Rocky Athas

ROCKIN' THE BLUES AND SHARIN' THE NEWS!

Legendary Texas Blues Rock Guitarist & Songwriter 

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Happy Birthday to Glenn "The Voice of Rock" Hughes! Listen NOW!

Please join me in wishing my friend, Glenn Hughes, a rockin' good birthday!   Glenn and I had an amazing time "Gettin' Tighter" for the Tommy Bolin Foundation tour with Johnnie Bolin on drums.  Check it out!   Best known as "The Voice of Rock", Deep Purple bassist, front man for Trapeze, amazing singer/songwriter of Coast to Coast, Tommy Bolin Archive Foundation supporter and now touring with Black Country Communion with Joe Bonamassa!   Glenn is the real deal!  Happy birthday, brother!  Rock on!  

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Tommy Bolin Music Festival - This Week!

In the 70's, Tommy Bolin replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple and was a phenomenal guitarist.  When I met Tommy's brother, Johnnie Bolin, drummer and founder of the Tommy Bolin Foundation, he asked me to play shows with Glenn Hughes in support of the Foundation.  We had a rockin' good time together!

While recording my album, Miracle, Johnnie presented Tommy's acoustic version of Slow Driver that had never been released and the rest is...as they say...history.  I was so impressed with Tommy Bolin's playing and song structure that I was honored to record this with Johnnie playing drums.  

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