Tommy Bolin & The James Gang, Midnight Special 1974

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  • @festushagan3921
    @festushagan3921 21 день тому +78

    I met and partied with Tommy when they appeared at Winthrop College, SC and again in Charlotte, NC. I was an aspiring guitarist in a three-piece high school rock band back then. Tommy (and the entire band) was so nice to all of us. We got to go backstage and back to their hotel after the shows. I'll cherish those memories until I'm just a pile of dust. Long live Tommy's music. We lost him way too soon.

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 17 днів тому +3

      Never knew you intended to leave "Gunsmoke" to play Rock guitar, Festus!

    • @festushagan3921
      @festushagan3921 16 днів тому +4

      @@acousticshadow4032 LOL, yeah... Gunsmoke was ending in 1975, so I was looking for some other line of work in 1974. Sadly, it didn't work out as " real life" got in the way.

    • @MrFchank
      @MrFchank 3 дні тому +1

      Yeah,well,that "partying " is what killed a great career and guitarist!!

    • @jamesedwards2237
      @jamesedwards2237 2 дні тому +1

      My favorite song involving Tommy Bolin. I had this album back in the day. Too bad the herion addiction took him way too young!

    • @festushagan3921
      @festushagan3921 2 дні тому

      @@MrFchank Yes, but at that time it just involved drinking some beer. Not even any reefer was involved then. He was actually kind of shy and reserved, which surprised me. He seemed very down to Earth. I guess the hard stuff came later in his career. We had a nice time discussing his guitars and gear, especially his new Echoplex. I mourn losing him to this day.

  • @bb_lz9790
    @bb_lz9790 16 днів тому +15

    This is one of my all-time favorite songs! I saw the Tommy Bolin led James Gang in Edwardsville, IL in '74. They opened for Black Oak Arkansas! It was an epic concert which made a huge impression in my then teenage mind...and I'm still talking about it 50 years later!

    • @festushagan3921
      @festushagan3921 2 дні тому

      They were with Brownsville Station when we saw them at Winthrop College and with The Edgar Winter Group and The Earl Scruggs Review in Charlotte. I still have my whole ticket from the Charlotte show because they got us in for free, but we'd already bought our tickets. I kept it all these many years as a memento. It only cost $7 back then to see 3 bands! I also saw Black Oak with Foghat back in the day. Ruby Starr and Jim Dandy rocked the house down.

  • @scottroberts3011
    @scottroberts3011 21 день тому +34

    Loved this version of the James Gang. Bang and Miami are great albums.

    • @michaelhendricks6991
      @michaelhendricks6991 18 днів тому +2

      I own bang and enjoy it especially for a James gang with no Walsh.

  • @lesliemountain1335
    @lesliemountain1335 27 днів тому +34

    Thank you! Tommy Bolin was such a talent.

  • @cherrypickerguitars
    @cherrypickerguitars 10 днів тому +4

    Wow! This is a gem!
    I’m a huge, Joe era, James Gang guy - crazy power trio! With Tommy? Never heard this, and i’m a 66 yr old, electric guitar maker!
    God bless UA-cam!
    Peace

  • @RayMond777
    @RayMond777 17 днів тому +14

    looking and playing like a real rock star, RIP Tommy

  • @hcury1960
    @hcury1960 16 днів тому +14

    That studio album Bang is a great album!🎸🎸🎸

  • @vincebalosky771
    @vincebalosky771 17 днів тому +16

    I remember he put out a solo album called teaser one of the most rocking and best albums I ever bought

    • @terryallard1918
      @terryallard1918 16 днів тому +6

      He had another called “Private Eyes”.

    • @vincebalosky771
      @vincebalosky771 16 днів тому +3

      @@terryallard1918 yes you are right I had that album too I totally forgot about it thanks for reminding me!!!!

    • @mickkim3654
      @mickkim3654 14 днів тому +6

      I played Teaser to death way back. Loved it

    • @cw9790
      @cw9790 13 днів тому

      Have you heard Whips and Roses by him?

