Peter Frampton
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Peter Frampton
During the late 70s, Peter Frampton was a pinup boy, on the cover of girly teen magazines and on posters on girls' bedroom walls. Long ringlets of blond hair, a boyish smile - like Leif Garrett but with wonky English teeth. In 1976, Frampton Comes Alive became the biggest selling album in US history. A lot of people who don't normally like music must have bought that record, including the teeny boppers.
Yet Frampton was a solid rock guitarist. Toured as a four piece band, including a great player on the Fender Rhodes who sang backing vocals. They were tight! The 3 minute voice box playing was a questionable indulgence, but when he was playing in the pocket switching between the three pickups on his 50s black Les Paul, he was an exciting guitarist of his era.
Imagine Harry Styles clipping on a Les Paul and playing like a boss - I can't - and you realise how good it got back then.
Here's a 1975 performance of Do You Feel Like We Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rFYbMhcG8
Yet Frampton was a solid rock guitarist. Toured as a four piece band, including a great player on the Fender Rhodes who sang backing vocals. They were tight! The 3 minute voice box playing was a questionable indulgence, but when he was playing in the pocket switching between the three pickups on his 50s black Les Paul, he was an exciting guitarist of his era.
Imagine Harry Styles clipping on a Les Paul and playing like a boss - I can't - and you realise how good it got back then.
Here's a 1975 performance of Do You Feel Like We Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rFYbMhcG8
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Re: Peter Frampton
I remember him from Humble Pie days and onwards. Still have his Frampton Comes Alive album on vinyl.
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Re: Peter Frampton
Ho yeah, big fan and love the comes alive album! Great guitar work, beautiful solos.
I recently started with this video, slowly learning that song
I recently started with this video, slowly learning that song
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Re: Peter Frampton
Frampton comes alive is a classic, so good!
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Re: Peter Frampton
Frampton Comes Alive is a fantastic album that came out in my teens and I still have it now but on CD. Saw him live about 10+ years ago at the Aotea Center in Auckland with the same band members, except for Bob Mayo (keyboards) who had died on tour in 2004. Peter was bald lol and he momentarily eff'd up the talk box in "Do You Feel Like We Do" and apologised. Anyone else there?
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Rick Beato seems to be a big fan so Frampton pops up often on his youtube channel. I remember when I was very young (primary school?) going to my friends house and him putting on tlhis Dad's Frampton Comes Alive vinyl to show me the 'talking guitar'.
Isn't John Mayer the Frampton equivalent? The pin-up pop star who is also a guitar god. Adam Levine is also pretty decent!
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Ed Sheeran is also a really underrated player.Lyle wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:14 pm Rick Beato seems to be a big fan so Frampton pops up often on his youtube channel. I remember when I was very young (primary school?) going to my friends house and him putting on tlhis Dad's Frampton Comes Alive vinyl to show me the 'talking guitar'.
Isn't John Mayer the Frampton equivalent? The pin-up pop star who is also a guitar god. Adam Levine is also pretty decent!
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Yeah I've seen a few clips of him playing live, his music is saccharine sweet pop dross and he may look like a fraggle, but he most certainly knows his way around a fretboard and has some serious chops hiding in plain sight.robthemac wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:33 pmEd Sheeran is also a really underrated player.Lyle wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:14 pm Rick Beato seems to be a big fan so Frampton pops up often on his youtube channel. I remember when I was very young (primary school?) going to my friends house and him putting on tlhis Dad's Frampton Comes Alive vinyl to show me the 'talking guitar'.
Isn't John Mayer the Frampton equivalent? The pin-up pop star who is also a guitar god. Adam Levine is also pretty decent!
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You're right about John Mayer. It occurred to me as I was running last night.Lyle wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:14 pm Rick Beato seems to be a big fan so Frampton pops up often on his youtube channel. I remember when I was very young (primary school?) going to my friends house and him putting on tlhis Dad's Frampton Comes Alive vinyl to show me the 'talking guitar'.
Isn't John Mayer the Frampton equivalent? The pin-up pop star who is also a guitar god. Adam Levine is also pretty decent!
Adam Levine isn't quite there yet though, from what I've seen, not that it would keep him awake worried.
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I would put Jack White in the pretty guitar god category too.
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Re: Peter Frampton
on the Blues Cruise (Keeping the Blues alive at Sea - Mediterranian) a couple of years ago I saw Frampton play two shows...the first was excellent. Great songs, great band, great vocals and Great guitar playing...three days later after a bunch of other great guitarists hit the stage on the sun deck, Frampton came back...this time he took no prisoners. It was an extraordinary show. Some of the best improvisation Ive heard and hardly a pentatonic in sight. Absolutely amazing.
Very sad he has lost all the strength in his legs...he struggled a bit with the boat moving. Still a treasured memory!
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Re: Peter Frampton
Surely you mean Jack Black? Jack White looks unwell to me. Jack Black - now there's a whole lot of pretty.
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Re: Peter Frampton
Love Frampton but…
Back in 2006 and the Stones played western springs.
To everyone’s horror, Nickleback were the opening act.
My best mate who was down in the expensive seats texts me “is that the worst haircut since Peter Frampton?”
I reply “Frampton then or Frampton now?”
Back in 2006 and the Stones played western springs.
To everyone’s horror, Nickleback were the opening act.
My best mate who was down in the expensive seats texts me “is that the worst haircut since Peter Frampton?”
I reply “Frampton then or Frampton now?”