Marriott had played guitar and sang with the Small Faces, a successful rock act that had achieved a string of hits around the world, and Frampton had played guitar with the Herd, a pop-rock group that was popular in England. When Humble Pie was formed in 1969, the act immediately garnered attention as one of the first "supergroups," as its leading members, Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton, had already attained stardom in other rock bands. Members include Dave Clempson (born on September 5, 1949, in Tamworth, England joined group, 1970), guitar Peter Frampton (born on April 22, 1950, in Beckenham, England left group, 1970), guitar, vocals Anthony Jones (joined group, 1980), bass Steve Marriott (born on January 30, 1947, in London, England died on April 20, 1991, in Essex, England), guitar, vocals Greg Ridley (born on October 23, 1947, in Cumberland, England), bass Jerry Shirley (born on February 4, 1952, in England), drums Bobby Tench (joined group, 1980), vocals. But he was so sincere, and that made me feel so good about something I’m so proud of.If you would like to share Humble Pie lyrics with other users of this site, please see the bottom of this page on how to submit Humble Pie lyrics. ‘Sweet Peace and Time’ was one of our favorite tracks.’ That was so sweet because he doesn’t have to say stuff like that. “He said, ‘It was absolutely one of our favorite albums. “He said, ‘Y’know, Smokin’ is one of the albums that got Van Halen started. Shirley has a particularly fond memory of visiting with Van Halen, when his friend Sammy Hagar was part of that band and being told about its impact on a young Eddie Van Halen. Marriott and Frampton were even talking about working together shortly before Marriott’s death in a 1991 house fire. I can’t imagine why.”Īlthough, the band broke up in 1975, they had intermittent reunions afterward. “He was writing out lines – ‘Newcastle Brown … it sure can knock you down … got you weak in your knees,’ all that stuff. We never actually played it until we did it as a jam in the studio, so there was a lot of freshness to it. “I remember sitting with him right before recording the live album, in his hotel room. Within the first two days, we recorded the ones we had been doing out on the road, then we started to create jams in the studio.”Īmong the songs mentioned were the album’s opening track, “Hot ‘n’ Nasty,” and “30 Days in the Hole,” which Shirley says Steve Marriott had been working on while they were on tour in 1971. That’s the best time to go in and record, when you’ve been on the road and you’re just steaming literally. A lot of the material was being written as we went along, and by the time we got into the studio after touring, we were like a well-oiled machine. And we were quite smart about it without realizing we were being smart. “There was no backlash to Peter not being there, which was a great relief. “We thought we were going to have to keep going as a three-piece because we couldn’t find the right replacement.” Humble Pie had to faced some challenges before reaching success with Smokin’.īefore David “Clem” Clempson joined the band, 1969 to 1971 frontman Peter Frampton decided to leave the quartet to start a solo career. “I remember that night Alice came into our dressing room, leans against the door with his drink in his hand, and he looks at us and just went, ‘How do I follow that?'”
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