It Must Be Love - James Gang | The Midnight Special

[@backrowbrighton]

Its getting close to 50 years since Tommy Bolin passed on, this wonderful clip reminds us of what a great talent he was.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I’m here for Tommy Bolin !!! 💖

[@brads2330]

Jimmy Fox was no slouch either awesome drummer 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷

[@williamdejeffrio9701]

@@brads2330 Big fan of Jimmy Fox here...

[@brads2330]

Met Tommy Bolins Brother Johnny at least a half dozen times. Drummer for Black Oak Arkansas. Friend of mine is a promoter. Was on their Guest List!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@brads2330 You did? Wow that’s very cool! I’ve never heard about Tommy’s family nor the other band members here, thanks for the drummers name - yes he’s very good! When I think of Black Oak Arkansas drummer I think of Tommy Aldridge. Believe I saw them perform in Tulsa, OK as a teenager, we had a live rock “n” roll club where the up and coming bands would perform and “get their feet wet.” Great memories that are just a little hazy now ha! Is Johnny still alive? So sad about his brothers early demise. I’ve got the album “Teaser” on my wishlist - read that jazz musician David Sanborn who just passed away at age 78 - played on it. Loved David’s music too may he R.I.P. 🎷🤍🤍

[@brads2330]

@@KittyGrizGriz RIP David Great Session Sax Player! Johnnie is still alive. First real concert 1973 St. Paul Civic Center Theatre Black Oak/ James Montgomery Band I was 15 Tommy was doing those mid concert drum solos back then. 90s 2000s was on Joe Walsh / Big Bro and Holding Co. Sam Andrew, Peter Albin, David Getz / Iron Butterfly Lee Dorman/ Southern Rock Allstars Duane Roland Jimmy Farrar Molly Hachett fame/ Jakson Spires Blackfoot Guest Lists. Joe Peter and David are the only ones still living!

[@davidmontgomery5047]

WOW !! Been waiting Years to See This Clip !! Tommy is SO Amazing

[@jellison7]

Guitar virtuoso Tommy Bolin-outstanding clip!

[@ineedmyhat]

Wow. My brother James used to drsw pictures as a kid of us and our friends all together under the banner James Gang 😂 he passed on rhe first of april and everytime i see or find things that bring me joy i give him some credit, like a gift from wherever the dead go 🙏 Take each day as it comes, grieving is weird but thinking too far ahead or too far back can be problematic. I hope everyone who reads this has the strength to deal with whatever they have going on.

[@JeffreyTheTaylor]

For gear heads Tommy appears to be playing his "Shoe Polish" Strat with a Tele neck and at 2:35 can be seen fiddling with a Maestro Echoplex and perhaps some sort of phaser. Unique player good far too soon.

[@matthewclark9652]

Song went to # 54 (Billboard Hot 100) in March 1974. The follow up "Standing In The Rain" went to # 101 (Bubbling Under) also in June 1974 (both songs from the album "Bang!" on Atco) & their last charted song.

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

Wow Tommy Bolin working his Strat to the bone. @1:20 when you know your date is vibing well. Happy Mothers Day to all the Momma’s out there. Enjoy your day.

[@Badhands55]

With a tele neck

[@festushagan3921]

Imagine the jamming going on in heaven right now. Tommy, Jimi, Stevie, Duane... I hope to see it one day. RIP, Tommy. You are missed and loved!

[@LongOnSol]

Holy shit! I was prepared to not like this but it rocked my face. Great song

[@sunnystormy4973]

-cheers !-

[@skoorb1]

Such well shot video of Tommy Bolin is so rare!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I love Roy Kenners shiny dark red outfit - it’s gorgeous !!! And his matching adidas shoes. My favorite color ♥️♥️♥️

[@seankearney5469]

The whole time I'm saying keep the camera on Tommy Bolin. Then they did and i was so happy!!! He was one of a kind i love his playing so much

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Yeah!!! 😂 🤩 😍

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@bobbyhilfiger2735]

I remember the album cover, but Kevin Paquin told me to play It. Wow, Tommy bowling rest in paradise. You're playing in Rock and roll heaven.

[@denbo1064]

Great tune and great memories! Actually had the 45 of this, the ‘flip side’ song “Got no time for trouble” is also a gem of a song - from the LP ‘Bang’.

