Description
Certified rock and roll all-timer Peter Frampton sounds as mighty and timeless as ever on his new all-instrumental album Frampton Forgets the Words. The record captures Frampton and his extremely capable band laying down no-vocal versions of songs from artists ranging from Marvin Gaye and Lenny Kravitz to David Bowie and Sly & The Family Stone. Slinging his famous 1954 Les Paul Phenix, which was lost in a plane crash in 1980 and recovered more than 30 years later, Frampton puts on a tone and phrasing clinic across the set’s ten tracks that proves to the world that his musical gifts are very much alive.
Peter Frampton is, of course, no stranger to rock fans of all generations. At just 18 years old, he co-founded Humble Pie, which was one of the first true supergroups, and went on to work with icons like George Harrison, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Ringo Starr. His 1976 album, Frampton Comes Alive!, is still one of the top-selling live records of all time and has been inducted into the 2020 Grammy Hall of Fame. He’s toured with Stevie Nicks, Greg Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, and the Steve Miller Band and has seen his autobiography, Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir, show up on The New York Times Bestsellers list. Frampton has had a stellar career and made an impact on rock music that few can equal. That he continues to operate on a high level is a solid for guitar fans everywhere. He’s highly expressive without ever overplaying and disrupting the moment. His tone is beautiful and pure, adding much nuance and color to the proceedings and lets his guitar front the band like a vocalist would. Peter Frampton is sweet, lowdown, and compelling from his first note to his last.
