First of all, let's get some business out of the way. Peter Frampton. In the late 60s/early 70s he made a name for himself in his native United Kingdom with bands like Herd and Humble Pie. While Humble Pie had several songs that would garner some attention ("30 Days In The Hole" and a cover of Ashford and Simpson's "I Don't Need No Doctor"), they weren't part of the British Invasion that brought The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and other such groups world-wide attention.
But Frampton made a huge splash in 1976 with a double live album Frampton Comes Alive! which gave us classic rock songs like "Baby, I Love Your Way," "Do You Feel Like We Do," and "Show Me The Way." Those and other tunes have made their way into many movie soundtracks in the years since their release. He has done a bit of acting along the way as well, most notably as Reg, the road manager for Humble Pie, in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. Okay. Now, forget about all that. Because this is a different Peter Frampton than you knew in the past.
Fingerprints is the title of his newest release and all the tracks on it are instrumentals. Think about that for a minute and it makes sense. What comes to my mind is not that it's odd for someone known as a guitar virtuoso in the pop music field to make this type of album, but why now, at this late date in a career that's lasted decades. "I've never done a complete collection of instrumentals," Frampton said in a recent press release. "This is something I've been needing to do for myself for a long time. This is the album I've been waiting my entire life to make."
The genesis for this record goes back to the early 1960s when Brit instrumental group The Shadows were big on the UK scene. Frampton started playing guitar at the age of four and even took classical lessons. But it wasn't until The Shadows hit that "I became addicted to the guitar," the press release further quoted him. "I wanted to play like them, so I got together with a couple of friends and formed a band that played every Shadows number. I can still play most of them."
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1 - Connie Phillips
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2 - tink
Rockin' Connie...THANKS!!! Passed along the info to my contact. They said "This is GREAT news!"
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!
3 - Lovenguth
Well done! October 18, 2006 in Jacksonville, Florida. Peter seemed as happy as those who attended and everyone needed this musical moment. Peter Frampton is indeed one of the Masters of our generation. His music may become timeless.
4 - tink
Much appreciated, Lovenguth! I'm looking forward to seeing the show myself, but not for a couple more weeks.
Thanks for reading and leaving a comment!!
5 - David Trawford
I live in the UK .When will Peter Frampton do a tour here?
I have to see hin do a gig
6 - tink
Dave - Keep checking out his website Frampton.com for more dates. I looked and there are some scattered dates in the U.S. and Canada coming up in 2007.
Fingers crossed for you that more will be added and over the pond so that you can check out his live show for yourself.
Thanks for reading...
7 - Bridgette
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I was disappointed that Peters coverage was only highlighted during the first airing of the Red Carpet Interviews. E's hostess seemed to be off in a different area where they briefly showed her segments. When She introduced Peter, she pointed out to him that there was a young lady in the audience throwing her panties at him and asked "Do they always throw their panties at you?"...Peter replied..."sometimes yes, but we don't keep them anymore". She then stated to Peter that "you have been in the buisness for a long time... how has it changed over the years?" Peter pointed out that when he started in 'Humble Pie' musicians played basically what they wanted to play, not what the industry dictated to them. He also went on to explain how music's air time is very strictly controlled. Peter looked very distiguished and gave a supperb interview. He definately stood out as one of the only long time veterans at the event. Not many...none, matter of fact, were interviewed. The highlights were mostly on rap and new artists. I think it was a huge accomplishment with this latest cd that Peter was able to throw himself back into the current mainstream with 'Fingerprints'. We all know Peter has deserved this recognition simply because of his talent since the very beginning, but now he has allowed himself to be reinvented with this lastest strict genre he has come forth with in this all instrumental work. Very, very smart move for Peter I think. He's let his fingers do the walking and talking ( David Bowie's past "sage old advice" to Peter) and was able to network with all the current faces in the industry with this nomination and Grammy win. A nice Jump Start and Power Thrust back into the forefront by showing his true talent... his technique and his precision as a guitarist.
So very very happy for Peter!! He's remebered and recognized as a legend and that is what we've always wanted!!!
Bridgette
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