84-684: Humble Pie are an English rock band formed by singer-guitarists Peter Frampton and Steve Marriott in Moreton , Essex , in 1969. Often regarded as one of the first supergroups in music, Humble Pie experienced moderate popularity and commercial success during the 1970s with hit songs such as " Black Coffee ", " 30 Days in the Hole ", " I Don't Need No Doctor ", " Hot 'n' Nasty " and " Natural Born Bugie " among others. The original line-up of members featured lead singer/frontman and guitarist Steve Marriott of Small Faces , singer-guitarist Peter Frampton of
168-545: A Pretty Face", a song Marriott and Shirley had just written, to record labels. They secured a recording contract with Atlantic Records subsidiary Atco and in the UK their material was released by Jet Records , owned by former Small Faces manager Don Arden . They recorded the album On to Victory (April 1980) and "Fool for a Pretty Face" reached No. 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On to Victory peaked at No. 60 on
252-705: A Small Faces live performance with Alexis Korner at the Alexandra Palace on New Year's Eve, and backstage he duly announced to his bandmates that he was leaving. He then approached Frampton with a view to joining him in the band he had helped to form for him. After fulfilling outstanding live performance commitments, including a European tour in January, the Small Faces' dissolution was formally announced in March 1969, and Marriott and Frampton's plans to form
336-461: A backing band for French singer Johnny Hallyday during recording sessions in Paris for his latest album, "Rivière... Ouvre Ton lit" (aka "Je Suis Né Dans La Rue"), and Marriott invited Frampton along to participate. The week-long sessions may have been another of Marriott's attempts to test the waters to expand the Small Faces lineup, but tensions were reportedly brought to a head and the seeds sown for
420-523: A deal with MGM Records , who issued three singles (K-13530, K-13567, K-13600) as part of the regular MGM series using regular MGM labels with the Immediate logo on the side of the label. Then Immediate Records set up a short-lived deal with United Artists , who issued two singles using the Immediate moniker (E-1901, E-1902) before signing a deal with CBS to set up a new label series, which picked selective Immediate Records singles (using product codes with
504-466: A few of the band's live shows in October which, although well received by audiences, seemingly did nothing to convince Marriott's reluctant bandmates to allow Frampton to join them on a permanent basis. Consequently, Marriott was soon helping Frampton to form his own band as a backup plan. In December 1968 at the behest of their long-time recording engineer/producer Glyn Johns , the Small Faces served as
588-649: A fifteen-show tour of the U.S on 31 August 2018 in Riverhead, New York. The band performed songs from the Humble Pie catalogue and other songs such as Bad Company 's "Can't Get Enough (of your Love)" and Free's "All Right Now". In 2023 Shirley's "Humble Pie Legacy" lineup of Dave Colwell (guitar), Jim Stapley (vocals, guitar, Hammond, harmonica), Ivan Bodley (bass) and Bobby Marks (drums) continued. Original members Current members Sources: Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950)
672-410: A fourth, from the ended Marriott-Frampton partnership were subsequently recorded; two ending up on Frampton's "Shine On" compilation, a third on his subsequent solo album. In the late 1990s, Frampton starred in an infomercial plugging the eMedia Guitar Method, a piece of instructional software represented as an alternative to taking actual guitar lessons. He claimed in the infomercial that the software
756-729: A group project. In 1974, Frampton released Somethin's Happening . Frampton toured extensively to support his solo career, joined for three years by his former Herd mate Andy Bown on keyboards, Rick Wills on bass, and American drummer John Siomos. In 1975, the Frampton album was released. The album went to No. 32 in the US charts and is certified Gold by the RIAA . Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums. This changed with his best-selling live album, Frampton Comes Alive! , in 1976, from which " Baby, I Love Your Way ", " Show Me
840-505: A house fire on 20 April 1991. In 2000 Charlie Huhn continued on as Humble Pie without Shirley to fulfill live dates. Rick Craig of Halloween joined the line up with bassist Kent "Bubba" Gascoyne and Jamie Darnell on drums. Michigan guitarist Patrick Thomas took Craig's place later that year and Ian Evans (from The Outlaws ) replaced Gascoyne. After completing touring duties they disbanded and Huhn went on to join Foghat . Having returned to