    • @kolchak3578
      @kolchak3578 7 днів тому +4

      Yeah, Private Eyes is super. Just wanted to pile on by mentioning it again. 🤘

  • @randysteele6741
    @randysteele6741 17 днів тому +49

    Tommy Bolin...the pride of Sioux City, Iowa. You made us proud, Tommy. RIP.

    • @oldskool4612
      @oldskool4612 17 днів тому +4

      I live in Sioux City. Been a huge Tommy fan since I was a freshman (74) in HS. Calvary cemetery is just a few miles from my home. I visit his grave occasionally and listen to his tunes and pay my respects.

    • @empireoflizards
      @empireoflizards 16 днів тому +1

      This song sort of started off with a corny pre-disco-ish vibe, except for Bolin's awesome riffs. But then he kicks in the leads and turns that song into something else entirely, lol I was really impressed.

    • @panosxaitagian5817
      @panosxaitagian5817 16 днів тому +1

      Oh GOD !!!! what a band , 50 years ago !!!!!!..........

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 12 днів тому

      Yeah. One should always be proud of an idiot that wasted so much talent by doing too much drugs. So much, he got fired from bands where they all did some drugs too.

    • @randysteele6741
      @randysteele6741 12 днів тому

      @@THE-HammerMan And one should always be a judgemental butthole who doesn't know squat about mental health issues such as substance abuse but knows all about the people who have them.

  • @btr_ranch02
    @btr_ranch02 6 годин тому

    I got to see Tommy Bolin and the James Gang as the backup band to the Guess Who (this was without Randy Bachman). This was at SMU in Dallas Texas in 1974. This concert was general admission, and the tickets cost only $4.00. The stage floor had no seating and was standing only. We were hanging over the front stage watching. I remember Tommy would use his slide bars on his Fender, then throw them into the audience. We were so close, I threw a piece sign to Dale Peters and he smiled and threw it back. Such great memories of that show I'll never forget.

  • @cds1957
    @cds1957 16 днів тому +12

    Bolin died way too early. I can only imagine how huge he would have been! RIP Tommy.

    • @MichaelWinter-ss6lx
      @MichaelWinter-ss6lx 15 днів тому

      In the music business, the drugs are much better than what everybody else is used to. He got too high too fast. w/ pun
      🚀🏴‍☠️🎸

  • @rsnell22
    @rsnell22 17 днів тому +12

    The Billy Cobham album introduced me to the "jazz" world.

    • @randysteele6741
      @randysteele6741 17 днів тому

      @@rsnell22 Great musician and band to get introduced to jazz by. I went to a Cobham concert way back in the day because I liked his Shabazz album with the Brecker Brothers, Glenn Farris, John Abercrombie and other great players, a few I didn't know. But the band he came out with for my show was nothing like that band, as good as it was. It was a mindboggling who's who of virtuoso fusion musicians: George Duke, John Scofield, Alphonso Johnson and, of course, Billy on drums. They came out and noodled a bit, then Billy said, "Y'all ready for some heavy metal," then proceded to blow the roof off the place. Incredible, surprising night!

    • @lablaine1981
      @lablaine1981 17 днів тому +1

      ​@@randysteele6741"quadrant"...1974? 👍🎵👍

    • @paullevine1813
      @paullevine1813 6 днів тому

      Tommy loved getting to play with the likes of Billy Cobham & it shows big time on the album Spectrum.

  • @PhrygianScale
    @PhrygianScale 18 днів тому +17

    Thank you for this gem.

  • @edgardotorres8106
    @edgardotorres8106 20 днів тому +14

    Amazing band 👍

  • @Guitar_Smasher
    @Guitar_Smasher 8 днів тому +2

    I used to go see Tommy, and Zephyr, in Boulder, CO, frequently! He was my introduction to the Echoplex! 😢

  • @BigBri550
    @BigBri550 20 днів тому +14

    What's the complete polar opposite of sloppy? Why, that would be Tommy Bolin on guitar: one of the best of the best for sure! He and Terry Kath are showin' 'em how in r&r heaven 🥲

    • @anthonyfesta7010
      @anthonyfesta7010 18 днів тому +3

      Terry Kath and Tommy Bolin. 2 of my favorite Guitarist. I hope they are Jamming in guitar Heaven. 🎸🎸

