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" From his early rise to fame to battles with his health, this revelatory memoir by legendary guitarist Peter Frampton celebrates the life of a rock icon. Do You Feel Like I Do? is the incredible story of Peter Frampton's positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time. His monu-mental album Frampton Comes Alive! spawned three top-twenty singles and sold eight million copies the year it was released (more than seventeen million to date), and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in January 2020. Frampton was on a path to stardom from an early age, first as the lead singer and guitarist of the Herd and then as cofounder8212 along with Steve Marriott8212 of one of the first supergroups, Humble Pie. Frampton was part of a tight-knit collective of British '60s musicians with close ties to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and the Who. This led to Frampton playing on George Harrison's solo debut, All Things Must Pass , as well as to Ringo Starr and Billy Preston appearing on Frampton's own solo debut. By age twenty-two, Frampton was touring incessantly and finding new sounds with the talk box, which would become his signature guitar effect. Frampton remembers his enduring friendship with David Bowie. Growing up as schoolmates, crossing paths throughout their careers, and playing together on the Glass Spider Tour, the two developed an unshakable bond. Frampton also shares fascinating stories of his collaborative work with Harry Nilsson, Stevie Wonder, B. B. King, and members of Pearl Jam. He reveals both the blessing and curse of Frampton Comes Alive! , opening up about becoming the cover boy he never wanted to be, his overcoming sub-stance abuse, and how he has continued to play and pour his heart into his music despite an inflammatory muscle disease and his retirement from the road. Peppered throughout his narrative is the story of his favorite guitar, the Phenix, which he thought he'd lost in a fiery plane crash in 1980. But in 2011, it mysteriously showed up again8212 saved from the wreckage. Frampton tells of that unlikely reunion here in full for the first time, and why the miraculous reappearance is emblematic of his life and career as a quintessential artist."
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Biographisches: " Peter Frampton is among the most celebrated guitarists in rock history. His 1976 album, Frampton Comes Alive! , remains one of the top-selling live records of all time. He co-founded one of the first supergroups, the seminal rock act Humble Pie, and he has collaborated with such legends as George Harrison, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Wyman, and Ringo Starr, among many others. In 2007 he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints , and in 2014 he was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Frampton has toured with the likes of Stevie Nicks, Gregg Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band, and many others. Frampton's latest release, All Blues , was number one for fifteen weeks on Billboard 's Blues Album Chart. He has voiced himself in The Simpsons and Family Guy , and he's appeared on The Colbert Report and Madam Secretary . For Cameron Crowe's film, Almost Famous , Frampton wrote songs, served as an advisor, and played the role of Reg. " Biographisches: " Peter Frampton is among the most celebrated guitarists in rock history. His 1976 album, Frampton Comes Alive! , remains one of the top-selling live records of all time. He co-founded one of the first supergroups, the seminal rock act Humble Pie, and he has collaborated with such legends as George Harrison, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Wyman, and Ringo Starr, among many others. In 2007 he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints , and in 2014 he was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Frampton has toured with the likes of Stevie Nicks, Gregg Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band, and many others. Frampton's latest release, All Blues , was number one for fifteen weeks on Billboard 's Blues Album Chart. He has voiced himself in The Simpsons and Family Guy , and he's appeared on The Colbert Report and Madam Secretary . For Cameron Crowe's film, Almost Famous , Frampton wrote songs, served as an advisor, and played the role of Reg. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 24, 2020 Frampton ascended to rock-god heaven on the propulsive riffs of his 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive! —and almost as quickly, his career plummeted. In this rambling memoir, Frampton chronicles his lifelong passion for music, but also delves into his depression and alcoholism, bouts of ill health, and recovery from a near-fatal car crash. Frampton was playing the guitar at eight years old,six years later, his band the Preachers opened for the Rolling Stones. In 1968, he and Steve Marriott formed the blues-rock band Humble Pie, but Frampton departed a few years later to “be in charge of his own destiny” and released four solo albums between 1972 and 1976. He confesses that the sudden popularity of Frampton Comes Alive! left him afraid of never living up to its success, which “had a lot to do with my starting to drink too much and do drugs and whatever.” Touring and partying tales are packed with cameos from “Dave” Bowie, “Mick and Keith,” and Stevie Wonder. In the end, Frampton finds optimism in sobriety and songwriting: “when you least expect it, you get a new idea.” There’s a perhaps surprising tuneless feel to the work, which comes across more as a meandering monologue than a fully formed narrative. Frampton’s fans, though, will likely hang on his every word. Agent: Steve Troha, Folio Literary Management. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: September 1, 2020 Talented youngster shows promise, displays perseverance. The gigs increase, and what starts as word of mouth becomes national press, each recording a progressive step and then boom! Album of the year in Rolling Stone magazine as well as the best-selling LP,ultimately one of the most praised live albums ever. Then comes the incredible pressure to replicate a once-in-a-lifetime success, followed by the excess, drugs, drink, artistic decline, wandering, and, ultimately, rehabilitation and self-satisfaction. Yes, we've heard this story before, but as with his guitar playing, no one does it like Frampton, and his unique voice and style leave you feeling the way you do after one of his guitar solos, as if it's absolutely right and distinctly his. Frampton's self-deprecation and willingness to take responsibility for his choices win readers over. Coauthored by Light ( Johnny Cash ), the work is full of appealing anecdotes involving the many musical favorites with whom Frampton has played. That the veteran touring guitarist has been diagnosed with a degenerative muscle disease adds poignancy to his musical mission, but Frampton's determination is inspiring. Frampton provided a soundtrack for a generation,here's the story. VERDICT Entertaining and rousing, on the stage and now on the page, Frampton Comes Alive. [See Prepub Alert, 4/15/20.] --Bill Baars, formerly with Lake Oswego P.L., ORCopyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(5): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 1, 2020 The British guitar legend looks back on a long ride in rock 'n' roll. I never really wanted to be the front man,I just wanted to get in a band that was successful and be the lead guitarist. So writes Frampton, a professional musician since his early teen years--and, to hear Charlie Watts tell it, a good drummer as well. The author's by-the-numbers story, told with the assistance of music journalist Light, is like many a British rocker's: He fell in love with the Beatles and set out to become a star--or at least the lead guitarist in a decent band. He went to art school, where his teacher father had an especially promising student named David Jones. Later, of course, everyone called him David Bowie, but I always called him Dave, because I knew him as Dave at school, Frampton recalls in a datum that probably didn't need to be committed to print. Armed with a battery of guitars, one of which figures as a framing device for his memoir, Frampton played in a series of bands and almost wound up in the Small Faces. Instead, Steve Marriott left the group to form Humble Pie with him. A couple of years later, that band broke up, and Frampton found teen idol-dom with radio-friendly songs such as the one that lends its title to this book. Success came at a cost: The author gamely looks at the sexual politics of going from rocker to rock star, with the girls up front and the resentful original fans, the guys, in the back of the room, glowering. Frampton has few regrets apart from appearing with the Bee Gees in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (though, ever the fan, he notes that meeting George Burns was a thrill), posing shirtless for Rolling Stone, and falling prey to substance abuse. Middling, as rock memoirs go, but a pleasure for die-hard fans. COPYRIGHT(2020) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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