TOMMY BOLIN

TOMMY BOLIN - Whips And Roses II Details Available



Johnnie Bolin (Tommy Bolin's brother/drummer) and producer Greg Hampton have compiled the second of their planned series of Tommy Bolin (late DEEP PURPLE, JAMES GANG guitarist) CDs and DVD. The new CD, Whips And Roses II, taken from a quip Tommy mentioned in an interview with writer Art Connor, features the following
tracks:
'The Grind',
'Crazed Fandango',
'People People',
'Homeward Strut',
'Sooner Or later',
'Bag It Blues Deluxe',
'Spacey Noodles',
'Lotus',
'Journey 2'
and three bonus tracks:
'Bolins Boogie',
'Tommy'
s Got Da Blues',
'Some People Call Me'.

Whips And Roses II is due out on September 22nd in Germany, the 25th throughout the rest of Europe and the 26th in North America. Bolin had lived a short but productive life. After opening up for JEFF BECK in Miami, Florida on December 3, 1976, Bolin was found unconsciousness at his hotel. When paramedics arrived, Tommy Bolin was pronounced dead. He was 25 years old.

TOMMY BOLIN - Masters Volume Two Update

The DEEP PURPLE Appreciation Society (
http://www.shop.deep-purple.net/
) has issued the following update in regards to Volume Two in the Master Series from late Deep Purple, JAMES GANG guitarist TOMMY BOLIN:
The second volume of the Tommy Bolin Masters series is shipping now.

The tracklist is:
'The Grind',
'Crazed Fandango',
'People People',
'Homeward Strut',
'Sooner Or Later',
'Bag It Blues Deluxe',
'Spacey Noodles',
'Lotus',
'Journey 2',
'Bolin's Boogie',
'Tommy's Got Da Blues',
'Some People Call Me'.

Thus four alternate tracks from Teaser (which with the five from Vol 1 means alternate takes of the whole album), plus material earmarked but not included and some extra material from the vaults, including two lengthy closing tracks which total over twenty minutes in length.

Similar packaging to Vol. 1.

It can be ordered from DPAS mail order.