924-524: A little later that year, Cleveland guitarist Alan Greene had joined in place of Stocker. Bassist Sam Nemon played with this lineup from 1992 to 1996, when Brad Johnson took over. In August 1999 Shirley was seriously injured in an auto accident and later returned to England. Frampton and Marriott started collaborating again in 1990. Two songs from this collaboration, "The Bigger They Come" and "I Won't Let You Down", with Steve Marriott's vocals, appeared on Frampton's album Shine On: A Collection . Marriott died in
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#17327805801381008-484: A new group together were unveiled (although the band were already formed and had been rehearsing together since January). Having been instantly labelled by the UK music press as a supergroup , the band chose the name Humble Pie in order to downplay such expectations and signed with Andrew Loog Oldham 's record label Immediate Records . Their debut album, As Safe as Yesterday Is , was released in August 1969, along with
1092-709: A re-release of Mark Knopfler 's " Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero " in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust . On 19 October 2024, Frampton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his long-time friend Roger Daltrey . Frampton performed at the ceremony with Keith Urban . In 1974, Frampton appeared in the film The Son of Dracula as a guitarist in the Count Downes. In 1978, Frampton portrayed coastwatcher Peter Buckley in an episode of
1176-561: A slicker album. In April 1981, at the beginning of the promotional tour for the Go for the Throat album, Marriott crushed his hand in a hotel room door, delaying earlier scheduled appearances by the band, and he later developed a duodenal ulcer forcing the cancellation of all further tour dates in late July 1981. Soon afterwards this line-up disbanded due to the loss of the Atlantic contract and
1260-522: A solo album and a collaboration album with Greg Ridley . After the release of this album and their 1975 "Goodbye Pie Tour", Humble Pie disbanded, citing musical differences. Marriott went on to produce his first solo album Marriott and promptly moved back to the UK. In late 1979, Marriott and Shirley, now managed by Leber-Krebs, revived Humble Pie, adding Bobby Tench , former vocalist and guitarist from The Jeff Beck Group , along with bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones from New York. They submitted "Fool for
1344-465: A while, as both Frampton and Marriott laid down some tracks in L.A. and prepared to do a "Frampton-Marriott" tour. Marriott abruptly returned to England in April and he died in a house fire less than 24 hours after his return. Broken up by Marriott's death, Frampton went off the road for a time, then reformed his old touring band with his old friends Bob Mayo and John Regan. At least three songs, and possibly
1428-616: A young guitarist from Tennessee, Tommy Johnson, joined as well. After a deal with Capricorn Records fell through due to the label ceasing to trade, this line-up went into Pyramid Eye Studios in Chattanooga, Tennessee , to record three songs intended for an album which didn't materialize. Following Johnson leaving and being replaced by Phil Dix, they were scheduled to record demos with Yes and ELP producer Eddy Offord at Eddy's studio in Atlanta with Rick Richards of Georgia Satellites as
1512-459: Is an English-American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie . Later in his career, Frampton found significant success as a solo artist. He has released several albums, including his breakthrough album, the live recording Frampton Comes Alive! (1976), which spawned several hit singles and has been certified 8× Platinum by
1596-474: The Billboard 200 . Humble Pie toured the US in 1980 as part of the 'Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Bill' with Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush , Angel & Mother's Finest . Humble Pie toured with Ted Nugent & Aerosmith in 1981 and also recorded the album Go for the Throat (June 1981). This album was originally recorded by the band as a raw-edged Rhythm and Blues album, but their record company wanted
1680-418: The Billboard 200 . Looking for a more authentic R&B sound, Marriott hired three female backing vocalists, The Blackberries . The trio consisted of Venetta Fields , Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews , who was later replaced by Billie Barnum. They had performed with Ike and Tina Turner as The Ikettes and with Ray Charles as The Raelettes. This new line-up included Sidney George on saxophone for
1764-586: The Concord Pavilion . The tour featured special guest Jason Bonham 's Led Zeppelin Evening, as well as Peter's son Julian Frampton on the West Coast stops. He also revealed the reason for the farewell tour; he received a diagnosis of inclusion body myositis (IBM), a progressive muscle disorder characterised by muscle inflammation, weakness, and atrophy (wasting). A dollar of every ticket sold for
