Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton born 22 April 1950 is an EnglishAmerican guitarist singer and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie Later in his career Frampton found success as a solo artist He has released several albums including his breakthrough album the live release Frampton Comes Alive 1976 which spawned several hit singles and has earned 8 Platinum by the RIAA in the United States He has also worked with acts such as Ringo Starr the Whos John Entwistle David Bowie and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam Frampton is best known for such hits as Show Me the Way Baby I Love Your Way Do You Feel Like We Do and Im in You which remain staples of classic rock radio He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as The Simpsons Family Guy and Madam Secretary Peter Kenneth Frampton was born to Owen Frampton and Peggy née ffitch Frampton in Beckenham Kent He attended Bromley Technical High School at which his father was a teacher and the head of the Art department He first became interested in music when he was seven years old Having discovered his grandmothers banjolele in the attic he taught himself to play it going on to later teach himself how to play guitar and piano as well At the age of eight he began taking classical music lessons His early influences came from Cliff Richard the Shadows Buddy Holly Eddie Cochran and later the Ventures Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles His father introduced him to the recordings of Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt By the age of 12 Frampton played in a band called the Little Ravens Both he and David Bowie who was three years older were pupils at Bromley Technical School where Framptons father was Bowies art teacher The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowies band George and the Dragons Peter and David would spend lunch breaks together playing Buddy Holly songs At the age of 14 Peter was playing with a band called the Trubeats followed by a band called the Preachers who later became Moons Train produced and managed by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones He became a successful child singer and in 1966 he became a member of the Herd He was the lead guitarist and singer scoring several British pop hits Frampton was named The Face of 1968 by teen magazine Rave In 1969 when Frampton was 18 years old he joined Steve Marriott of the Small Faces to form Humble Pie While playing with Humble Pie Frampton also did session recording with other artists including Harry Nilsson Jerry Lee Lewis and John Entwistles Whistle Rymes in 1972 Pete Drake introduced him to the talk box that was to become one of his trademark guitar effects After four studio albums and one live album with Humble Pie Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971 just in time to see Rockin the Fillmore rise up the US charts He remained with Dee Anthony 19262009 the same personal manager that Humble Pie had used Source Article Peter Frampton from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30