[@greatgooglymoogly]

So great seeing this vintage Tommy Bolin.clip. Even better than I had hoped for.Looks and sounds great. Same guy who played on Billy Cobham Spectrum album. One of the greats who left us too soon.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@SteveKraus]

Another classic 70's memory.

[@louiebee6745]

Obviously a different James Gang with Bolin and Canadian vocalist Roy Kenner joining Dale and Jim. The Bang and Miami LPs are worth checking out. Btw, Kenner is still active, doing jingles and voice-over work in his native Toronto.

[@2424-u8d]

Thx for the update on Kenner.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@rebeccawagner4167]

I remember watching this show. This really brought back good times and memories. This is my generation. My music 🎶 🎵 is the best no other music can come close to my generation.

[@HassanNikfarjam]

Tommy Bolin plays like hell❤

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@Wonderful_Buddha]

이 앨범을 듣고 토미에 반하였다 최고의 명반 낭만이 넘치는 연주 그레이트 토미볼린 R.I.P

[@lostinmusic5431]

Thanx for this. The album Bang is my absolute James Gang favorite and Tommy Bolin is awesome.❤❤❤

[@sunnystormy4973]

-kool !-

[@ransbarger]

Agree

[@lostinmusic5431]

@@ransbarger ❤️

[@lostinmusic5431]

@@sunnystormy4973 ❤️

[@jason698]

Miami is great too

[@starblaster77]

So cool to see Tommy! That James gang album is awesome.

[@IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse]

Fantastic !

[@josephkrawiec-fn4rc]

Tommy B...amazing!

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@HoosierRooster]

I saw them play at Indiana State University in Bloomington Indiana they were touring for the James gang bang album and it was an excellent show

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@vaneipontes3824]

Mr. Thomas Richard Bolin 🎸 😢

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@gutsurfer]

Tommy Bolin and the echoplex! What a great video

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@DanMercado-n3o]

Great song from a great album! I have James Gang's Bang! on vinyl and CD.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@red_z8069]

I wish there was footage of 'From Another Time' , that solo is awesome.

[@dgtlgrfiti5551]

My favorite track from "Bang." Amazing Latin feel...

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

This playing is pretty great

[@StephanieJeanne]

They were cool. 😎💜

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@2camservicosaudiovisuais]

Bolin, superb!

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@robertogurgel9076]

Tommy é o melhor guitarrista de todos.

[@lucianovargas6677]

Tommy Bolin. What amazing guitarrist 🎼🎸🎼

[@dmitryowens]

Pretty basic standard pentatonic blues rock soloing here.

[@lucianovargas6677]

@@dmitryowens yup. But...

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@dmitryowensDig into his albums - “Teaser” & “Private Eyes”. The great jazz musician David Sanborn who just passed away at age 78 - played on Tommy’s “Teaser” album. R.I.P. David 🎷🤍🤍.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@dmitryowens]

@@lucianovargas6677 But what?

[@markboller4313]

I really like this song. ❤❤❤ lead singer kinda looks like Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees

[@bryanb4141]

As a youth, propped my eyes open with toothpicks in hopes that something this cool would come on the Midnight Special.

[@rosskstar]

In a 1975 article, Bolin called himself an entirely self-taught guitarist who plays by ear, stating, "I only ever had four lessons. I don't know any scales at all. I know what to play, but don't know any scales because I never bothered to learn any." I've thought learning scales assures you will play like everyone else.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

That’s a fact

[@rosskstar]

@@tommybolinarchives7394 My guitar teacher told me that from his experience, trying to learn scales was when many students lost complete interest in the guitar.

[@williamdejeffrio9701]

Always loved the song but never saw this iteration of the James Gang doing it. Thanks for posting. By the way, there's an old video of a UK band with an Indonesian guitarist actually doing a pretty decent version of this song. Check out "Must Be Love - The James Gang - Gugun & the UK Blues Connect" on KZbin.

[@celio777]

Voltou a ser uma banda de rock tradicional após a saída de Walsh e manteve o vigor. Jimmy é um exímio baterista.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Nothing traditional about the great Tommy Bolin

[@jeffreybrady927]

Totally different sounding band with Bolin and Kenner I cherish both versions of the Gang.if bolin had lived no doubt he would have been a household name

[@es16ful]

おぉーJamesGangでのトミー・ボーリン格好良い。この雰囲気、現代ではジョン・フルシアンテが継承してますね。

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@Tkdofn]

James Gang Bang Classic

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Tight ! Bolin was an exceptional player The entire Band red Hot baby !

