Jednym z jego nauczycieli była miłośniczka country, stąd pierwszą piosenką, której gry z nut nauczył się Bolin była folkowa ballada On Top of Old Smoky.
Dyskografia Zephyr Zephyr (1969) Going Back to Colorado (1971) Live at Art's Bar and Grill (1996)
Energy The Energy Radio Broadcasts 1972 (1998) Energy (1972) (1999) Tommy Bolin & Energy, Live in Boulder / Sioux City 1972 (2003)
The James Gang Bang (1973) Miami (1974)
Billy Cobham Spectrum (1973) Rudiments: The Billy Cobham Anthology (2004) Love Child. The Spectrum Sessions (2002)
Alphonse Mouzon Mind Transplant (1975) Tommy Bolin & Alphonse Mouzon Fusion Jam (Rehearsals 1974) (1999)
Moxy Moxy (1975)
Deep Purple Come Taste the Band (1975) Last Concert in Japan (1977/1978) King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert (1995) On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat - Live in California '76 (1995) Days May Come and Days May Go (The California Rehearsals Volume 1) (2000) 1420 Beachwood Drive (The California Rehearsals Volume 2) (2000) Deep Purple: Extended Versions (2000) This Time Around: Live in Tokyo (2001) Phoenix Rising (2011)