I read that when Tommy Bolin's first album came out, he was already committed to touring with Deep Purple, so wasn't able to promote his album properly. Perhaps that is one reason that his solo music isn't more well known. Personally, I also think his song structure may have something to do with that. He seems to leave the best towards the end of most songs, finishing strong, so people who just scan the songs miss the best parts. That's just opinion.

I enjoyed his album "Teaser" so much that I bought "Private Eyes" sound unheard. I always enjoyed his first album a bit more. It sounded more progressive, while Private Eyes seemed more straight heavy rock. Not dramatically different, but some. Probably the main reason is that I had listened to "Teaser" repeatedly before Private Eyes and had established my favorites firmly.

SAVANNAH WOMAN (Tommy Bolin)- Love it all but especially the guitar at 1:45.

DREAMER (Tommy Bolin)- Again, you have to be patient for the guitar genius parts.

Yes, there is a brand new Beatles song, released yesterday, November 2, 2023. It is by all four of them. Originally a demo with a John Lennon vocal, in 1995 the three remaining members attempted to construct the song. The tech wasn't up to the task. The tech improved and here is the song.

NOW AND THEN (The Beatles)

I'm guessing I gleaned this song off the Public radio program I listen to on Friday mornings of of public radio in St. Louis. I'd forgotten I had it until I was forced to relisten to my iTunes library when I had to get a new laptop.

The lead singer's vocals and the opening lyrics remind me of Zappa. The band's influences are apparently Hawkwind, Sabbath, Deep purple and Sir Lord Baltimore.
This is a longer version than the one I have on iTunes and version isn't as explicit in the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAIBmf_9kY

Monster Magnet doesn't seem to be afraid of much. Especially when it comes to going from lower intensity power to suddenly blasting it into your brain.

SPACE LORD (Monster Magnet)- Maybe I'm getting old, but this is the version that I would prefer to share with my grandkids. Not drastically different but a little. Usually I'm against censorship but this is censorship lite to me.

NEGASONIC TEENAGE WARHEAD (Monster Magnet)- I have loved this since the first time I heard it.

A Japanese rock group I never heard of before today, somewhere between Metal and Pop is Noisemaker. The needle may lean a bit towards pop, but I enjoyed the mild blend of genres across a couple of their songs. Vaguely similar to ONE OK ROCK. Anyway, new to me.

NAME (Noisemaker)

Light, almost jazzy, guitar driven rock, another group I am just learning about is Polkadot Stingray. I have no idea where many of the Japanese groups get their names, but evidently this band is pretty popular.

TELECASTER STRIPES (Polkadot Stingray)

Just ran across this singer

YOYOMI (One Night in Bangkok)

YOYOMI (Beat It)

YOYOMI (Barbie Girl)

Just so much fun! I wasn’t convinced immediately, but by the second song it was clear that she may be the queen of covers. Yoyomi has such attention to detail in her videos, spot on for each song. First one is sexy, second is Michael Jackson, third is painfully cute. Never heard of her, but she brightened up my day.

Let me take you out of Japan for a visit to Mongolia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWzji_s3qBE

I had no idea The Hu could make songs like this. It appears to be fairly new, otherwise it should have been in the Rock Wars World Tour. Outstanding offering and thanks for sharing. The song "Mother Nature" speaks for itself so I can't add anything to that.

I sometimes trade music suggestions with a twenty something local artist. Her tastes are generally just slightly more obscure/weird than mine, her tastes being similar to things Slicktrickyrick has shared. So some feel great, some more than my brain can absorb. She traded me the following song and a small bit of her original art (actually that was a gift).

SPELL MAGIC (Acid Black Cherry) - Although I like this song, I couldn't find others by them that I like very much. Yes, its Japanese.

It exchange, I gave her an excellent Band-Maid song.

WARNING- Following the link below may lead to excessive Band-Maid suggestions in your YouTube feed.

TURN ME ON (Band-Maid)

They are using The Hu Wolf Totem to advertise Movember here in the wide brown land.

Movember ad

Back in the 70s I had been reading about Brian Eno in magazines like Creem and circus. He had been a member of Roxy Music on their first album but left because of creative differences with Brian Ferry. He had a garish androgynous look that rivalled anything Bowie went with. His first two solo albums had always been favorites of mine.

This and the next two tracks have Robert Fripp on guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItuhuY1U04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPAov2pfH9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5p-ceS1qT4

His next album continued with the absurd lyrics but was just as fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRnaYJcTd5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcykT0WqT8

I never kept up with his solo stuff and that is my loss. My favorite of these was the first one “Baby’s On Fire”. The vocal parts sounded like a Beatles/Violent Femmes mashup but the guitar parts are unique to me. Tried to equate that part to something that I was familiar with and couldn’t. Really enjoyable and different.

1989 Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - Beastie Boys

1990 Bring Tha Noize - Anthrax and Public Enemy

1990 Kingpin - Leeway

1993 New School - New School

1994 Anger - Downset

This came up in my YouTube feed

What if Slayer wrote 'Beat It'