Stars Line Up For Tommy Bolin Tribute Album

Bonamassa, Hughes, Lukather, Frampton, Kennedy to appear on Tribute CD

Published 25th Feb 2011

According to the Tommy Bolin Archives, Greg Hampton (producer of the Tommy Bolin Whips and Roses CDs) and Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, Allman Brothers Band) are currently co-producing sessions with some of the world's best guitarists and singers for an upcoming Tommy Bolin Tribute CD (as yet unnamed).

The guest guitarists, singers and artists have have added parts to original Tommy Bolin multitrack tapes that have never been made public.

Hampton’s recent sessions with Steve Lukather were especially poignant, as the drummer on the original multitrack was the late Jeff Porcaro with whom Lukather played in Toto.

Artists that have completed sessions for the album include:

  • Steve Lukather (Toto, solo)
  • Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, Allman Brothers)
  • Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
  • Nels Cline (Wilco, solo)
  • Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, BCC, solo)
  • Oz Noy (Roger Glover, Nile Rodgers, solo)
  • Prairie Prince (The Tubes)
  • Peter Frampton
  • Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge)
  • Joe Bonamassa
  • Steve Morse (Deep Purple)

Some of the other names that may appear on the record also include Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, Tom Morello, Derek Trucks and John Scofield.