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#17327805801381848-757: The RIAA in the United States. He has also worked with various other acts such as Ringo Starr , John Entwistle of the Who , David Bowie , Joe Bonamassa , and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam . Frampton is known for his signature hit songs " Show Me the Way ", " Baby, I Love Your Way ", " Do You Feel Like We Do ", and " I'm in You ", all of which remain staples of classic rock radio . He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as The Simpsons , Family Guy , and Madam Secretary . Frampton
1932-634: The Small Faces to form Humble Pie . While playing with Humble Pie, Frampton also did session recording with other artists, including: George Harrison , Harry Nilsson , Jerry Lee Lewis , and John Entwistle 's Whistle Rymes in 1972. During a recording session with George Harrison at Abbey Road Studios in London in 1970, Pete Drake introduced him to the " talk box " that was to become one of his trademark guitar effects. After four studio albums and one live album with Humble Pie , Frampton left
2016-597: The title song of the 1978 film Grease , a song newly written for the film by Barry Gibb . Frampton suffered a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas in 1978 that marked the end of his prolific period and the beginning of a long period during which he was less successful. He returned in 1979 to record the album Where I Should Be . Among those contributing to the album were past band members Stanley Sheldon (bass), Bob Mayo (keyboards/guitar/vocals), and John Siomos (drums/vocals). In 1980, Frampton's album Rise Up
2100-712: The Beatles record for fastest selling stadium concert, to that date. Also in 1971, Humble Pie released their most successful album to date, Rock On , as well as a live album recorded at the Fillmore East in New York entitled Performance Rockin' the Fillmore . The live album reached No. 21 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA . " I Don't Need No Doctor " became an FM radio standard in
2184-553: The English band Yes ; the two acts had played stadium shows on a bill together in 1976. His 2010 band consisted of Rob Arthur (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), John Regan (bass), Adam Lester (guitar), and Dan Wojciechowski (drums). Frampton embarked on a UK tour in March 2011 in support of his new album, visiting Leamington Spa, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bristol. Frampton went on tour in 2011 with The Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour that showcased and followed exactly
2268-599: The Farewell Tour with three dates in the UK (Stoke, Glasgow, London) and five more in the rest of Europe, then one concert at Joe Satriani 's workshop in Las Vegas, announcing in advance that he would be seated on stage during these performances. "Standing", he told Guitar World in September 2022, "would be dangerous for me now, because I get so carried away when I'm playing that I'm liable to fall over". Of how
2352-475: The Herd , former Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley from the Apostolic Intervention . Marriott befriended Frampton during the latter months of 1968 and the pair bonded over their unwanted 'teen heart-throb' status in the UK and their shared desire to be taken more seriously as musicians. Frampton was at something of a loose end professionally, having recently left
2436-438: The Herd. Marriott, acting as mentor to his younger new friend, agreed to help Frampton find a new musical direction. Marriott had initially wanted Frampton to join his established group Small Faces as a second guitarist in order to expand their musical horizons, rather than form an entirely new group with him. This proposal met with resistance from his Small Faces bandmates Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan . Frampton guested during
2520-428: The Hole " (the latter of which became one of their best-known efforts). It was the band's most commercially successful record and reached No. 6 on the US charts, helped by a busy touring schedule. After the success of Smokin' , the band's record label A&M released Humble Pie's first two Immediate albums as one double album titled Lost and Found . The marketing ploy was a success and the album charted at No. 37 on
2604-576: The Humble Pie live album Performance , and which he had used all through his early solo career. The guitar was recovered and returned to him in December 2011. The album eventually turned into Breaking All the Rules , released the next year in 1981. These albums were the first he recorded almost completely live. In 1982, following the release of The Art of Control , Frampton tried unsuccessfully to split his ties with A&M Records ; he re-signed with
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2688-446: The Immediate label having finally collapsed, Humble Pie signed to A&M Records and Dee Anthony became their manager. Anthony was focused on the US market and suggested the band discard the acoustic set and instigate a more raucous sound with Marriott as the front man. The group's first album for A&M, Humble Pie , was released later that year and alternated between progressive rock and hard rock . A single, " Big Black Dog ",
