HUSH MAGAZINE SPECIAL TOMMY BOLIN ISSUE
Hush Magazine (Spain) celebrated their 15th Anniversary with a Special Tommy Bolin Issue (Issue 34). Included are new interviews with Kenny Passarelli, Bobby Berge, Johnnie Bolin, David Givens, Otis Taylor, Stan Sheldon, Jim Dandy, Billy Cobham, Jim Fox, Russell Bizzett and more, along with many rare photos of Tommy and memorabilia. Hush Magazine is printed entirely in Spanish.
Trace Keane has provided many of the interviews translated into English and we have posted them on this site. Please take this opportunity to read them, as so often happens new historical facts pop up that add to our understanding of Tommy’s history.
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Greg Prato has released Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story, a new book about Tommy Bolin featuring close to 50 interviews with people that knew and played with Tommy during his youth, meteoric career and up to his passing at age 25 in 1976.
The new book also features many rare photos that will surprise even veteran Tommy fans, and Greg will be posting unused photos on his MySpace page.
Touched by Magic is currently available online through www.Lulu.com. Learn more and read a sample chapter on our own special web page by clicking below:
ZEPHYR TO APPEAR IN NEW DVDBarry Richards will host the premiere screening of his forthcoming DVD The Barry Richards TV Collection Volume I featuring classic live performances by Alice Cooper, Humble Pie and more from his TV Shows from 1970-1971. Included will be a song by Zephyr, a live performance of “St. James Infirmary." WHEN/WHERE: TICKETS: See a trailer on YouTube by clicking here. |
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DEAN RELEASES TEASER GUITARDean Guitars has released its USA Tommy Bolin Tribute Teaser guitar. The Teaser is crafted based on measurements taken from Tommy’s own 1974 Strat, and the feel of neck and playability are unreal. Dean CEO Elliott Rubinson and artist Nick Simmons, designer of the guitar, are building it as a labor of love for Tommy. Read more about the Teaser at Nick’s blog and by visiting our own Teaser Guitar section. |
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NEW DEEP PURPLE BOOK RELEASED
Martin Popoff, author of many great books about major rock acts has just released Gettin’ Tighter: Deep Purple ’68-’76. The book is 250 pages long, and has a number photos by Richard Galbraith (including the fantastic cover shot of Tommy) which have not been presented to the public until now.
The book also includes pictures of ads, tour book pages and album covers from around the world. The format is one chapter per each album from Shades of Deep Purple through Come Taste the Band and Made in Europe, with every song examined and lots of looks at the tours as well. The text includes observations by the author as well as numerous quotes from band members and people who were associated with the band.
Popoff will be signing copies of the book, which may be ordered through his site at www.martinpopoff.com. Fans of Tommy Bolin have waited a long time to see him appear in a book, so the arrival of Gettin’ Tighter: Deep Purple ’68-’76 is much appreciated by fans who have acquired it.
HARTMAN RELEASES TOMMY BOLIN FUZZ
Hartman Electronics has released the new Tommy Bolin Signature Fuzz. The pedal was designed to capture the tone of Tommy’s long-discontinued Sam Ash fuzz box. It was developed with the assistance of Johnnie Bolin, and the circuitry is based on an original Sam Ash unit. The unit was refined against original, isolated guitar tracks from Bolin master reels. The unit is 100% hand wired, bench-tested and auditioned prior to shipping, and has truy-bypass switching. Learn more by clicking here.
The Tommy Bolin Archives is pleased to announce that many of our titles are now available online from both Friday Music and iTunes. Keep checking back with those sources, as they will be adding more of our titles.
For details on all of the CDs released during the history of the Tommy Bolin Archives please visit our Catalog page. For reviews of many of our historic CDs please visit the Album Reviews page.
Friday Music, in conjunction with the Tommy Bolin Archives, presentsTommy Bolin – The Ultimate: Redux, a 3-CD set of material drawn from earlier, and in some cases out-of-print TBA releases, hand-picked by Michael Drumm and Johnnie Bolin. The audio was re-mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music. The 3-CD set is presented in a fold-in digipak with original packaging design by John Herdt and Joe Reagoso. The liner notes were written by Steve Vai (wow!). Also included is a booklet with liner notes by Michael Drumm and Joe Reagoso.
Russell Bizzett has released a great new CD entitled Tommy Bolin Tribute. Many of Tommy’s fans know Russell from his drum work on the Tommy Bolin & Friends: Live at Ebbets Field 1974 CD. Featured are many Tommy fan favorites including Stratus, Dreamer, Quadrant 4, You Know You Know, Red Baron, San Francisco River and People People.
The performances on Tommy Bolin Tribute are exceptional and the CD is especially recommended to fans of Tommy’s music. Find out more information on Russell’s web site at www.russellbizzett.com and on his MySpace page.
