-- Bolin, Tommy - Energy | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 13.98 Amazon Price $ 13.98 Savings $ 0.00 | |  Release Date: 15 August, 2000, Tommy Bolin Archives
TRACK LISTING - Red Skies
- Heartlight
- Hok-O-Hey
- Got No Time for Trouble
- Limits
- Eyes of Blue
- Dreamer
- Miss Christmas
- Naked Edge
- Sky Sail
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | The Rock and Roll Mistake | | After Tommy left Energy, many songs from the band were recorded and released by James Gang, Deep Purple and Tommy`s own solo albums. It is a true mistake that Energy never got a record deal, because all of the songs that were "covered" were best done by Energy themselves. Buy this album and just imagine how much better it would have been completed in 1972! | | | | Tommy The Great | | I think I`ll start be "re-defining Ecletic" to "Eclectic". Anyway, find the album Teaser, and you`ll be amazed how he produced music well before his time - shear brilliance. | | | | Redefining the word `Ecletic.` | What a wonderful find this CD is! Those who are looking for Tomy Bolin`s "lost years" (1972) are going to be thrilled with this one. For the uninitiated, Tommy Bolin was a very talented guitarist from Sioux City, Iowa who made his way westward in the early seventies to the Denver/Boulder metropolitan area to find work. He teamed up with several musicians and worked with an equally terrific band named "Zephyr", but before he formed with Zephyr, Bolin worked out with a bunch called "Energy", and this one is very good!
The description inside the liner notes describe this recording as "....jazz metal fusion blues." Once again, the word ecletic immediately comes to mind. The line up at the time for this band was Tommy Bolin-guitar, Jeff Cook-vocals, Tom Stephenson-keyboards, Bobby Berge-bass, and Stan Sheldon-drums. These musicians put together a great sounding album, that even though it was recorded in 1972, still sounds fresh and exciting.
The album has just about a little bit of everything here. The first two cuts are jazz influenced, followed by an almost Pink Floyd sounding `limits`. "Dreamer" is especially good, with outstanding vocals by Cook. This band displayed a wide variety of talent on this CD. You can hear Blues, metal, jazz, fusion, and some psychedelic tunes as well. Though this was dismissed by some as "experimental", well....that`s their problem. If that is indeed the case, my only regret is that "Energy" didn`t experiment some more. People on the look out for strong, intelligent, crisp sounding guitar and stunning song writing arrangement need to look no further than this CD. Makes you wonder what would have happened had this group stayed together.
Tommy Bolin went on to play in The James Gang,(he is still admired and missed by Joe Walsh) Deep Purple, Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, and he also released his own solo LP "Private Eyes." What makes "Energy" so unique is that this CD is a forecast of what would later come from Tommy Bolin. Check it out, it is definitely worth a listen. | | |
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