-- Bolin, Tommy - Teaser | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 27.49 Amazon Price $ 27.49 Savings $ 0.00 | |  Release Date: 21 December, 2004, Sony Japan
TRACK LISTING - Grind
- Homeward Strut [Instrumental]
- Dreamer
- Savannah Woman
- Teaser
- People, People
- Marching Powder [Instrumental]
- Wild Dogs
- Lotus
Not yet released | | | A Rock and Roll Classic | | I feel that Tommy Bolin is one of the greatest rock heros to ever live. Not because he died young, but out of the fact that he was a genius. After I realized Tommy had died, I thought "Another Hendrix, another Stevie Ray Vaughan that left to early." This man was in the ranks of Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore or Jeff Beck (considering Page was amazed by him when his band opened for Zeppelin, He REPLACED Blackmore, and he openned for Beck!!!) So if you haven`t gotten to know Tommy yet, it really is worth doing, and this album is a complete masterpiece. Teaser should be one of the rock classics, but it was not to be. | | | | Review of the song "Wild Dogs" | At first glance, this song doesn`t look very creative on paper. A hard rock artist with a song named `Wild Dogs` doesn`t conjure much to the imagination. For one thing it was recorded and co-written by a notoriously fast-living guitarist, who had played with the rock and roll likes of The James Gang and hard rock legends Deep Purple. And besides all of that, the title `Wild Dogs` seems like one of the most over-used, generic titles for a rock song.
But it`s not; Tommy Bolin`s `Wild Dogs` is one of those rock songs that brings a unique, emotional viewpoint to a subject that was turned into a mere cliche by other rock bands throughout the years. The song finds this accomplished guitarist playing the part of a lonely, wandering drifter, a theme that makes it tempting to say the song was autobiographical. The slight melancholy in Bolin`s voice is contrasted and strengthened by able backing instrumentation and a melody that is rough for the ears to form, but enjoyable nonetheless, as the musician sings of the weary, sad sounds of "wild dogs howling in the night."
The song was played during Deep Purple`s late 1975 tour of Japan, and a great version from those shows is available on their live archival release "This Time Around: Live In Tokyo `75," and of course Bolin`s solo versions, live and in the studio. `Wild Dogs` is an overlooked gem in hard rock, a great song that demonstrates a reality in the fast-living life of a rock and roll man, and a sadly prophetic one at that, due to Bolin`s death from a drug overdose. | | | | Tommy Bolin Guitar Hero | | I love the Album Teaser. I used to play it all the time and consider it a small treasure. When I did play it, people would often comment who is that ? For me time moved on and the belt broke on the turn table and the LP went into storage and I haven`t gone back to vinyl. But recently as I have picked up my own guitar to record again, naturally I return to some of my influence and Tommy remains in the line up as I renew my collection of sounds on CD. For me personally I can relate to his soul and emotion in his music long before the cut of the silver Chord. Play on Mr Bolin, I can still hear you in the wind and deep within. | | |
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