Chasing the goat
Garth Webber, guitar player, sound engineer, and owner of the Red Rooster Studios in Berkeley, California, reminisces about his encounters with Tommy Bolin:
Bonus: Billy Cobham talks to Narada Michael Walden about working with Tommy
Thanks to Uwe for the Garth Webber story heads-up.
Trainspotter comment, Tommy was 21, not 19 when he recorded Spectrum in the spring of 1973. Still young though and it is true that his playing showed a maturity otherwise lamentably lacking in his personal life.
When Narada was drumming in his band, Tommy played one of his songs:
https://youtu.be/geZJ1usDTvE
from Narada’s 1976 solo album Garden Of Love Light:
https://youtu.be/S1ErdVoFsNM
I always dug that number.
https://youtu.be/S1ErdVoFsNM
August 19th, 2025 at 01:42