Sunday, March 18, 2012

Humble Pie - Smokin' - a band The Black Crows admired


Humble Pie - Smokin'...Humble Pie.  In late 1968 Steve Marriott formed Humble Pie with Greg Ridley, Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley who had been the drummer for the mod band Apostolic Intervention. They were signed to Andrew Loog Oldham's record label Immediate Records.  There were from England, finding success both in the UK and the US.  They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie". The original band lineup featured Steve Marriott from Small Faces, vocalist and guitarist Peter Frampton from The HerdGreg Ridley former bassist from Spooky Tooth and seventeen-year-old drummer Jerry Shirley.  In late 1968 Steve Marriott formed Humble Pie with Greg Ridley, Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley who had been the drummer for the mod band Apostolic Intervention.  They were signed to Andrew Loog Oldham's record label Immediate Records.  This was Humble Pie's first album after the departure of Peter Frampton, which put singer and co-founder Steve Marriott at its artistic center.   Smokin' is the band's best-selling album.  It includes dramatically slowed down versions of Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody," Junior Walker's "Road Runner," and the wah-wah laden slow blues "The Fixer."  "You're So Good for Me", (click on this post's title) which begins as a delicate acoustic number, ultimately mutates into a full-bore gospel music rave-up, an element that would later influence bands like The Black Crowes.  From wiki...they are right about The Black Crows really tapping HP, even with the harmonics.

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