Tell it! I’m an old fart from the record business in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I’ve seen over 130 bands, or artists in over 200 concert and festival performances. I’m confident to say nobody has ever Rock as hard as Steve Marriott. He was 5’3” of gut bucket butt kickin Rock’n’Blues. Love Frampton but I still can’t believe his heart and soul.
I would’ve loved to see Humble Pie but I was too young . I did hear them live as well as Maggie Bell,Lou Reed ,Bad Company and The Who live at Charlton football stadium 1974 from my aunts back garden
What a great band the Pie were . Saw them at Hyde Park . London in '71 supporting Grand Funk Railroad and although Grand Funk were good Steve and the band blew them off stage . Great musicians with one of the great Rock singers in Steve Marriott . All of their albums highlight what a sublime British outfit they were and on stage they were dynamite . Blues , Rock and Soul at it's best .
Great version of this song from Ray Charles circa 1966 which is probably where Steve Marriot originally heard it. A terrific song, don't forget to listen to Walk on Gilded Splinters from Performance. IMHO, that's the definitive Humble Pie document.
According to Peter Frampton, this song developed organically. During the sound check for their Madison Square Garden concert, Peter was amazed at the size of the venue and played around striking 3 chords in order to hear them echo around room. Steve was in the back of the area with the techs when he heard Peter and came running down to the stage telling Peter to keep playing those chords. He then added the vocal and the others chimed in and a classic was born. They played it for the first time that night!
Steve was actually a consideration that The Stones hoped for as a replacement for Mick Taylor, not Zeppelin, but it wouldn't have gone well, since he was cosmically above Jagger as showman and vocalist. The video here is great even with minimal audio and video quality. Next do Small Faces "Tin Soldier" with P.P. Arnold, and see more of the greatness of Steve Marriot. Get into more Humble Pie ! One of the greatest bands ever.
I think not a lot of people know about the Zeppelin thing, but Page has confirmed it. Sounds like a lot of bands were looking at Steve and thinking he'd be great for them! More Humble Pie is on the way soon; thanks for the suggestion! -G
May I recommend Stone Cold Fever, 30 Days in the Hole, Black Coffee, The Fixer, C'mon Everybody, Sweet Peace and Time. These guys wrote some great songs.
If you are a fan of blues/rock, I recommend my favorite Humble Pie song "I Wonder" which was on their "Smokin" album. A phenominal song with a weeping gituar solo by Clem Clempson and of course Marriott just oozes soul.....
Urban Legend has it that Steve's manager, the thuggish Don Arden threatened Jimmy Page physically if he did stay away from Steve. May or may not be true, but from what I've read, the only thing Steve has said publically was "Jimmy asked, and I said No Thankyou" This would have been very early - before Terry Reed who then recommended Robert. So Robert was the 3rd choice actually, but I'd say third times the charm!
I saw Humble Pie playing at a university campus. Steve Marriott’s mic packed up. He sang a whole song without it. You could still hear him, clear as a bell, way at the back of the hall. It was a big hall. But, that’s not what I wanted to say. You should check out their version of the Doctor John classic, “Walk On Gilded Splinters”, live from the Performance, Live At Fillmore East album. It’s a long track, over twenty minutes but it is such a great version.
I wouldn't say he was the best vocalist in the business. But he was in the top one. (copyright: Brian Clough). That just kicks arse and if any of your younger viewers watch this, this is how rock n' roll should be played
Steve Marriot is in the top 5 greatest rock vocalists of all time.
Tell it! I’m an old fart from the record business in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I’ve seen over 130 bands, or artists in over 200 concert and festival performances. I’m confident to say nobody has ever Rock as hard as Steve Marriott. He was 5’3” of gut bucket butt kickin Rock’n’Blues. Love Frampton but I still can’t believe his heart and soul.
Clem Clemson, previously with Coliseum and was more a Jazz player, but when Peter Frampton left he did very rocking with Pie.
Marriott was fire!
