![]() “That was done intentionally to give Clem’s blues lead playing a really good airing. “I Wonder” is one of the very few slow blues songs that Humble Pie ever put on an album – and it’s a monster, their longest studio track at nine minutes. Clempson wasn’t as much of a singer or acoustic player, but he was a powerhouse of a blues-based guitarist.Ĭlempson immediately put his mark on songs the band had developed as a trio. Enter guitarist Dave “Clem” Clempson, who was immediately hired after Marriott spotted a couple of hot solos on a Colosseum live album. ![]() After the first round of auditions for a new guitarist didn’t work out, they wrote a bunch of heavier songs and considered going out as a trio. “But he’d be the first to tell you that when he left and wound up opening for us, he was thinking ‘Oh dear, what did I do?’” The arrival of Clem Clempson “He could see that acoustic side of things was going to be sidelined,” Shirley now recalls. Frampton, of course, became a sensation with his own double live album, but it took some time. This paid off handsomely on the live album Rockin’ the Fillmore, with their classic take on Ray Charles’ “I Don’t Need No Doctor.” But shortly after its release, and just after the Shea show, Frampton jumped ship, realizing that the band’s direction was shifting away from his interests. So Humble Pie initially functioned as a democratic supergroup: Everybody wrote songs, everybody sang lead, and the sound seesawed from heavy rock to the acoustic direction of their second LP, Town & Country.Įventually, they acquired a US manager and booking agent – Dee Anthony and Frank Barsalona – who gave them a recipe for American success: More hard rock, more Marriott upfront. Bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley, meanwhile, came from cult favorite hard-rock bands Spooky Tooth and Apostolic Intervention. When Humble Pie formed in 1969, everybody had something of a profile: Marriott had been in the Small Faces guitarist/singer Peter Frampton, fresh from the Herd, was known both for his chops and his good looks (the UK press called him the “face of ‘68”). In 2002 , the original members of The Humble Pie back together and released the album "Back On Track" out. Ridley died on 19 november 2003.It was also the sound of a band in transition, both in sound and personnel. ![]() ![]() While the success continued until in the 1970s, the band could not hold its original popularity. Frampton decided to leave the Group and was replaced by Clem Clempson. Marriott decided to withdraw later in the club circuit until his death in 1991. ![]() The rock band Humble Pie was in 1969 in Great Britain founded by Steve Marriott. Marriott was stopped shortly before The Small Faces and decided with The Herd's Peter Frampton , Spooky Tooth 's Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley to set up the Humble Pie. The combination of these four musicians turned out to be unique and their first two albums "As Safe As Yesterday Is" and "Town And Country" were a great success. In 1969 the Group had a hit In Netherlands with Natural born bugie (often misspelled as Natural born boogie). ![]()
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