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[Chuffer]

I saw Peter once again about a month back in Texas.
Still an amazing performer despite his ill health.

I have always been into Frampton since the days of Herd in the mid 60`s . Then a huge fan of Humble Pie , what a combination Steve Marriott and Frampton were ! I saw them play live in front of a crowd tens of thousands at a free Hyde Park Festival circa 1970 ... far out ! an awesome gig with Stevie Marriott and co. really on fire .
One of prized albums that I still have from those days is the Humble Pie double album on vinyl ` Live at the Filmore ` . It`s good that Frampton is still treading the boards as so many of my rock heroes are no longer with us .

 

[GCorvette]

I have always been into Frampton since the days of Herd in the mid 60`s . Then a huge fan of Humble Pie , what a combination Steve Marriott and Frampton were ! I saw them play live in front of a crowd tens of thousands at a free Hyde Park Festival circa 1970 ... far out ! an awesome gig with Stevie Marriott and co. really on fire .
One of prized albums that I still have from those days is the Humble Pie double album on vinyl ` Live at the Filmore ` . It`s good that Frampton is still treading the boards as so many of my rock heroes are no longer with us .

Very cool to have seen him that far back.
He still plays Humble Pie tracks and always has images of Steve up on the screen.

Peter is the real deal, very humble, an uber talent and I'm blessed to have seen him a few times in the US.
He has a new album out in the new year which he is very excited about and played a few tracks which sounded great.

 

[Chuffer]

Very cool to have seen him that far back.
He still plays Humble Pie tracks and always has images of Steve up on the screen.

Peter is the real deal, very humble, an uber talent and I'm blessed to have seen him a few times in the US.
He has a new album out in the new year which he is very excited about and played a few tracks which sounded great.

That`s the one advantage of being old , I got to see all the cool bands in their heyday !! I will look out for his new album .

 

[GCorvette]

That`s the one advantage of being old , I got to see all the cool bands in their heyday !! I will look out for his new album .

I'm probably not far behind you, but didn't see my first live show until 1977 (Genesis) when in my early teens.

Currently playing here:
WINGS - The Collection in 5.1

 

[Chuffer]

I'm probably not far behind you, but didn't see my first live show until 1977 (Genesis) when in my early teens.

Currently playing here:
WINGS - The Collection in 5.1

Genesis , not a bad first gig then ! My first live band experience kicked off big time with the world`s first so called Super Group ` Blind Faith ` playing a free music festival in Hyde Park , London not long after `Cream` split up . That was 7th June 1969 when I was at the tender age 17 !! Blind Faith was formed by Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker and were joined by Stevie Winwood from `Traffic ` and Ric Crech on bass from `Family `, another band I was into from Leicester just up the road from me so to speak and saw them live too . I am playing Blind Faith`s one and only album as we speak . That`s the one with the naked pre pubescent girl on the cover that caused a stir even back in 1969. It would a riot and a prison sentence now !!!

 

[GCorvette]

Genesis , not a bad first gig then ! My first live band experience kicked off big time with the world`s first so called Super Group ` Blind Faith ` playing a free music festival in Hyde Park , London not long after `Cream` split up . That was 7th June 1969 when I was at the tender age 17 !! Blind Faith was formed by Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker and were joined by Stevie Winwood from `Traffic ` and Ric Crech on bass from `Family `, another band I was into from Leicester just up the road from me so to speak and saw them live too . I am playing Blind Faith`s one and only album as we speak . That`s the one with the naked pre pubescent girl on the cover that caused a stir even back in 1969. It would a riot and a prison sentence now !!!

Indeed, that Genesis show changed my life, literally.
With them being my favourite band and aged only 14, I was blown away by not only the music, but the technical side.

Just 4 years later at 18 I was on the road with them, and the following year, touring North America with them which felt like travelling to Mars!
Great days and still on the road all these later.

That Blind Faith show must have been something with that line up.
Ginger Baker was a character... and sadly not a very nice one at that!

As for the cover, an interesting story told here.

The BF Album Cover - Many Years Later

 

[Chuffer]

Indeed, that Genesis show changed my life, literally.
With them being my favourite band and aged only 14, I was blown away by not only the music, but the technical side.

Just 4 years later at 18 I was on the road with them, and the following year, touring North America with them which felt like travelling to Mars!
Great days and still on the road all these later.

That Blind Faith show must have been something with that line up.
Ginger Baker was a character... and sadly not a very nice one at that!

As for the cover, an interesting story told here.

The BF Album Cover - Many Years Later

Some amazing memories you have there ! Baker often did seem to have an attitude problem in interviews I have seen bt was one hell of a drummer ! Blind Faith sure packed some talent but unfortunately were only a `Nine Day Wonder` !
My only claim to fame was as a Roadie for a three piece band called `Tarsus` from my home town of Northampton back in 1970 . They were guys we knew and as me and my mates had a van and they didn`t , we became their Roadies . They were heavily influenced by the `Who` and THE big gig was as one of the many support acts at a day long festival in Cardiff University in 1970 with the `Who ` as the headline act . The sound level was bloody awesome as you can imagine !!!

