Tommy Bolin
American guitarist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas Richard Bolin was an American guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to maintaining a notable career as a solo artist and session musician. Career Early years Tommy Bolin was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and began playing with a band called The Miserlous before he was asked to join another band called Denny and The Triumphs in 1964 at age 13. The band included Dave Stokes on lead vocals, Brad Miller on guitar and vocals, Bolin on lead guitar, Steve Bridenbaugh on organ and vocals, Denny Foote on bass, and Brad Larvick on drums. They played a blend of rock and roll, R&B and the pop hits of the moment, and when bassist Denny Foote left the band to be replaced by the drummer's brother George Larvick Jr, they changed their name to A Patch of Blue. An album was released in 1969, Patch of Blue Live! from two 1967 concerts in Correctionville, Iowa and in Sioux City. A Patch of Blue was inducted in the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