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 18 днів тому +4

      @anthonyfesta7010 I think they are two of the all-time best. Rick Derringer may be right up there with them - in talent, not in r&r heaven

    • @anthonyfesta7010
      @anthonyfesta7010 18 днів тому +3

      @@BigBri550 Rick’s awesome!!! My favorite Live material on vinyl is Edger Winter’s Roadwork album with Rick and Jerry Lacroix featuring special guest Johnny Winter. What an album. Rock Jazz Soul Gospel. I believe Rick was the production engineer for that recording.

    • @anthonyfesta7010
      @anthonyfesta7010 18 днів тому +3

      @@BigBri550 Terry Kath is MY ALL TIME Favorite guitarist. First time I seen TK and company was 1971 Pittsburgh Civic Arena. I was 11. Plus he was the conduit for me to explore other great guitarist.

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 18 днів тому +3

      @anthonyfesta7010 Another great one is Johnny Winter And Live.
      "And" were the McCoys without keyboardist Bobby Peterson. A person of taste like you probably knows that already 😌

  • @Guitarzan8
    @Guitarzan8 16 днів тому +8

    All those videographers from the 70’s ruined these historic moments by zooming in on the singers face for the whole song. Dam!

    • @TheoneGodfather
      @TheoneGodfather 9 днів тому +1

      Agreed. Today’s videographers ruin them with cuts every two seconds. Some of us don’t have add.

  • @rogindaUP
    @rogindaUP 17 днів тому +9

    Bolin's solo on Alexis is one of the greatest ever recorded -- rivaling NEthing Jimmy Page ever did -- IMO.

    • @lordk8911
      @lordk8911 9 днів тому

      Seriously? Not songwriting that could touch jimmy page at his worst and not sure what solo you are talking about. I am a deep purple fan and liked come taste the band but to say he is better than jimmy page is definitely tone deaf. Achilles last stand is one of the greatest solos and Led Zepplen songs.

    • @robertwayne6537
      @robertwayne6537 3 дні тому

      Over rated... Page is king.

  • @vinnis1660
    @vinnis1660 3 місяці тому +7

    AMAZING!!!

  • @robertogurgel9076
    @robertogurgel9076 27 днів тому +4

    O guitarrista número 1. O maravilhoso, espetacular, Tommy Bolin.

  • @lonelybro77
    @lonelybro77 18 днів тому +8

    No Joe..I didn't know they carried on. I must've been listening to the Sweet then

  • @bartbucklin7433
    @bartbucklin7433 10 днів тому +1

    I was blessed to see Montrose, Rush and Kansas together in 76.

  • @paddyodriscoll8648
    @paddyodriscoll8648 16 днів тому +4

    Please remember, when you destroy your life with drugs, you also leave us behind … broken hearted and often paralyzed with sadness. Tommy had a lot to give that we’ll never know about now….

  • @HomelandConspiracy
    @HomelandConspiracy 16 днів тому +3

    Damn drugs. Tommy Bolin is still one of my favorite fretmaster.

  • @dennisbrowning8517
    @dennisbrowning8517 17 днів тому +9

    Tommy Bolin did two albums with James Gang, Miami, and Bang!. He also played with Deep Purple on the album, Come Taste The Band. Then he did two albums of his own.. one if the best!

    • @wabankik
      @wabankik 16 днів тому +3

      ...He also cut albums with Moxy, Billy Cobham, Zephyr and did work with Jeff Beck!, lost Him too early!...

    • @MichaelWinter-ss6lx
      @MichaelWinter-ss6lx 15 днів тому

      Deep Purple, and then two solo albums? How can that be? He died during the 'Come Taste the Band' tour and that was the reason Coverdale split up Deep Purple.
      That is something I also never understood. Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale were never full members of Deep Purple. They were hired musicians, to do their parts of the job, but not full righted members. How could Coverdale then split the band?
      🚀🏴‍☠️🎸

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 14 днів тому

      @@MichaelWinter-ss6lx
      Coverdale and Hughes were full members of Deep Purple, but it was Lord and Paice who decided to break up the band. Coverdale came to their dressing room after a terrible gig at Hammersmith Odeon, where Hughes was besides himself of cocaine and Bolin was stoned to another planet in heroine, and said, quote “That’s it, I’m leaving the band” to which Jon Lord replied; “Too late. There’s no band”.
      It took Bolin further nine months before he overdosed himself. By that time there was no Deep Purple - and obviously he wasn’t a member of the band.

