Humble Pie

MikeyFingers · #1 09-14-2006, 05:51 PM

Anyone else here a fan of Humble Pie? Probably one of the most overlooked and underappreciated rock bands ever, I just wanted to know who else is a fan.
If you've never heard of them, do yourself a favor and get some of their stuff ASAP.

zazz · #2 09-14-2006, 05:55 PM

saw steve play just before he pased away.....he was great even then.

Spector_Ray · #3 09-14-2006, 06:09 PM

Humble Pie was a great band and I'm a big fan of Peter Frampton. I love playing I Don't Need No Doctor and it always gets a great response. That song rocks especially when the bass kicks in!

Dave Martin · #4 09-14-2006, 11:01 PM

Specifically, get their "Rockin' The Fillmore" album.

jumbosilverette · #5 09-14-2006, 11:17 PM

Big +1. 30 Days in the Hole.

TreeChild · #6 09-15-2006, 12:46 AM

+1

not a big fan but i definitly thing some more respect/recognition is due.

DaveDeVille · #7 09-15-2006, 06:29 AM

..." Smokin' " ...

Dave Martin · #8 09-15-2006, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by david meissner

..." Smokin' " ...

You know, I just bought a new copy of "Smokin' on CD (mostly for "30 Days In The Hole"); it's a cool record and all, but I had forgotten how badly that record was mixed. Well, for this forum, maybe not THAT badly - it sounds like it was produced and mixed by the bass player...

Eddie Kramer did "Rockin' The Fillmore"...

Big String · #9 09-15-2006, 09:24 AM

I'm older and saw them live in Chicago with King Crimson...
Cool concert! Was at the Auditorium musta been around 71 or 72... can't remember...

bmc · #10 09-15-2006, 09:28 AM

I have two live albums. Rockin the Filmore and a King Biscuit Hour live in San Francisco. I believe Clem Clemson replaced Frampton on that album.

I love that band. Frampton is such a melodic guitar player. Steve Marriott is another in your face guitarist. I've been listening to Rockin the Filmore since the 70's.

DaveDeVille · #11 09-15-2006, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Martin

it's a cool record and all, but I had forgotten how
badly that record was mixed.

ya know , i really enjoy the mix on that album ...
it's kinda dark , smokey , and "live" sounding ...
if you know what i mean .

Steve Marriot - R.I.P.

** btw , Clem Clemson did indeed replace Frampton on that album ...

MikeyFingers · #12 09-15-2006, 02:20 PM

Awesome, glad too see there's some fans here.
What is it about 30 Days in the Hole? Every time I listen to it, it gets stuck in my head all day. Just a great song.
And Black Coffee.
I love how they incorporate elements of soul and blues into the music without takin away from their rocking-ness. Great band.

mike phillips · #13 09-15-2006, 03:43 PM

humble pie, great band. even my 13 yr old daughter likes em. her favorite is i dont need no doctor.

emblymouse · #14 09-15-2006, 03:52 PM

I'd love to find somebody who could sing like Marriot and put together a loud rock n' soul band.

When I started playing I was listening to the 'Rock On' album a lot. I wore out 'Stone Cold Fever' on that LP. Great riff for a beginner to sink his (her) teeth into.

jmorbita · #15 09-15-2006, 03:55 PM

I only heard a compilation album wich i think is great, but never heard anything live. Great songs. I'm not a big fan, but i really love that cd.

Lazylion · #16 09-15-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Big String

I'm older and saw them live in Chicago with King Crimson...
Cool concert! Was at the Auditorium musta been around 71 or 72... can't remember...

Might have been the same tour I saw! At the Alexandria Roller Rink. A guy named Alexis Korner opened. It was just him on a Strat, and another guy on a Strat. No other band. I'd never heard of Korner, and I thought it was gonna suck, but I was wrong, they were great!
King Crimson came on. Fripp was looking like Noel Redding. I remember they were good, and Fripp kept putting baby powder on his fretting hand. I guess he was hot with that hair, velvet jacket, scarf and boots, what with the stage lights and all! I still use that trick on the sweatier gigs.
Then Humble Pie came on. Wow, they blew the roof off the place! Talk about bare-knuckle, in yer face guitar rock'n'roll! Les Pauls and Marshall stacks a-blazin'! Actually, with Marriott's way of singing his comments to the crowd between songs, rock'n'soul is a better way to describe it! They were awesome.

ryco · #17 09-17-2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeyFingers

Probably one of the most overlooked and underappreciated rock bands ever

They were well known in their time. Well received - critics and reviewers liked 'em. Marriot was a GREAT singer!

The A&M Classics collection is a nice little compilation.

MikeyFingers · #18 09-17-2006, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ryco

They were well known in their time. Well received - critics and reviewers liked 'em.

I'm sure, but today, from what I can tell, they're very much forgotten. Only 1 of my friends knows who they are, everyone else my age listens to Zeppelin, Hendrix, and more recognised stuff like that.

Blueswolf · #19 09-17-2006, 11:06 AM

Hunble Pie was a great live band- they left everything on stage- but like Little feat and Peter Frampton the magic mysteriously disppeared in the studio. I have suspected it is due to their intense improvising on stage created an energy standard studio protocal stiffled. Speaking of Jammin' I miss the days of musicians gettin' toghether and just improvising for hours! Nothing better for developing chops, implementing new stuff, learning from other musicans, and having a blast!
Blueswolf

Spector_Ray · #20 09-17-2006, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueswolf

Speaking of Jammin' I miss the days of musicians gettin' toghether and just improvising for hours! Nothing better for developing chops, implementing new stuff, learning from other musicans, and having a blast!
Blueswolf

Amen to that. There's nothing like one of the band members playing a riff and everyone just joining in without saying a word. The looks as a result of all that noise says it all!