2772-621: The U.K, Shirley re-formed Humble Pie in 2001 with a line-up including the original bassist Greg Ridley, former Humble Pie member vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench and new rhythm guitarist Dave Colwell (of Bad Company ). They recorded Humble Pie's thirteenth studio album, Back on Track (2002), which comprised new songs and was released by Sanctuary Records . Keyboard players Zoot Money and Victor Martin were brought in for recording sessions. A brief tour of UK and Germany with Company of Snakes followed with new keyboardist Dean Rees and guitarist Johnny Warman. But Ridley fell ill late in 2002 and
2856-530: The US, peaking at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and propelling the album up the charts. By the time of the album's release, Frampton had left the band and went on to enjoy success as a solo artist. Frampton was replaced by Clem Clempson and Humble Pie moved toward a harder sound emphasising Marriott's blues and soul roots. Their first record with Clempson, Smokin' , was released in March 1972, along with two singles " Hot 'n' Nasty " and " 30 Days in
2940-598: The Way ", and an edited version of " Do You Feel Like We Do ", were hit singles. The latter two tracks also featured his use of the talk box guitar effect. The album was recorded in 1975, mainly at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, where Humble Pie had previously enjoyed a good following. Frampton had a new line-up, with Americans Bob Mayo on keyboards and rhythm guitar and Stanley Sheldon on bass. Wills had been sacked by Frampton at
3024-527: The World War II drama series Baa Baa Black Sheep titled "A Little Bit of England". In 1978, Frampton played Billy Shears in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , starring along with the three brothers Gibb of the band the Bee Gees . The film was inspired by the Beatles album of the same name . Critics were hostile, and the film was a box-office failure. In 1978, Frampton appeared on
3108-457: The ZS7 prefix) and albums (using Z12) until they had a dispute. Finally, Immediate Records set up a short-lived independent label in the US to issue one single (IMOC-001), Humble Pie’s first album, and The Nice's last album before the label entered into liquidation . In 2008, a comprehensive book about Immediate Records, written by Simon Spence, who 'ghosted' Andrew Loog Oldham's two autobiographies,
3192-520: The accompanying Glass Spider Tour . In 2013, he credited his participation in this tour for helping revive his career. Looking for the band experience again after touring with Bowie, Frampton kept referencing Steve Marriott, and at the beginning of 1991 rejoined his old Humble Pie mate for some shows (Marriott's last English gigs) at the Half Moon in Putney, London. The chemistry was still there for
3276-627: The age of 14, Peter was playing with a band called the Trubeats followed by a band called the Preachers, who later became Moon's Train, produced and managed by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones . Frampton's parents were at the time concerned about their son playing regular late night gigs whilst still at school, so Alex Brown, a member of The Preachers, was designated to meet his parents at their house, along with his son Steven, to show that
3360-830: The album Now , and embarked on a tour with Styx to support it. It was on this tour in 2004 he lost good friend and long time bandmate Bob Mayo . He also toured with the Elms , and appeared in 2006 on the Fox variety show Celebrity Duets , paired with Chris Jericho of WWE fame. They were the first pair voted out. On 12 September 2006, Frampton released an instrumental work titled Fingerprints . His band consisted of drummer Shawn Fichter, guitarist Audley Freed , bassist John Regan (Frampton's lifelong best friend, ), and keyboardist-guitarist Rob Arthur, and guest artists such as members of Pearl Jam , Hank Marvin , Warren Haynes and his bassist on Frampton Comes Alive! , Stanley Sheldon –
3444-654: The album song-for-song at 69 locations between 15 June 2011 and 22 October 2011 throughout the US. On 11 June 2011, Frampton performed a live set for " Guitar Center Sessions" on DirecTV . The episode included an interview with program host Nic Harcourt . In 2013, Frampton performed throughout North America as part of the "Frampton's Guitar Circus" tour which featured periodic guest performers including B.B. King , Robert Cray , Don Felder , Rick Derringer , Kenny Wayne Shepherd , Steve Lukather , Sonny Landreth , Davy Knowles , David Hidalgo , Mike McCready , Roger McGuinn and Vinnie Moore . On 9 February 2014, Frampton
