Posted on 05/01/2024 10:45:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The guitar legend says he's "speechless" after hearing the news.
Peter Frampton says news of his long-awaited Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction “hasn’t really sunk in yet.” But he’s still thrilled that the honor is upon him after 26 years of eligibility as a solo artist.
“I think I’m a little bit in shock, and speechless,” Frampton tells Billboard with a laugh from his home in Nashville. “I never expected this. People always said, ‘You should be in.’ I said, ‘Eh, what is to be,’ y’know? So mixed emotions, because it’s something that I just never expected, whereas other people did for me. (laughs) It’s wonderful.”
Frampton is particularly stoked that he also finished second in the fan vote with 528,000 — second only to the Dave Matthews Band. “You never quite know how you are regarded,” Frampton explained. “I don’t think about that; I just do my thing. But ending up in the number two position blew me away, actually. It’s an honor people regard me in this way. I’m just honored and blown way.”
Of course, Frampton did his part, too; during his most recent concert tour he spoke about the nomination, putting a QR code up on the video screen to take fans to the voting site in real time.
“That was wonderful,” he recalls. “Every night when I said, ‘I got this phone call a couple months ago…and my managers told me I’m being nominated for the Rock….’ I never got out ‘Fame’ — they just went berserk, the audience, every night, and it made me feel like, ‘Well, they think I deserve to be in.’ So that was very, very nice from the word go. It’s quite uncanny we would be touring during the public voting, so every night I could hopefully get a few hundred out of the couple of thousand, three thousand that were in the audience. And it made a difference.”
Frampton regards the 2024 Rock Hall lineup as “a wonderful class to be involved with,” with many personal connections. He and Foreigner founder Mick Jones, for instance, go back to sessions for French singer Johnny Hallyday when Jones was his musical director and songwriter; Jones subsequently played on “All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)” on Frampton’s 1972 debut album, Wind of Change. And Foreigner’s lineup included Rick Wills, who also played bass in Frampton’s Camel. “I was hoping they would get in, too,” Frampton says. “I figured they would, but you never know, so I’m thrilled.”
In the musical influence category, meanwhile, Frampton played with Alexis Korner during the mid-‘60s and was also a fan of John Mayall. “I was in the front row at the Flamingo and all the clubs, watching Eric (Clapton) and so many other guitar players — Peter Green, Mick (Taylor) from the (Rolling) Stones, so that means a lot to me,” Frampton notes. “It’s just amazing that (Mayall) was a spawning ground for so many great English guitar players.”
Frampton – who began as a teen star in England before achieving worldwide fame in the band Humble Pie and especially with his Frampton Comes Alive! album in 1976 — has begun thinking loosely about the induction ceremony night on Oct. 19 in Cleveland, though with no concrete plans yet. “I’m thinking about people to invite to play with me and all that kind of stuff he says,” noting that number one on the list will be Sheryl Crow, who “championed” Frampton by including him in her induction performance last year in Brooklyn.
Meanwhile, Frampton — who continues to work in defiance of the degenerative inclusion body myositis (IBM) disorder he’s been battling during the past six or so years — is continuing with his other work. He’s planning a trip to England during June as well as a filmed concert performance for the career documentary he’s been working on. He’s also writing songs for a new album, his follow-up to 2021’s instrumental set Frampton Forgets the Words. “It’s just got to be the best one I’ve ever done,” he says. Another leg of touring is also a possibility, he says, “but I don’t know when that’s going to be at this time. We’re still looking at availabilities and things like that.”
I’m glad he’s in.
He has several iconic songs that are still amazing nearly 50 years later.
I can’t find out who he wants to perform with? I keep re-reading this article and don’t find it. Who?
I skimmed it looking
Can’t the poster of such an article tell us
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
“I can’t find out who he wants to perform with? I keep re-reading this article and don’t find it. Who?”
It’s there
“I’m thinking about people to invite to play with me and all that kind of stuff he says,” noting that number one on the list will be Sheryl Crow, who “championed” Frampton by including him in her induction performance last year in Brooklyn.
In the penultimate paragraph, he says number one on his list will be Sheryl Crow(?).
One album with one song that got radio play shouldn’t be a reason to put the guy in the rock n roll hall of fame. He’s not known for anything else.
There are dozens of groups and individuals who deserve to be inducted, but haven’t been. Just a partial list from my rock youth:
America
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Joe Cocker
Grand Funk Railroad
The Guess Who
Iron Butterfly
Jethro Tull
The Amboy Dukes/Ted Nugent
Steppenwolf
Three Dog Night
Steve Miller. He said they induct you if you let them shake you down for thousands of dollars. He told them to F*** off.
Dave Matthews Band’s fans trying to force an induction is the real joke. Two crap hit songs that nobody remembers or cares about now? It’s too bad it’s not like baseball where you get a few chance to get in before becoming ineligible.
Geez... I would have thought any of those would be in before Frampton
Just as The Sex Pistols and Nirvana launched scores of other bands with one album, after Frampton Comes Alive EVERYBODY had to have a double live album in their catalog.
Also, it’s a solid album, and hardly a one-hit wonder.
Beyond that wake, Frampton inspired a flotilla of guitarists. And we are skipping Humble Pie and playing for Bowie.
He’s more deserving than a goodly number of existing members.
That John Mayall just now got inducted in the HOF shows what a sham and hoax and insult the R&R HOF is. Just pathetic.
America - sound like every other band in the genre.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - legit nominee
Blood, Sweat, & Tears - legit nominee
Joe Cocker - who’d he influence?
Grand Funk Railroad - legit nominee
The Guess Who - popular but influential?
Iron Butterfly - I love them but they’re one song
Jethro Tull - legit nominee
The Amboy Dukes/Ted Nugent - not as influential as Frampton but a contender.
Steppenwolf - two songs
Three Dog Night - super popular but influential?
None of these omissions are as criminal as Iron Maiden.
I’ve loved Frampton since his Humble Pie days. “Rockin’ The Filmore” is one of my favorite pieces of classic vinyl. Kudos to Pete for a great honor.
The fact that there are a number of Rap and Hip Hop “artists” inducted there tells the tale of what a joke the R&R HOF is.
I agree to some extent.
Steve Marriott is one of my favorites.
Hard to comment on this on my phone at metal bar at moment, but Iron Maiden and several others you mention are legitimate, even some you didn’t agree with. I’ll be seeing Maiden in September.
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