{"id":27105,"date":"2024-05-09T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27105"},"modified":"2024-02-16T08:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:57:53","slug":"peter-frampton-shines-on-part-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/09\/peter-frampton-shines-on-part-2-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Frampton Shines On (Part 2 of 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part One<\/a>…<\/i><\/p>\n

I was just listening to your 2014 album Hummingbird in a Box<\/i>. The track \u201cNorman Wisdom\u201d hearkens back to Django Reinhardt and hot jazz, which I know was an early influence of yours. But something else I hear \u2013 especially in the vocals \u2013 makes me think of Steely Dan. Is that a coincidence? <\/b><\/p>\n

Well, probably. But the thing is, who doesn\u2019t listen to a lot of Steely Dan? I\u2019m a huge Steely Dan fan. I don\u2019t think a day goes by that I don\u2019t listen to at least one track of theirs.<\/p>\n

I think it all goes in, and you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to come out when you [write] something. Your brain pulls from places, and you don\u2019t know where it\u2019s coming from. When we listen to stuff, it goes into the library of information and it stays there until the brain says, \u201cOh, that\u2019s<\/i> a bit like this<\/i>.\u201d So I think that inspiration comes out from something I might have listened to ten years ago. Who knows? I have no idea how the brain works. And if you do, please tell me!<\/p>\n

On the main page of your website there\u2019s an appeal for helping to vote you into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What are your thoughts on the significance of that institution? <\/b><\/p>\n

Well, I know that in the past it\u2019s got a bad rap, and I kind of know why. It wasn\u2019t particularly run on a terrifically good basis beforehand. Everything\u2019s changed now, though, which I\u2019m very pleased about. Not because of me; it happened before [my nomination]. But I think people are going to be much more pleased with the nominees from now on. Not everyone\u2019s going to be happy [always], but I think it\u2019s going to be much more realistic.<\/p>\n

For a while, your medical diagnosis made it look like your touring days were over. Happily, you\u2019re proving that wrong. Is there anything that you\u2019re able to do to slow or mitigate the progression of the IBM [inclusion body myositis]? <\/b><\/p>\n

At the moment, no. There\u2019s a new drug trial coming up that I hope to be part of. But as of the moment, we have no magic bullet, as it were. So that\u2019s why my fund, the Peter Frampton Fund at Johns Hopkins is so important to me. And so many people donate for the cause. You wouldn\u2019t believe how many people donate, and what they send. Some people send $10, and some people send thousands. It\u2019s really, truly amazing to me.<\/p>\n

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Peter Frampton and Steve Marriott (Humble Pie)<\/p><\/div>\n

Again looking back across your body of work, do you have a favorite song of yours that you think might have been overlooked?<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, there\u2019s one that we might be trying [on this tour]. We\u2019ve never done it live, and it\u2019s off the third album, [1974\u2019s] Something\u2019s Happening<\/i>. It\u2019s called \u201cGolden Goose.\u201d I\u2019d been bought and sold business-wise a couple of times, so it\u2019s about that: \u201cI ain\u2019t nobody\u2019s golden goose.\u201d So that might be one; I hope we do it. I\u2019m not saying we will, but we\u2019re going to try it.<\/p>\n

Are you working on new studio material? <\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, I am, and I have been for quite a few years. I\u2019m not as prolific as a lot of artists. My son Julian is far more prolific than me and writes great songs. We\u2019ll probably write one together, I would think, for this next album. But I\u2019ve got to write my own, right?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to make the best possible record I\u2019ve ever made, which is always the way. It\u2019s got to better than everything else; otherwise, why do one? And as Thelonious Monk once said, you don\u2019t want to write songs for the people. You want to write the songs for yourself. It might take ten or 20 years for [the audience] to come around, but you\u2019ve got to wait for them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure Picasso could have made a lot more money if he\u2019d stayed in his blue period. But he didn\u2019t, because he\u2019s been there, done that, and what fun is that? He came out with something new all the time. And that\u2019s the true artist: you do it for yourself, not what you think other people might like.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, can you provide any hints as to the character of these new songs?<\/b><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s all looking inward. I wrote during COVID, and one of the better songs I\u2019ve ever written came from not being able to see my granddaughter when she was born in Manhattan. I don\u2019t know how good it is, but I\u2019m proud of it for me; I love it. And that\u2019s the way I\u2019ve got to feel about every<\/i> track.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been looking through older stuff as well while I\u2019m writing. I found one, and thought, \u201cThis is really good. When did I do this? Like 2010 or something?\u201d And then I thought, \u201cIt\u2019s good, but it\u2019s not quite what I need. It\u2019s not making me feel like some of those other tracks that I love.\u201d<\/p>\n

2026 will mark the 50th anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive<\/i>. Are you thinking that far ahead in terms of what you might do for that? <\/b><\/p>\n

No. I\u2019m an of-the-moment person. My managers will think about that for me! If I get the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which I\u2019m hoping happens, it\u2019ll be a wonderful next couple of years for me with that. And for the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive<\/i>, we\u2019re going to have a big party. I don\u2019t know what we\u2019re going to do; that\u2019s all I\u2019ve been told: We\u2019re going to have a big party. But you never know. We\u2019ll work out something.<\/p>\n

I hope I\u2019ll be able to do some playing then. But I don\u2019t know, because as I keep saying to everybody that\u2019s asking me, including managers and agents, \u201cI don\u2019t know whether you can book that next tour, because I have a progressive disease and it affects my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got to have the wherewithal to be able to play, and I\u2019m adapting, but I am losing strength in my hands. But between the audience and the adrenaline and my love of playing music, especially guitar, somehow I pull it off every night.<\/p>\n

You may also enjoy my first interview with Peter Frampton, from way back in 2016<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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