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3528-573: The album, with Frampton's distinctive guitar work especially prominent. Their performances together offer a tantalising glimpse of how an expanded Small Faces lineup might have sounded. It was not to be, however. For reasons that remain ill-defined to this day, Lane and McLagan were now more opposed than ever to Frampton joining the group. As a result, Marriott's efforts to put a band together from scratch for Frampton became more concerted, and Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley were successfully auditioned. An increasingly-frustrated Marriott stormed off stage during
3612-516: The attic, he taught himself to play it, going on to later teach himself how to play guitar and piano as well. At the age of eight, he began taking classical music lessons. Frampton was influenced by late 1950s and early 1960s rock acts such as Cliff Richard and the Shadows , Buddy Holly , Eddie Cochran and later the Ventures , Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles . His father introduced him to
3696-404: The band and went solo in 1971, just in time to see Rockin' the Fillmore rise up the US charts. He remained with Dee Anthony (1926–2009), the same personal manager that Humble Pie had used. Frampton's own debut was 1972's Wind of Change , with guest artists Ringo Starr and Billy Preston . This album was followed by Frampton's Camel in 1973, which featured Frampton working within
3780-404: The band members were responsible people. After this meeting, Frampton was allowed to join the band. Frampton became a successful child singer, and in 1966 he became a member of the Herd . He was the lead guitarist and singer, scoring several British pop hits. Frampton was named "The Face of 1968" by teen magazine Rave . In 1969, when Frampton was 18 years old, he joined Steve Marriott of
3864-607: The band split up. Shirley appeared at the Steve Marriott Tribute Concert held at the London Astoria in 2001, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Marriott's death. The concert featured a grouping of early Humble Pie members Frampton, Clempson, Ridley and Shirley. Former member guitarist Bobby Tench also appeared as the frontman for the house band, which included Zak Starkey , keyboard player Rabbit Bundrick and bassist Rick Wills . This concert
3948-484: The ceasing of financial support from Leber-Krebs. And to make matters even worse, the band's equipment truck was stolen as well. In 1982 Marriott was back on the road with Jim Leverton (bass, backing vocals), former Steppenwolf keyboardist Goldy McJohn and Chicago-born drummer Fallon Williams III. This grouping was originally set to be called The Official Receivers, The Three Trojans (after McJohn departed) or The Pie, but ended up billed by promoters as Humble Pie. McJohn
4032-581: The cover of Rolling Stone , in a famous shirtless photo by Francesco Scavullo . Frampton later said he regrets the photo because it changed his image as a credible artist into a teen idol. In late 1976, Frampton and manager Dee Anthony visited the White House at the invitation of Steven Ford , the president's son. On 24 August 1979, Frampton received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6819 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to
4116-560: The disease is affecting his ability to actually play the guitar, Frampton continued, "It's starting to affect my hands, but not enough yet, so I can still play a good lick. But I'll be honest, I'm anxious about it." On 6 August 2022, Frampton came out of retirement for one night to perform during " Buddy Holly 's 85th Birthday Celebration" at the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas . "I sat down for
4200-407: The early 2000s. According to Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones , most of Immediate Records' assets and income were embezzled by one of the company's senior partners, who allegedly channelled the funds to offshore bank accounts. Paul Korda , who wrote songs such as "The Time Has Come" for P.P. Arnold , was never paid for work done for Immediate Records. In the US, Immediate Records first set up
4284-422: The end of 1974, and Bown had left on the eve of Frampton Comes Alive , to return to England and new fame with Status Quo . Frampton Comes Alive was released in early January, debuting on the charts on 14 February at number 191. The album was on the Billboard 200 for 97 weeks, of which 55 were in the top 40, of which 10 were at the top. The album beat, among others, Fleetwood Mac 's Fleetwood Mac to become
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#17327805801384368-475: The first show Frampton was plagued by sound problems with his then-current guitar, a semi-acoustic Gibson 335, which was prone to unwanted feedback at higher volumes. After the show he was approached by fan and musician Mark Mariana, who loaned him the modified 1954 Gibson Les Paul, and by the end of the second show Frampton had become so enamoured of the guitar that he offered to buy it on the spot, but Mariana refused payment. Frampton played it almost exclusively for
