Article: HEROES Tommy Bolin.(Brief Article)

It's easy to dismiss Tommy Bolin as "The World's Greatest Replacement Guitarist." He was handpicked by Joe Walsh to take his place in the James Gang, and he followed Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple. But those high-profile gigs don't tell the whole story. In a tragically short period of time, Bolin demonstrated himself to be a versatile, exciting, and influential guitarist.

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1951, Bolin picked up the guitar at age 15, and recorded two albums with Zephyr while still a teenager. He then went on the road backing blues legend Albert King, telling GP in March '77 that "Albert taught me that it's a lot harder to be simple than to be ...

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