Tommy Bolin – An American in Munich
What does an American when he comes to Munich? He goes straight to the
Hofbräuhaus! Deep Purple’s new guitarist Tommy Bolin was no exception.
Despite having celebrated his birthday just the other night, Tommy was at the offices of POP magazine at 9 a.m.
They took him out for the day to show him the sights of the city. (Large photo shows Tommy in front of Munich’s historical City Hall.)
Having entered the
Hofbräuhaus (sight-seeing makes thirsty), Tommy made an attempt to conduct the local
Blaskapelle (brass band), dancing around in front of them.
„Deep Purple live at the
Hofbräuhaus, that would be something“, Tommy laughed, ordering two beers and nibbling some radishes.
Later on tourist Tommy went shopping for souvenirs. He bought a huge
Bierkrug (beer jug), which he proudly presented to his bandmates at Musicland Studio (small pic with Paicey, Glenn and Lordy).
At the end of the day, POP gave Tommy a traditional Bavarian
Lederhose (short suede pants). Tommy was thrilled: „I’m going to wear this on stage when we’re touring Germany next time!“
Alas, Mk4 never toured in Germany
Sadly this is the only solo article I have of Tommy when CTTB was recorded. The others are all just normal band stuff.
Tommy Bolin Munich 1975
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