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Tommy Bolin

real name Thomas Richard Bolin

guitarist, and songwriter

Sioux City, United States · 1951-08-01 – 1976-12-04

Tommy Bolin is credited on 749 releases across 117 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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749

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117

Albums

Decades active

170

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Biography

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Tommy Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist and songwriter 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 career as a solo artist and session musician. Much of his discography was either unreleased at the time of recording, or had gone out of print and was not released again until years after his death by drug overdose at age 25.
US rock and fusion guitarist
Born: August 01, 1951 // Sioux City, IA, United States
Died: December 04, 1976 // Miami, FL, United States

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