Greg Prato has released Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story, a new book about Tommy Bolin featuring close to 50 interviews with people that knew and played with Tommy during his youth, meteoric career and up to his untimely passing at age 25 in 1976.

The new book also features many rare photos that will surprise even veteran Tommy fans, and Greg will be posting unused photos on his MySpace page.

Touched by Magic is available online through www.Lulu.com. Learn more and read a sample chapter on our own special web page by clicking here:

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DEAN RELEASES NEW TEASER GUITAR

Dean Guitars has released its new USA Tommy Bolin Tribute Teaser guitar. The Teaser is crafted based on measurements taken from Tommy’s own 1974 Strat, and the feel of neck and playability are unreal. Dean CEO Elliott Rubinson and artist Nick Simmons, designer of the guitar, are building it as a labor of love for Tommy. Read more about the Teaser at Nick’s blog and by visiting our own Teaser Guitar section.

NEW DEEP PURPLE BOOK RELEASED

Martin Popoff, author of many great books about major rock acts has just released Gettin’ Tighter: Deep Purple ’68–’76. The book is 250 pages long, and has a number photos by Richard Galbraith (including the fantastic cover shot of Tommy) which have not been presented to the public until now. Also seen are pictures of ads, tour book pages and album covers from around the world. The format is one chapter per album, with every song examined and lots of looks at the tours as well. Popoff will be signing copies of the book, which may be ordered through his site at www.martinpopoff.com.

HARTMAN RELEASES TOMMY BOLIN FUZZ

Hartman Electronics has released the new Tommy Bolin Signature Fuzz. The pedal was designed to capture the tone of Tommy’s long-discontinued Sam Ash fuzz box. It was developed with the assistance of Johnnie Bolin, and the circuitry is based on an original Sam Ash unit. The unit was refined against original, isolated guitar tracks from Bolin master reels. The unit is 100% hand wired, bench-tested and auditioned prior to shipping, and has truy-bypass switching. Learn more by clicking here.

The Tommy Bolin Archives is pleased to announce that many of our titles are now available online from both Friday Music and iTunes. Keep checking back with those sources, as they will be adding more of our titles. For details and reviews on the titles please check our Catalog and Album Reviews pages.

Friday Music, in conjunction with the Tommy Bolin Archives, is releasing Tommy Bolin – The Ultimate: Redux, a 3-CD set of material drawn from earlier, and in some cases out-of-print TBA releases. The song list was hand-picked by Michael Drumm and Johnnie Bolin, and the audio has been re-mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music.

The 3-CD set is presented in a fold-in digipak with original packaging design by John Herdt and Joe Reagoso. The liner notes are by Steve Vai (wow!). Also included is a booklet with liner notes by Michael Drumm and Joe Reagoso.

Russell Bizzett has released a great new CD entitled Tommy Bolin Tribute. Many of Tommy’s fans know Russell from his drum work on the Tommy Bolin & Friends: Live at Ebbets Field 1974 CD. Featured are many Tommy fan favorites including Stratus, Dreamer, Quadrant 4, You Know You Know, Red Baron, San Francisco River and People People. The performances on Tommy Bolin Tribute are exceptional and the CD is especially recommended to fans of Tommy’s music.

For Tommy Bolin merchandise, news, photos, forums and a lot more visit tommybolin.biz. The site is owned by Johnnie Bolin and adminstered by Tamy Thomas. Merchandise includes t-shirts, post cards, posters, backstage passes and more. Check there frequently, as great new items are being added quite often.