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yup

[@fredcloud9668]

I'm here for Jim Fox.

[@davidtaylor6793]

What is the device that Tommy Bolin has on the stand? He also had it on stage when we saw Deep Purple MkVI’s last ever gig at the Liverpool Empire in 1976.

[@billyshane3804]

Echoplex - tape looping device

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Echoplex

[@vitorbarbosa5656]

Fantástic This is Music

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@RjSantage]

Tommy Bolin Rocks On.................................

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@fumanchu1977]

Tommy Bolin... gone too soon

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@Washington-Dreaming]

It’s interesting that the lead guitarist is playing intermittent slide guitar. I played for quite a few years but mostly classical. But I’m wondering if you could get some similar sounds on a fretless guitar? You should be able to play tweener notes that way too although I’ve never played one of those either. I think fretless would be hard but there are advantages.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

That’s Tommy Bolin - the legend

[@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589]

Big banda. Dá um look. #CarolMariano..

[@RicG.]

Just not the same without the great Joe Walsh!

[@carlosdeno]

Tommy & Koss both left us at 25 years old, such a waste and tragic. Drugs are not cool kids! ✌️💜🇬🇧

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Yep, Paul Kossoff was a phenomenal guitarist too I didn’t realize they were the same age when they died, a tragedy. I loved the band “Free.”

[@Tim091]

Tommy!

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@joeklimko8339]

Wasted days in Kent what a good time

[@srvuk]

Love that Strat that Bolin is slinging.

[@forgottensage-o5o]

Oh wow, this guy has blue hair a few years before the punk explosion! Wonder how he got that color when literally no one in the entire world knew how to make it (it hadn't been thought of yet, unless you count what they were doing about a thousand years ago in rich kingdoms where people would paint their hair pink, purple, blue, etc.).

[@billyshane3804]

Tommy Bolin - Sheer dynamite

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@debbiegoss4475]

Saw them in 74' in Buffalo, they opened for Black Sabbath along with Bedlam at the Aud, then again in July when they opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd and ELP. I really miss those days, great line ups and real musicians, I don't give a rats ass what anyone says, the 70's was a great decade for music!!!

[@drivingwheel9101]

Anyone have a date for this?

[@KittyGrizGriz]

January 25, 1974 it’s in the video description section.

[@sandraspruill4831]

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

The song title is MUST BE LOVE!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Thank you! Let’s hope the Midnight Special will fix it?!

[@matthewclark9652]

Tommy Bolin & Dominic Troiano RIP.

[@southernrockcarlos188]

Tommy Bolin is fucking brillant

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Yes he is

[@yoshiyaz5882]

👍😀

[@georgiiponomarev167]

А Томми Болин вас не впечатляет😊 ?

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

We have been since 1969

[@Badhands55]

Tele neck on a strat- that’s cool

[@dmitryowens]

I've never heard James Gang without Joe Walsh.

[@ronaldomadrebien7045]

Me neither………this is great though 👍🏻

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Tommy was a genius grade guitarist- Joe got him this gig

[@dmitryowens]

@tommybolinarchives7394 Some of his stuff was pretty good. Nothing very impressive in his soloing here though - just pretty standard blues licks.

[@TimMikol]

Like DLR said when an interviewer said all Van Halen sound the same. His response: “ We may be a one trick pony, but it’s one heck of a trick!”

[@richalderson6069]

Tommy Bolin's death was a huge loss to hard rock, such a total natural he was.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed

[@larrycoy4052]

Can you imagine the pressure of following Joe Walsh and then after 2 fantastic albums (Bang , Miami) following Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple (Come Taste The Band) . Heroin Sucks, stay away please

[@OldEnoughToBeYourFather]

Roy "Skunk" Kenner

[@DonaldMerrit]

It sounds like he played with one string in a different tuning, maybe the E string? That last cord was odd

[@cliffords2315]

I never seen James Gang without Joe Walsh, I do like Tommy Bolin, but man what a change

[@jimfenstermaker400]

Where they not from the great state of Ohio?

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

Suckeye?