 

[GCorvette]

Some amazing memories you have there ! Baker often did seem to have an attitude problem in interviews I have seen bt was one hell of a drummer ! Blind Faith sure packed some talent but unfortunately were only a `Nine Day Wonder` !
My only claim to fame was as a Roadie for a three piece band called `Tarsus` from my home town of Northampton back in 1970 . They were guys we knew and as me and my mates had a van and they didn`t , we became their Roadies . They were heavily influenced by the `Who` and THE big gig was as one of the many support acts at a day long festival in Cardiff University in 1970 with the `Who ` as the headline act . The sound level was bloody awesome as you can imagine !!!

I only met Ginger once in 1979 in a London pub and he was still there from the night before.

When the landlord found out I was a drummer (there for breakfast / lunch from a recording studio across the road) he said Ginger was a regular there and a good friend and to go with him and he'd introduce us.

Ginger was slumped at the bar head buried in his arms - The Landlord introduced me and Ginger slowly looked up at me and simply slurred, "**** off"
Charming.....

I've met his son a few times (another amazing drummer) and thankfully despite a very tough upbringing, he's a very nice guy and plays in an excellent CREAM tribute band.

Now Playing & quite possibly the best re-release this year!
Split Enz - 'ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2' in 5.1

 

[mickn]

I saw Split Enz in about 1977 supporting Barclay James Harvest at Portsmouth Guildhall and saw Ginger Baker in the Baker Gurvitz Army at Southampton Guildhall in probably the same year.

 

[GCorvette]

I saw Split Enz in about 1977 supporting Barclay James Harvest at Portsmouth Guildhall and saw Ginger Baker in the Baker Gurvitz Army at Southampton Guildhall in probably the same year.

All very cool.
Split Enz were at their fabulous most extreme in 1977.

Aged 14, I only got to see them on the BBCs excellent Sight and Sound In Concert.

 

[Roscobbc]

Lokking back through rose tinted glasses 50 plus years it still amazes me that individual musicians and bands alike were so, so professional and were teenagers or in their early 20's. Such good music from individuals who perhaps had only been playing for a few years. I think the first band of any consequence I saw was Spooky Tooth in '68 at a local girls school assembly room. It was all known back then as 'Underground'. Everything was word of mouth with weekly newpapers like Melody Maker giving a clue to who to go and see.
About 10 years ago I wa supplying some electrical goods to a guy, similar age to myself in Hammersmith. His parents were long gone but he was still living in the family home. Obviously a single guy he recalled how he would go to all the West London music venues (and there were some good ones close to him) and he reckoned that the very best year and 'peak' of underground/progressive/rock/blues or whatever you'd like to call it was the year 1968. He believed that 1968 had the most important music produced of any year before - or - since........he had amassed a personal record/cassette collection of over 1000 disc's all produced/recorded in 1968. He wasn't interested in any other year. Me? - I saw where he was coming from but personally believed the 'important' years perhaps spanned '66/'67 through '72.

 

[Chuffer]

I saw Split Enz in about 1977 supporting Barclay James Harvest at Portsmouth Guildhall and saw Ginger Baker in the Baker Gurvitz Army at Southampton Guildhall in probably the same year.

I was a big fan of Barclay James Harvest and have several of their albums . First saw them live at the Weeley Rock Festival held over the weekend of August bank Holiday 1970 . They were backed by a 10 piece concert orchestra on stage and the seminal moment for me was laying on the grass smoking a joint as the stars came out and BJH playing `Mocking Bird` . Far out man ! The next time I saw them was playing in my home town Northampton`s Victorian Gothic Revival Town Hall . The heavily tiled and stone columned interior made for lousy acoustics and I remember Les Holroyd saving after the second number of the set in his thick northern accent .. " Never played in public swimming bath before " .
Also saw Ginger Bakers Air Force play at the Blisworth Railway Hotel that is only down the lanes from where I now live . Only a small venue but was on the Underground venue scene and a quite a few big names played there . First saw Hawkwind there too with Lemmy as front man . All the strobes and the sound was a totally mind blowing experience !!!

 

[mickn]

I was born in 1959 and really got into music in the '70s. I was a real prog rock fan, Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd, Genesis etc, as well as Led Zep etc. Over the years I have realised that actually there were a fair amount of decent groups in the '80s, particularly the likes of Tears for Fears, Soft Cell etc. The Levellers are another particular favourite, seen them about 5 times but at the moment I can't stop listening to the Cure. Saw Genesis at the O2 on their final tour, can't remember if it was last year or the year before now, musically fantastic but Phil Collins had to sit all night and it took at least a couple of songs for his voice to properly get going.