    • @HankColter
      @HankColter 14 днів тому

      @@MichaelWinter-ss6lx "Teaser" was released in conjunction with the album Come Taste the Band by Deep Purple, on which Bolin also played guitar. "Private Eyes" is the second and final solo album by guitarist Tommy Bolin. He subsequently died of a drug overdose while on the promotional tour, opening for Jeff Beck.

  • @josephsliger3308
    @josephsliger3308 20 днів тому +2

    Great band.

  • @TheJeffcurran
    @TheJeffcurran 16 днів тому +2

    Bolin showing what made him a hero.

  • @TheTobesOfHades
    @TheTobesOfHades 20 днів тому +4

    Tommy!!!!

  • @juanmanuelmunoz8464
    @juanmanuelmunoz8464 14 днів тому +1

    Tommy Bolin excelente guitarrista de Rock

  • @Joeh1154
    @Joeh1154 7 днів тому

    I remember this song well. I've got that James Gang album along with every record I've ever bought and my turntable is up and running. Sure, CD's sound fantastic, but there's something about the needle hitting the record groove and the warmth of an analog recording.

  • @peterkabrna
    @peterkabrna 19 днів тому +11

    Great stuff from Tommy

  • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
    @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 12 днів тому

    I saw him at the Miami Jai Aili that nigh: incredible. God gave him one special night of incredible power.

  • @leifhoffman6533
    @leifhoffman6533 18 днів тому +1

    I went to a concert called the "Wild West Medicine Show" at Shady Grove Music Hall back in the day. I was expecting Joe Walsh and company to come to the stage. What a disappointment. This version had a few decent songs and I bought their first album. Tommy has an amazing voice but he drove me crazy on stage. All over the place. Also, I had a small blond streak in my hair years ago but his were over the top.

  • @streetlevel4996
    @streetlevel4996 17 днів тому +6

    Also if ya dig and enjoyed this song 😀 you may also enjoy the song " Most of All " By Glenn Kaiser and Where Roses Grow Live by Rez Band Awesome songs check them out. I remember hearing the song by Led Zepp " In My Time of Dyin " during my drug years and made me think about death and Jesus. Then a hippy friend that dug Jesus told me more of Jesus love and forgiveness and how I could also know Jesus love. So in 1981 I cried out to Jesus and wow man He came into my life and I had and have so much joy and peace and now know that through Jesus when I die I will be with Him in Heaven. Hey Jesus loves each of you also and yall can know Him if you are at all open. Just cry out to Him and a good question to ask yourself if you were to die today would you go to heaven ? And if yes why ? To find out more please read the Gospel of John in the Bible or check out the movie on UA-cam. 😀

  • @paulshepherd9528
    @paulshepherd9528 16 днів тому

    wow... all these years and I thought this was a Rick Derringer thing... lol, never looked at the juke box :)

  • @AldousHuxleysCat
    @AldousHuxleysCat 16 днів тому +1

    I still listen to this song, it's a shame it seems to have fallen by the wayside in the classic rock genre. They also had another good hit with a song called Summer Breezes
    Anybody know what that box on the stool that Tommy is messing with is? I'm not sure I ever recall seeing a guitar player having something like that on stage

  • @mikeohagan2206
    @mikeohagan2206 21 день тому +3

    I didnt know Paulie Walnuts was in a rock band before he became a gangster.

    • @norman9291
      @norman9291 19 днів тому +1

      I was wondering what you meant and then I saw it. Good one😂

  • @yuriyositrov1617
    @yuriyositrov1617 7 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤😊

  • @univibe23
    @univibe23 16 днів тому

    Guitar playing A++ Song and vocals D-

  • @robertlivingstone3364
    @robertlivingstone3364 17 днів тому +1

    I knew the singer Roy Kenner, owned a large club in Toronto.

