Last night I broke down and paid 99.50 to see Peter Frampton do The Frampton comes alive show!!!! in the 20th row center!!
Steve Miller was the headline act but I was mainly there to see Peter!!
Ok I missed him back in the 1970's and I kick myself for doing so but last night I decided to pay my respects to Peter as I never gave him the credit as one of the ( don't laugh ) greatest guitar players / entertainers around.
He still sounds amazing vocally and his guitar playing just blew me away. The band was on and so was the crowd ( on weed I think)
He opened the show and played a nice 90 minute set which included the minor hit from n the 80's called "Lying" and most of the Live album with the highlights being Something's Happening. Lines on my Face, Show me the Way with that crazy voice box thing in the solo, Baby I love your way, Ill give you money (was smoking hot !!!) and the tribute to Cornell with an instrumental version of Black hole sun which was also an amazing cover
Finally he played his masterpiece the song with that great opening riff that just goes around and around in my brain "Do you feel like I do"....I always loved that song and finally got to see it Live the whole thing !!! which at one point was way overplayed 40 year ago but now is never played at least not the entire 18:00 version !!!!
Most of the kids today have no idea how popular this guy was playing in front some of the biggest crowds in the history of Rock ( See YES / Frampton JFK 1976/77
The show took me right back to the summer of 1976 what a feeling
Go see him Live now as his playing is even better than the record ...You wont be disappointed ...one of the most down to earth rockers as well...
Peace
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