[@laramiefj40]

Akron, Ohio area. Joe went to school at Kent State University.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

⁠@@laramiefj40Yep, the shooting of students by the National Guard was the precursor for Joe dropping out & pursuing music. It affected him profoundly.

[@louiebee6745]

The Bang! LP was recorded in Cleveland.

[@eeppas]

코쟁이가 여기 출신이네요.

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

1:38 dat Elvis attempt

[@joelvioletOneHairLeft]

Tommy, pudge, RIP

[@waynegram8907]

What bands were the drummer and bass player in besides the James gang?

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

None

[@andresihotang2314]

Bolin's action reminded me of Rory Gallagher, same aggressiveness on stage. I wish he could play electric live like this with Deep Purple. Ian Paice said Bolin was superb in the studio, but live performances with Purple were.. Like Hughes said, the tour was horrendously wrong. Purple could have continued after 1976, the UK audience would have accepted him, if not for Bolin and Hughes substance problems. RIP Tommy Bolin

[@mikesheridan4071]

Gimmie the Joe Walsh version anytime!!

[@TheJman2600]

This is fine, but it's just not the same without Joe. On the plus side, Tommy Bolin sounds great. It's too bad the heroin took hold of him.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Joe got him this gg

[@TomLove-w6w]

This band is awesome i never seen this before i like the original band like Joe Wash much better

[@jeremywanner4526]

Never heard this version of the Jame Gang,the guitarist is bad ass but the singer,not so much.

[@red_z8069]

Roy isn't doing the cocaine march in place like on Don Kirschner rock concert.

[@supervillain3213]

What is going on with this crowd?

[@tbolin25]

They're mesmerized by the vapor of cheddar coming off the lead singer. It's simply amazing that Tommy could hold together sharing the stage with a block of cheese in drag as a rock singer.

[@cfg7777]

Where's Joe?

[@TheJman2600]

He had left by this point.

[@pocopico7409]

Never heard of this singer or this song. Don’t care for it. Makes me wanna “walk away”.

[@ターキータッキー]

Until this period, Tommy's guitar playing was excellent. However, after he moved to Deep Purple...

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

He manifested great guitar playing all the way through his career

[@kevinoshea4134]

Are these guys serious?

[@francinecorry633]

Dudes playing the nose

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

wow...that is a bad song. tommy bolin.......you can hear the ease of his playing...he's like Blackmore or Beck here, big time such a bad a tune

[@dmitryowens]

Bad-ass!

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

A legend

[@newfiecanuck1960]

Not bad, but it ain't Joe Walsh!

[@davidmontgomery5047]

Joe Reccomended Bolin ,not Tommys Fault that Joe Quit , Tommy is a much better Player Songwriter and even Singer .

[@eric_in_florida]

@@davidmontgomery5047 Tommy was a mess and died at age 25, whereas Joe got his act together and is still rocking in 2024.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@eric_in_floridaI’d like to think that if Tommy had lived as long as Joe has, he’d have “got his act together,” too. Tis sad and we’ll never know “what could have been.”

[@ArtCatramboneJr]

Joe did say Tommy was probably better than he was!!!

[@davidmontgomery5047]

@@eric_in_florida Joe was a Mess too ,luckily He actually had management that helped Him and Didn't take Out a Life Insurance Policy on Him .

[@InspiretoVictory]

Nevermind. Got names mixed up. Tommy Bolin is still awesome, though.

[@vmax4steve524]

It was Terry Reid who was asked by Jimmy Page to join the New Yardbirds not Tommy Bolin. Bolin joined Deep Purple when Ritchie Blackmore left.

[@InspiretoVictory]

@@vmax4steve524 Shit. You're right. I completely forgot. I don't know how I got those 2 names mixed up. Thanks for the correction. Well, hopefully I can edit my post.

[@tommybolinarchives7394]

Indeed he is

[@superorangeish]

Good but, no Joe Walsh, no James Gang. Sorry.

[@BptBob]

Definitely not the James Gang Joe Walsh made! Never as good without him. Nolan was good but not that good. In the end the needle took him anyway.

[@ronaldomadrebien7045]

Yip, tooooooo bad The Eagles sanitised Joe Walsh 🙁

[@pipevillaran]

I really can't stand this singer 🤢 (but Tommy Bolin is genius)