Greg Ridley(humble pie)=wow!

[steelhead2]

yes`back in the day',70's,long hair,`67 GTO,smoke in the air,listened to a couple `humble pie' 8 tracks cruising thru the smoke,,but wow! clicked on `humble pie' on you-tube stumbling along,what a discovery!,i've been absorbing every song listed on there,great stuff!,simple rock and roll on a simple instrument=i love it!,,,,should have consumed every`pie' tape i could have(i feel i missed out)must have been all the Disco that came along

proving once again i'm oldhahaha!,,and those guys didn't need all the technoligy of today to Rock and Roll they just got it on(like a GTO),sigh,still have the Goat in a million peices,the hair?most of it,the smoke?nope long gone replaced with dark ale but NOW i can really enjoy some Humble Pie with my ale(ok i'm done but i AM egxsiterd it's like rediscovering some lost gold!)yay!

 

[Eyesee7]

My favorite non-prog band in my youth!!!!

Always loved Greg's deep, booming tone and playing style. You do know he passed on about two years ago?

 

[loendmaestro]

Yeah, I love me some Ridley too! I've always enjoyed his voice & bass playing. Obvious choices are Performance - Rockin' The Fillmore & Smokin', but their third (self-titled) record is pretty amazing too. The song "Live With Me" is one of my all time faves, and it features Ridley pretty prominently.

 

[RickC]

30 Days In the Hole!

 

[jerry]

Loved his playing!

 

[Eyesee7]

Just thinkin' about two more great performances by Greg on the "Rock On" album - "Strange Days" and "Rolling Stone." To get such a booming tone with no treble and still have the notes so distinct and powerful - wow! I think he used tapewound strings, if anyone can confirm.

 

[petch]

Greg was awesome and is sorely missed. One of my favorite bass lines of his: "Hot -n- Nasty"!

 

[corinpills]

I'm a giant Small Faces fan and love all the offshoots. I have to admit, I'm a little put off by Steve Marriot's screechy moments in Humble Pie, all the proto arena rock schtick, but there's an awesome album from '69 called Town And Country. It's definitely their "We've listened to Blind Faith and the first album by the Band and we're moving to the country" moment, but so beautiful. Lots of really nice acoustic playing.

 

[SwitchGear]

I love Greg's bass playing and tone in HP. Simply killer R&R bass!

 

[EagleMoon]

I got into Humble Pie due to Peter Frampton years ago. Great group.

 

[emor]

 

[FatCity]

Great video- thanks!

 

[mcm]

great to see his name here! go buy the 'smokin' album for some killer playing and tone!

 

[Michael Vee]

I am rediscovering Greg Ridley, as well as Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth as a result of the recent passing of Gary Wright. I had nearly forgotten how much I loved Humble Pie in the 70's. Greg was a terrific rock player. I am looking forward to listening to Performance - Rocking the Fillmore.

 

[jimmydean]

Greg was a great player , could never get enough of his playing .

 

[Michedelic]

I am rediscovering Greg Ridley, as well as Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth as a result of the recent passing of Gary Wright. I had nearly forgotten how much I loved Humble Pie in the 70's. Greg was a terrific rock player. I am looking forward to listening to Performance - Rocking the Fillmore.

Playing live was their strongest suit, and that album saw them at their peak. No slam on Clemson, he filled in admirably, but Frampton was a better counterpoint to Marriott’s earthiness. Ridley was solid underneath all of it.

 

[jerry]

Playing live was their strongest suit, and that album saw them at their peak. No slam on Clemson, he filled in admirably, but Frampton was a better counterpoint to Marriott’s earthiness. Ridley was solid underneath all of it.

I agree, I also think Frampton was a cut above a lot of rock guitarist of that era.
I dug Clemson's playing with Bruce and Colosseum more than with Humble Pie.

 

[IPA]

Midnight Special has had some great uploads lately, here's Greg in action with Humble Pie

 

[Michedelic]

I agree, I also think Frampton was a cut above a lot of rock guitarist of that era.
I dug Clemson's playing with Bruce and Colosseum more than with Humble Pie.

Frampton was the first rock guitarist that cited Django Reinhardt as an influence(that I encountered), and that showed in his playing. I liked his early solo stuff that was generally ignored, but I can’t stand to listen to anything from the live album, primarily due to the overkill saturation on radio, and the incessant crowd noise. It simultaneously made and killed his career. Saw him in David Bowie’s band in the 80’s, it was a comeback of sorts. They knew each other in school, Frampton’s dad was one of Bowie’s teachers.

 

[ajkula66]

Mr. Ridley was a *major* influence on much younger me, both with ST and HP.

Rest easy, sir.