4452-689: The first song: a version of "Do You Feel Like I Do". In 2016, Frampton was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum . In 2017 and 2018, Frampton toured with the Steve Miller Band , opening the show. On 22 February 2019, Frampton announced he would be retiring from touring with his 'Peter Frampton Finale—The Farewell Tour' commencing on 18 June 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, running through 12 October ending in Concord, California at
4536-587: The first time ever on stage," he told Guitar World later. "And it felt very comfortable [laughs]. Better than leaning on a piano." As of 2023, Frampton embarked on the Never Say Never tour. Frampton has noted that he did not expect to be able to play again as a result of his diagnosis. He has stated that while his fingers do not work as well as they used to, they worked better than he thought they would, citing it as reason enough to keep doing what he loved on stage. In 2024, Frampton contributed guitar to
4620-541: The greatest live acts in rock, while satiating the need for generations of our beloved fans to again enjoy our music performed live by world class musicians". Shirley chose Dave Colwell , who had played and recorded with the band on the 2002 album Back on Track as a front man and lead guitarist, alongside former Savoy Brown and Cactus singer Jimmy Kunes. The new line up included second guitarist James "Roto" Rotondi, bassist David C. Gross (replaced later in 2018 by Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley) and drummer Bobby Marks. They began
4704-478: The group with different musicians. This project was called New Humble Pie or Humble Pie featuring Jerry Shirley, where Shirley was the only original member. The band began performing concerts and was based in Cleveland , Ohio, where Shirley was working as an on-air radio personality at Cleveland's WNCX . The line-up included vocalist Charlie Huhn , who also played lead and rhythm guitar. While Huhn and Shirley were
4788-399: The group's break-up in the new year. The Hallyday sessions therefore proved to be the Small Faces' final studio recordings. Embryonic versions of "Bang!" and "What You Will" from Humble Pie's debut album were recorded by the Small Faces and Frampton during the sessions, and the five musicians can be heard playing together (and also in various combinations with Hallyday's regular band) throughout
4872-422: The label ceased operations in 1970, and it has been the subject of controversy ever since. This is especially true in regard to unpaid royalties owed to the Small Faces, who made numerous hit recordings for the label between 1967 and 1969. Despite their success, the band received virtually no income from these often re-released records , until legal action finally secured payments from the present licencees in
4956-551: The label in 2006 and released his Grammy Award –winning Fingerprints . Although his albums generally met with little commercial success, Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s. He achieved a brief, moderate comeback of sorts in 1986 with the release of his Premonition album, and the single "Lying", which became a hit on Mainstream Rock chart. Most notably, he also united with old friend David Bowie, and both worked together to make albums. Frampton played on Bowie's 1987 album Never Let Me Down and sang and played on
5040-531: The new guitarist. But before recording sessions began, Rick and Keith were fired from the band by Marriott for showing up late to one of the sessions. The recordings were finished with Fallon on drums and Dave Hewitt (from Babe Ruth ) on bass, but failed to attract a record label. On 4 September 1983 Humble Pie performed at the Electric Cowboy Festival in Columbia, Tennessee , where Marriott
5124-544: The next ten years. It was featured on the cover of Frampton Comes Alive and was thought to have been destroyed in 1980 when a plane carrying Frampton's stage equipment crashed in Venezuela during a South American tour, killing the crew, but with the guitar in fact surviving the accident with some minor damage. It was eventually returned to Frampton in 2011. On 9 July 1971 Humble Pie opened for Grand Funk Railroad at their historic Shea Stadium concert, an event that broke
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#17327805801385208-471: The only member of the backing band on that album still alive. On 11 February 2007, Fingerprints was awarded the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In February 2007, he also appeared on the Chicago-based PBS television show Soundstage . Frampton released his 14th studio album, Thank You Mr. Churchill , on 27 April 2010. In summer 2010 he began touring North America with
