In Reply to: Peter Frampton finds lost Les Paul posted by FenderLover on November 2, 2016 at 18:13:07:
I'd be curious to know how much of a ransom Frampton had to pay to get his own property back. Hopefully they didn't rape him.At one point the reporter asks Frampton if posing for the shirtless picture made him feel like he lost his "cred" with his male fans, and Frampton said yes. While the picture may have had something to do with it, it was really the change in musical style where Frampton lost me. I was a fan of his work with Humble Pie, and the switch to the lighter, pop sound of Frampton Comes Alive! was too soft for my tastes back then.
Now that I think of it, not just back then. I'd still much rather listen to Frampton's work on this than anything on "Comes Alive".
Very glad to hear he got his beloved guitar back after so many years. He seems like a really nice guy too. Thanks for posting the story.
Edits: 11/04/16
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- Man, that had to feel good for him - 1973shovel 15:45:34 11/04/16 (8)
- Funniest aspect of that piece is that "I'm In You" was a bomb... - musetap 21:17:54 11/04/16 (7)
- RE: "only 3 million copies" - 1973shovel 06:01:07 11/05/16 (6)
- "only 3 million copies" - musetap 10:43:12 11/05/16 (5)
- Good point - 1973shovel 08:28:43 11/06/16 (4)
- Indeed, especially in that period... - musetap 12:12:18 11/06/16 (3)
- RE: "There was never enough for the record companies" - 1973shovel 17:08:00 11/06/16 (2)
- Yeah, but Zappa would have gone the Sun Ra route... - musetap 18:04:57 11/06/16 (1)
- I'm not familiar with Sun Ra, other than the name - 1973shovel 02:41:29 11/07/16 (0)