    • @ronbock8291
      @ronbock8291 16 днів тому

      Which one?

    • @jimiplayscobo5877
      @jimiplayscobo5877 15 днів тому

      He's still alive. He used to be in Bush and Mandela :-) Peace

    • @robertlivingstone3364
      @robertlivingstone3364 13 днів тому

      @@ronbock8291 The singer

    • @ronbock8291
      @ronbock8291 13 днів тому

      @@robertlivingstone3364 yes, I know. Which club? I’m from Toronto.

    • @robertlivingstone3364
      @robertlivingstone3364 13 днів тому +1

      @@ronbock8291 It was called Solitaire's at Vic Park and Danforth.

  • @user-ei2lk2ww5i
    @user-ei2lk2ww5i 17 днів тому +1

    Brasil, somos Rock and Roll

  • @richardtaylor8595
    @richardtaylor8595 11 днів тому

    I love the band After Joe.

  • @Alekx-gq2vt
    @Alekx-gq2vt 19 днів тому +3

    С У П Е Р ❤❤❤

  • @superorangeish
    @superorangeish 18 днів тому +8

    James Gang? Hardly!

    • @sluggo68
      @sluggo68 18 днів тому +3

      After Joe Walsh left.

    • @leifhoffman6533
      @leifhoffman6533 18 днів тому +8

      Without Joe Walsh it wasn't close to James Gang.

  • @markniilo
    @markniilo 16 днів тому

    Was this before or after Joe Walsh?

  • @kevinkhoy7171
    @kevinkhoy7171 19 днів тому +7

    Deep Purple was a 🌎 class band too Big! James Gang was a jam band, perfect for Tommy. He couldn't handle DP they were a "Super Group!" Big as Led Zeppelin plus traveling out of 🇺🇸 with his habits! Was a mistake. It Caused Alot of trouble for him & DP! Saw his last performance opening for Jeff Beck Wired Tour was Jan Hammer 🎹 Dania Beach Florida Dec. 1976 What a Drag! 🪦 "Tommy Bolin" 🎸 ✝️🙏🏻

  • @Mikevdog
    @Mikevdog 17 днів тому +3

    Best band in history

  • @maxmeister5064
    @maxmeister5064 18 днів тому +1

    As we see in the guitar solo section of this song, Tommy COULD HAVE played Highway Star properly. Alas, why didn't he?

  • @lucianoschneider2287
    @lucianoschneider2287 10 днів тому

    Would be better if this singer kept quiet
    And only let Tommy play

  • @joekimberlin264
    @joekimberlin264 16 днів тому +1

    Single long black pinkie nail..
    A little too on the nose? 😏

  • @RDJR007
    @RDJR007 3 дні тому

    Terrible camera work.

  • @robnamowicz8073
    @robnamowicz8073 18 днів тому +4

    My little band opened for this 'James Gang' at the Jackson Sports Arena. At the time, we had been playing lots of joints in the Jacktown area, (home of the worlds largest walled prison) and free concerts at Cascade Park. We had a following, shall we say, rowdy times, Jackson Michigan, hardy party, eh? Twenty minutes into our set, JG managers pulled the plug, everything went black, not just the stage amps, the spots, the overheads, everything. We were real unhappy, their guy came out said we had to get off. We tore down, left the stage and banged on their dressing room door calling them pussies and Cleveland Greasers!! Not our finest moments, but we probably sold more tickets that night than they did. Not their finest moment either. They didn't come out to do their set till their guy said we were gone. So was a lot of the crowd.

  • @lukensage
    @lukensage 18 днів тому +2

    So no Joe Walsh ??? 😳

    • @brianorakpohit
      @brianorakpohit 18 днів тому +1

      He was before and after

    • @garyrasberryjr.552
      @garyrasberryjr.552 17 днів тому

      Joe left the band to form his own group Barnstorm (and later joined the Eagles). Dominic Troiano briefly played guitar before joining the Guess Who. Roy Kenner isn't bad here in my opinion, maybe because he isn't trying to do a JG song that Joe sang lead on. There's a clip on here of trying to sing Funk #49 and it's terrible. But for this song, it's not a bad sound.