5292-496: The only permanent members of the group, several other musicians appeared, including Wally Stocker and a returning Anthony "Sooty" Jones on bass. Jones was quickly replaced by Sean Beavan (who was engineering their 1989 independent single release "Still Rockin'"). In August 1989 they appeared in the line-up at the Woodstock Festival 's 20th Anniversary Celebration . By 1990, Scott Allen had replaced Beavan on bass and
5376-605: The parody talk show, America 2-Night . In 1988, Frampton appeared in the video release of David Bowie's Glass Spider , a video recording of the 1987 tour of the same name . In 1996, Frampton appeared in an episode of The Simpsons entitled " Homerpalooza ", in which he played " Do You Feel Like We Do ". He also made a TV appearance in the Family Guy episode " Death Lives ", in which Peter Griffin asks Death to bring Peter Frampton to play " Baby, I Love Your Way " to Lois. Immediate Records Immediate Records
5460-434: The recording industry. Frampton's following album, I'm in You (1977), contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to Frampton Comes Alive! . He starred, with the Bee Gees , in producer Robert Stigwood 's poorly received film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978). Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen. He also played guitar on
5544-520: The recording of Eat It , a double album released in April 1973 made up of Marriott originals (some acoustic), R&B numbers, and a Humble Pie concert recorded in Glasgow . The album peaked at No. 13 in the US charts. Album number seven, Thunderbox , was released in February 1974 and Street Rats a year later. Street Rats (February 1975) was created at the same time as Marriott was producing
5628-584: The recordings of French gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt . By the age of 12, Frampton played in a band called the Little Ravens. Both he and David Bowie , who was three years older, were pupils at Bromley Technical School, where Frampton's father was Bowie's art teacher. The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, George and the Dragons. Peter and David would spend lunch breaks together, playing Buddy Holly songs. At
5712-599: The single, " Natural Born Bugie "/"Wrist Job", which reached No. 4 hit in the UK Singles Chart ; the album peaked at No. 16 in the UK album charts. As Safe as Yesterday Is was one of the first albums to be described by the term "heavy metal" in a 1970 review in Rolling Stone magazine. Their second album, Town and Country , was rush-released in the UK in November 1969 while Immediate Records were on
5796-463: The songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums. Frampton Comes Alive! II was recorded at The Fillmore Theater on 15 June 1995. Although there was a large amount of marketing for the album, it did not sell well. After Frampton Comes Alive! II , he recorded and toured with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings and Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band , where he and Jack Bruce performed a cover version of Cream 's " Sunshine of Your Love ". In 2003, Frampton released
5880-427: The songs on the setlist for the original tour from 1976, recorded for Frampton Comes Alive! The concerts each night started with the prerecorded thump of a microphone being turned on, familiar to many fans of the album, followed by the recorded voice of Jerry Pompili saying, "If there was ever a musician that was an honorary member of San Francisco society, Mr. Peter Frampton ...", and then the crowd goes wild. He played
5964-468: The top selling album of 1976, and it was also the 14th best seller of 1977. The album won Frampton a Juno Award in 1977. A tribute to the album's staying power, readers of Rolling Stone ranked Frampton Comes Alive No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums. The article's text stated, "He was loved by teenage girls, and their older brothers. He owned the year 1976 like nobody else in rock." The success of Frampton Comes Alive! put him on
6048-651: The tour was donated to benefit Frampton's myositis research fund established at Johns Hopkins, where he was treated. In June 2019, Frampton's album All Blues debuted at number one in the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart . In December 2019, Frampton announced his farewell UK tour to consist of five performances in May 2020. In April this UK/EU tour was cancelled "because of the COVID-19 virus ". In November 2022 Frampton resumed his Finale,
6132-648: The verge of financial collapse and the band was away on its first tour of the US. This album featured a more acoustic sound and songs written by all four members. Humble Pie concerts at this time featured an acoustic set, with a radical re-working of Graham Gouldman 's " For Your Love " as its centrepiece, followed by an electric set. Recent tape archives show that the band recorded around 30 songs in its first nine months of existence, many of which remained unreleased for decades, including an interpretation of Henry Glover 's " Drown in My Own Tears ". During 1970, with