In my humble (pie) opinion Steve Marriott is the greatest male vocalist the UK has ever produced....
IMO, Steve Marriott was the most talented Soul/blues/rock singer Britain ever produced. RIP Steve Marriott and Greg Ridley 💔 Long live the Pie !!!
I would’ve loved to see Humble Pie but I was too young . I did hear them live as well as Maggie Bell,Lou Reed ,Bad Company and The Who live at Charlton football stadium 1974 from my aunts back garden
What a great band the Pie were . Saw them at Hyde Park . London in '71 supporting Grand Funk Railroad and although Grand Funk were good Steve and the band blew them off stage . Great musicians with one of the great Rock singers in Steve Marriott . All of their albums highlight what a sublime British outfit they were and on stage they were dynamite . Blues , Rock and Soul at it's best .
Live at the Filmore... one of the MOST PLAYED albums in my group of friends, back in the day. HUMBLE PIE is ICONIC ✌🏼☮️
Great version of this song from Ray Charles circa 1966 which is probably where Steve Marriot originally heard it. A terrific song, don't forget to listen to Walk on Gilded Splinters from Performance. IMHO, that's the definitive Humble Pie document.
According to Peter Frampton, this song developed organically. During the sound check for their Madison Square Garden concert, Peter was amazed at the size of the venue and played around striking 3 chords in order to hear them echo around room. Steve was in the back of the area with the techs when he heard Peter and came running down to the stage telling Peter to keep playing those chords. He then added the vocal and the others chimed in and a classic was born. They played it for the first time that night!
The Fillmore is the best performance.
Steve was actually a consideration that The Stones hoped for as a replacement for Mick Taylor, not Zeppelin, but it wouldn't have gone well, since he was cosmically above Jagger as showman and vocalist.
The video here is great even with minimal audio and video quality.
Next do Small Faces "Tin Soldier" with P.P. Arnold, and see more of the greatness of Steve Marriot.
Get into more Humble Pie !
One of the greatest bands ever.
I think not a lot of people know about the Zeppelin thing, but Page has confirmed it. Sounds like a lot of bands were looking at Steve and thinking he'd be great for them! More Humble Pie is on the way soon; thanks for the suggestion! -G
May I recommend Stone Cold Fever, 30 Days in the Hole, Black Coffee, The Fixer, C'mon Everybody, Sweet Peace and Time.
These guys wrote some great songs.
If you are a fan of blues/rock, I recommend my favorite Humble Pie song "I Wonder" which was on their "Smokin" album. A phenominal song with a weeping gituar solo by Clem Clempson and of course Marriott just oozes soul.....
It's funny that Zeppelin went with Robert Plant, who was massively influenced by Steve Marriott Steve was a force of nature
Urban Legend has it that Steve's manager, the thuggish Don Arden threatened Jimmy Page physically if he did stay away from Steve. May or may not be true, but from what I've read, the only thing Steve has said publically was "Jimmy asked, and I said No Thankyou" This would have been very early - before Terry Reed who then recommended Robert. So Robert was the 3rd choice actually, but I'd say third times the charm!
I saw Humble Pie playing at a university campus. Steve Marriott’s mic packed up. He sang a whole song without it. You could still hear him, clear as a bell, way at the back of the hall. It was a big hall. But, that’s not what I wanted to say. You should check out their version of the Doctor John classic, “Walk On Gilded Splinters”, live from the Performance, Live At Fillmore East album. It’s a long track, over twenty minutes but it is such a great version.
I wouldn't say he was the best vocalist in the business. But he was in the top one. (copyright: Brian Clough). That just kicks arse and if any of your younger viewers watch this, this is how rock n' roll should be played
Looks like Peter Framptom there on guitar. It's very different to the Ray Charles version, which is great.
Actually Frampton is out of the band by now.Clem Clemson is the guitarist on this clip.
I thought it looked like Frampton.
You check out Mahoney Rush.
Steve Marriot YES Getty Lee NO. Jim