FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE anyone?

[KYSLOWFINGERS]

I was 10 years old in '76, my brother was 16, and somewhere in '76-'78 he bought the double album.  I mean it was sort of requirement back then LOL.  I think it's still the top selling live album, maybe.  We wore it out, I knew the words to every song.

Flash forward to 2018, couple of weeks ago, bought an Alfred Classic Rock songbook.  A lot of good songs, with notes and tab.  Anyway, Do You Feel Like We Do was in there.  I started on the intro and learned it pretty quickly, only a few notes above the first position, and then just up to the 6th fret.  If you are up to session 4 in L&MG, you could handle it, and it sounds really good.  There's one section between the A and the B part, just three notes that I couldn't/still can't get to sound right.  So, I ordered the CD off of eBay (yes, a CD, I'm a dinosaur) LOL  It arrived Thursday, my youngest daughter had a soccer tournament in Cincinnati (ironically where I believe Mr. Frampton now resides) this weekend, so on the way up and back I listened, about a 3 hour jaunt for us.  What a guitar album!  In my youth, and not being a musician, I never appreciated his playing for what it was/is.  I remembered every song, aside, noise, etc from the original album, but his playing is awesome.  The whole album is great, not just the songs they still occasionally play on classic rock stations.  If you have recently started playing, check this album out, it's pretty impressive.

 

 

[UncleHammy]

@KYSLOWFINGERS check out the "Acoustic Classics" album that Frampton came out with in 2016.  Most of those same tunes played on Acoustic guitar without all the bells and whistles.   If you like the guitar parts of the original, you will most likely really like the acoustic album.

 

[KYSLOWFINGERS]

I will definitely do that!  I didn't know that existed.  I'm more of an acoustic person anyway.  Mason Williams, etc, and through the Mason Williams Pandora station, I recently discovered Tommy Emmanuel, he's unreal.  Thank you UncleHammy

[KYSLOWFINGERS]

I looked it up on Amazon, and since I'm a prime member, I can actually stream it free, just had to download the music app.  Listening now, learn something new everyday, and free is always good LOL

Thanks again!

[colder]

I just listened to this the other day. Although I was not yet born when it came out , there is some great playing on that album. I thought Do You Feel Like We Do especially was inspiring - I listened to (part of) that track a few times in a row. 

[KYSLOWFINGERS]

The intro to DYFLWD is immediately recognizable to most people, although some weren't born then ......, and pretty easy to play.  I have a Blackstar IDCore amp, and there is a patch you can download for the song posted by someone, but it's set on Crunch or maybe even Supercrunch, to me it's too distorted.  I think Clean Warm and around 40% gain is closer to the sound I hear on the album.  OTOH, the "talk-box" pedal effects he uses to make the guitar "talk" are way over my head.  If you've never researched that it's pretty wild.  He actually has a tube running up to his mouth, and I don't know how to say it, but "accentuates" the sound to the mic. 

 

[matonanjin]

3 hours ago, colder said:

I just listened to this the other day. Although I was not yet born when it came out , there is some great playing on that album.

You had to say that.  You just had to say that, didn't you!?!?

@KYSLOWFINGERS, my wife and I went to Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus a few years ago when it was here.  Really the first exposure that I had to him.  What a great showman.  And a great show.  It had BB King, Sonny Landreth, Larry Carlton and others.

Are you familiar with the story of his being reunited with his 1954 Les Paul?  He was playing a black Les Paul when he was here but I didn't look to see if it had 3 humbuckers in it.  I'm not saying that was the guitar.  Maybe?

And this is interesting.  Here he talks about his stage rig.

[KYSLOWFINGERS]

WOW, thanks for posting matonanjin, the story about reuniting with the guitar is amazing, but maybe the most amazing is that someone would give him a '54 Les Paul for free.  He definitely did it justice tho', glad he got it back.  The Comes Alive album cover with that guitar is definitely iconic.  The cover insert in the new CD case I referenced above actually folds out for the whole picture, I was surprised by that.

Thanks again

 

[matonanjin]

Also, @KYSLOWFINGERS Frampton had a two hour special on AXS Tv a couple months ago.  I have it recorded and actually haven't watched the entire 2 hours yet.  But what I have watched was very entertaining.  If you have access to AXS  (Access to AXS?! ) you should watch for it.  I would think there is probably a bootleg floating around on YT or somewhere.

It started out with an instrumental that was really cool.  I don't think of Frampton as an instrumental guy, with all due respect.  But I want to try and find out the name of it.

[Steve Krenz]

What an amazing album.  How many guitarists were birthed because of that album and listening to that song - a whole generation I suspect.

Where are the guitar songs or artists now that captivate a whole generation like that?  But I digress...

Peter works a lot in Nashville and with our good friend Gordon Kennedy.  It would be an honor to meet him someday.

- Steve

 

 

 

[UncleHammy]

Invite him on the Live Lesson @Steve Krenz, what is the worst that could happen, he says no?

[Maybellene]

Good suggestion UncleHammy.  

[Randy120]

Still on regular rotation here. I have played around with the songs also.