6216-437: Was 62. During 2018 Jerry Shirley still owned the Humble Pie name and instigated a new lineup which he would direct but not tour with. Shirley stated: "We all have a great sense of love and pride for Humble Pie, the [former] members their families and what we were able to achieve and it goes without saying that no one will ever replace Steve, Peter or any member of the band. My goal is keep the legacy of Humble Pie intact as one of
6300-560: Was a British record label, started in 1965 by The Rolling Stones ' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and Tony Calder , and concentrating on the London-based blues and R&B scene. Immediate Records was started in 1965. Signed musicians included Rod Stewart , P.P. Arnold , songwriter Paul Korda , Billy Nicholls , John Mayall , Savoy Brown , Small Faces , The Nice , Fleetwood Mac , The Groundhogs , Chris Farlowe , Duncan Browne and Humble Pie . Due to financial problems,
6384-416: Was carried onstage by a roadie due to a very large cast on his leg. They appeared as a last-minute replacement for the English group Madness. After this there were some more US club dates, which were Marriott's last official live performances under the name Humble Pie. He then disbanded the group and returned to England in late 1983. Jerry Shirley obtained the rights to the name Humble Pie in 1988 and reformed
6468-508: Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. Peter Kenneth Frampton was born to Owen Frampton and Peggy (née ffitch) Frampton in Beckenham , Kent . He attended Bromley Technical High School , at which his father was a teacher and the head of the Art department. He first became interested in music when he was seven years old. Having discovered his grandmother's banjolele in
6552-512: Was let go after suffering drug troubles and the remaining trio toured Australia in October 1982 billed as Small Faces to entice patrons. In January 1983 Leverton ran into trouble at U.S. Immigration and was deported back to England. Marriott based himself in the Atlanta, Georgia , area, where his second wife Pamela Stephens was from, and continued to tour clubs as Humble Pie. Atlanta musician Keith Christopher (from The Brains ) took over bass and
6636-501: Was one of several musicians to participate in The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles , a tribute to the Beatles on the 50th anniversary of their first appearance on American television. On 23 June 2014, Frampton released a new album entitled Hummingbird in a Box . On 11 June 2015, Frampton announced his new studio album, Acoustic Classics ; then, on 14 January 2016, he launched
6720-403: Was published in the UK and US by Black Dog as part of their Labels Unlimited series. A second, amended version has since been published. In 2016, a comprehensive discography with brief organisational history, The Immediate Discography: The First 20 Years by recorded music historian, Mark Jones, was published with input from Barry Green, the curator of the official Immediate archive. This book won
6804-699: Was released as a DVD by Chrome Dreams in 2005 entitled The Steve Marriott Astoria Memorial Concert 2001 , and as an album with the title One More for the Ol' Tosser (2006). In May 2003 Ridley had recovered enough to undertake two gigs, one at a club in Bucharest, Romania , with a group he called Greg Ridley's Humble Pie that included Ridley, Rees, Chris George (guitar), Stefan John (guitar) and Karl Randall (drums). He died later that year, on 19 November 2003, in Alicante , Spain of pneumonia and resulting complications. He
6888-507: Was released to coincide with the album and failed to chart, however the band was becoming known for popular live rock shows in the US. It was during this period that Peter Frampton acquired his famed "Phenix" guitar, the black 1954 Les Paul Custom that became his signature instrument and his favourite guitar for the next decade. Humble Pie was playing a run of shows at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in early December 1970 and during
6972-463: Was released to promote his tour in Brazil, although he suffered another serious setback that year when all his guitars were thought destroyed in a cargo plane crash that killed four people. Among the instruments he lost was the black Les Paul Custom which he had named "Phenix" (pictured on the cover of Frampton Comes Alive ) given to him by Mark Mariana and first used on the night of the recording of
7056-504: Was the best way to learn guitar. In 1994, Frampton wrote and released the album Peter Frampton , the final version of which contained material recorded on Tascam cassette recorders. Originally released on the Relativity label, this record was re-released in 2000 by Legacy Records, with four bonus tracks and additional notes by Frampton. In 1995, Frampton released Frampton Comes Alive! II , which contained live versions of many of
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