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Post subject: A question for erm....older players
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:49 pm
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What did you think when you first heard Framton"Do you feel?"


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i was about 40 feet in front of his side of the stage with heidi klum on my shoulders (she was actually prettier than that one unh huh) and peter did'nt take his eyes off her,good sign.


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Solid Body Love Songs wrote:
i was about 40 feet in front of his side of the stage with heidi klum on my shoulders (she was actually prettier than that one unh huh) and peter did'nt take his eyes off her,good sign.


Let's see--according to a little online research, Klum was born in 1973-the year this song was first released on a studio album. The live version came out in 76--so either you & Frampton are potential in big trouble, or you didn't hear it when it was first released.
















(Or, in reality, you just made that up--let's go with that one and laugh about it.)

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I remember the song when it was released on "Frampton's Camel' in 1973. He was touring opening for J. Geils and it was one of his closing numbers. Great song, great show. This was before the live album....

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I do believe it was on the old 8 Track. Back then I had 1969 Chevelle SS.
The 70's were fun. Roll one if you got it. :wink:

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When that song first came out it was great, and still is. I don`t think anyone expected to hear that.


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When I first heard Peter Frampton he was playing lead and singing harmonies in Humble Pie, and he'd kick your butt all night. "Rockin' The Fillmore" was the first time I'd ever heard a rock guitarist play modal lines (maybe the second: "Hocus Pocus" fits in their somewhere, too), and it blew my mind, along with his power and fluidity.

When Peter Frampton went solo, performing the "Do You Feel"-era material, his record company (A&M) released a string of dud albums, trying to capture the unbelievable response his show was getting live. The records tanked, but everywhere that band played people went crazy. Finally, A&M decided to put out a live album, to see if it would translate. It did.

They had another, similar guitar-player on their roster: Nils Lofgren. No chart records, amazing crowd response on the road. After the astounding success of "Frampton Comes Alive," they decided to market a double live record of Lofgren's band, too, called "Night AFter NIght." They promoted this album with the slogan "Nils Is Next." He wasn't.


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you're absolutely right bro that concert was at hawthorne race track outside chicago in aug.'76 ( other acts : gary wright, lynrd skynrd, yes) sorry i could'nt think of a better model reference.


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I had previously heard Pete Drake, a Nashville mainstay on the pedal steel guitar, using a talk box on his 1964 album 'Forever', in what came to be called his "talking steel guitar."

Frampton's tune was good, but I really liked Jeff Beck's version of "She's A Woman" that he used it on. Stevie Wonder also used it, IIRC?

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Miami Mike wrote:
I had previously heard Pete Drake, a Nashville mainstay on the pedal steel guitar, using a talk box on his 1964 album 'Forever', in what came to be called his "talking steel guitar."


Dude, I go back so far, I remember big-band leader Alvino Rey (a Fender endorser) and His Singing Guitar performing on The King Family Show, but he was actually performing the gimmick even earlier than that. He made it look like magic by hiding the talk box operator (his wife Luise) offstage, so he simply played and "Stringy" would sing.

Here's a film clip of Rey doing the gag with his big band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Z_sERhBw8


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'Could not (bleep)ing stand Frampton when he was new to the scene.

'Have not much liked him anywhere near that much, since.


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SlapChop wrote:
Miami Mike wrote:
I had previously heard Pete Drake, a Nashville mainstay on the pedal steel guitar, using a talk box on his 1964 album 'Forever', in what came to be called his "talking steel guitar."


Dude, I go back so far, I remember big-band leader Alvino Rey (a Fender endorser) and His Singing Guitar performing on The King Family Show, but he was actually performing the gimmick even earlier than that. He made it look like magic by hiding the talk box operator (his wife Luise) offstage, so he simply played and "Stringy" would sing.

Here's a film clip of Rey doing the gag with his big band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Z_sERhBw8


the puppet creeps me out :shock:


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oh man does that bring back memories..... its amazing that I still remember what happened back then! :roll:

I saw Frampton play live in New Orleans when he was with Humble Pie.... I still have a few of his albums. (notice I didnt say 'CD's!) :lol:

Anyway, I liked him better when he was with the Pie than solo.... but I still liked him.

My favorite songs
"I dont need no Doctor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZMmV6xXYFw&feature=related

and of course "Stone Cold Fever"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxz_gNx1q8w&feature=related

Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

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I was a Humble Pie fan myself. Frampton, solo?... Not so much...

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Didn't like it much at all. Was wimpy pop drek

But a lot of people liked it, so whaddo I know? Sales of "Come Alive" were so phenomenal that records started being measured in "units sold". May have been first platinum record, but I could be wrong.

Loved the picture of the fretless Fender Jazz on the gatefold shot. :drool:


The first rock talk box I remember (besides Alvino) was Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" on '73s "Smoker You Drink...." solo album.

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