Tommy Bolin

Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American rock and jazz-rock fusion guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), the James Gang (from 1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a career as a solo artist and session musician, notably for Billy Cobham on his 1973 album Spectrum.