Spectrum.
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