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Tommy Bolin was born on 1 August 1951 in Sioux City and was an American guitarist, composer, and musician. He began his work in 1966, playing guitar in the hard rock genre and recording for Columbia Records. Bolin was a member of Deep Purple, Zephyr, and the James Gang. He spoke English. He died in Miami on 4 December 1976 of a drug overdose.
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Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951
- Active to
- 1976
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 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
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tommy
- Family name
- Bolin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sioux City
- Place of death
- Miami
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- 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
- cause of death
- drug overdose
- member of
- James Gang
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Career
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