Tommy Bolin was born on this date in 1951 but only lived to reach 25 years of age. (Didn’t even make it into the 27 Club.) Tommy never seemed to feel at home in a band, bouncing from Zephyr to James Gang to Deep Purple. Part of the problem was his misfortune in having to […]
Today is the 77th birthday of one of the three most ubiquitous bassists in popular music history, Lee Sklar (the others being James Jamerson and Carol Kaye). Name a singer-songwriter or soft rock band from the ‘70’s and Lee likely anchored the rhythm section on at least one of their albums. Jackson, CS&N, Karla Bonoff,
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