    • @rossdavidson7790
      @rossdavidson7790 14 днів тому

      Dominic Troiano actually made 2 albums with the James Gang. Hardly a momentary passer by

  • @jimfritz2087
    @jimfritz2087 18 днів тому +3

    An instrumental would have been better. Way better .....

  • @tankhalffull
    @tankhalffull 18 днів тому +2

    Tommy was bad a$$.., the singer, not so much...

  • @user-yx8cx6bg1g
    @user-yx8cx6bg1g 17 днів тому +2

    "Must Be Love" Feh....
    What a lame choice for a single! So many better songs from both Bang! and Miami
    This song is just bad. It's like some sort of half-assed mish mash of Elvis, combined with generic boogie rock. And it defines what was wrong with the music business when it comes to singles.
    I mean, a song like this gets put out, while a good half dozen of other far superior choices go by the way side.
    Is it the label, the band, or the people who causes it?
    Honestly, this is one of the ONLY songs from either BANG! or MIAMI that I don't like at all, and that stinks on ice.
    M⚡

  • @KMC544
    @KMC544 18 днів тому +6

    No Joe no gang

    • @rogindaUP
      @rogindaUP 17 днів тому

      Though Bang is a truly great album!

  • @captbss
    @captbss 16 днів тому +4

    This singer has no presence

  • @thomassschwarz5998
    @thomassschwarz5998 18 днів тому +3

    This singer sucks. Tommy awesome as always

  • @user-qd3ee4or7f
    @user-qd3ee4or7f 6 днів тому

    Tommy Bollin is primitive !

  • @bigbud144
    @bigbud144 18 днів тому +5

    Tommy was great but wow what a stupid song and terrible front man. The crowd could barely stay awake …

    • @bluwng
      @bluwng 18 днів тому +3

      That is nonsense.

  • @johnl1468
    @johnl1468 15 днів тому

    No joe walsh no james gang! Bullshit

  • @robertwayne6537
    @robertwayne6537 3 дні тому

    Not a fan of this incarnation of James Gang at all.

  • @vitorbarbosa5656
    @vitorbarbosa5656 18 днів тому +3

    Fantástic
    Rock is fredonnnn
    Trumpppppppppppp 👏👏👏👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👏👏🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

    • @leifhoffman6533
      @leifhoffman6533 18 днів тому

      And Trump will take away our freedoms and doesn't have a damn thing to do with rock. Never bring politics into rock. It has no place there.

  • @namcat53
    @namcat53 18 днів тому +1

    As college kids then, we all hated disco and "glam rock" as pretentious and ridiculous.

  • @_spider_jeff
    @_spider_jeff 17 днів тому +2

    no joe no james gang...they sucked without him.

  • @lukasmarzell5598
    @lukasmarzell5598 17 днів тому

    Funk music, the music that ruined deep purple.... tommie bolin by all his music greatness was an drughead like glenn hudges... destroying the heavy metal band of the 70s... im sorry im out

  • @g2theg
    @g2theg 19 днів тому +7

    Bolin was overrated and this “singer” was awful
    GRADE: D

    • @dday9257
      @dday9257 18 днів тому +1

      James Gang Bang LP was a pretty good album.

    • @SteveLeSueur-ju6hg
      @SteveLeSueur-ju6hg 17 днів тому +3

      Was overated cause of drug use Ritchie blackmore and Jeff Beck had nothing but praise about Tommy his rock fusion on Billy Cobham Spectrum was awesome your overrated for saying that about him

    • @donjohn2695
      @donjohn2695 16 днів тому

      The singer is atrocious and bolin isn't in Joe Walshs league

    • @luckycharm4623
      @luckycharm4623 15 днів тому

      really ignorant comment about Bolin.

  • @marvinmartin3438
    @marvinmartin3438 18 днів тому

    Wonder what drugs Bolin was on that night!