Talk:Tommy Bolin

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The sentence "Bolin committed suicide on December 4 on body discover in his home" doesn't parse. Somebody in the know, please fix. --Naddy 17:55, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)

• I've done some research and altered the article to fit - the suggestion is that it was a heroin overdose rather than deliberate suicide. I've made reference to my primary source and added a link to the end of the article. I've also done some minor copy-editing to improve the flow of the text.Basswulf 11:29, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
• Press from the era report a multiple drug intoxocation, not a suicide. By one account, "His death followed a night of hard partying that had involved,in escalating stages of intensity, beer, champagne, cocaine and heroin." http://www.tbolin.com/articles/classicrock_oct03.html -- Jerry picker 14:57, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Paralysed left arm? Well...I'm 40 years old and I'm a professional musician (guitar and bass). On LP Last Concert In Japan Tommy sounds like 15 years old boy in garage-band. Problem is heroin. He was too "high" for professional playing. All the difficult parts (intro to Burn, for example) are played by Jon Lord. That's the problem. I know a lot of alcohol and heroin. Left arm? Bad story. Aleksander Cepus (Slovenia/Europe) www.sigic.si

I agree!! this is not true: <<<Many critics agree Bolin was in good form for the concerts:[citation needed] certainly, he did not suffer from paralysis at the concerts. >>> i happen to have a bootleg filming of the 1975 Budokan concert. I don't know at this point if that was the audio source for Last concert in japan but I have to tell you, his playing is totally impaired; it's painful to watch. worst than a 15 old kid in a garage band. he definitely was suffering from something. that passage should be corrected! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.217.164.162 (talk) 20:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The phrase "heroin in the form of morphine" in the Untimely Death section doesn't make any sense. Heroin and morphine are about as similar as beer and rubbing alcohol. I honestly don't know which Bolin took, but it has to be one or the other. Anyone know which? -- Stereoisomer (talk) 22:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)