Marriott tragically died in 1991 following a fire at his home.
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He reunted with Small Faces period to record two new albums but the magic never reappeared. Unfortunately his voice was grudually ruined, and his performances un the later albums are often poor. Marriott was a fine songwriter and a originally a great singer. The band was reformed in 1980 by Marriott and Shirley for two more albums. Commercially the biggest success was the 1972 album "Smokin´" Artistically their first two album were by far their most succesful. Frampton left after the first AM album in 1971 to be replaced by formed Colluseum guitarist Clem Clempson.Įventually the band ran out of inspiration and they broke up in 1975. They did not succeed in maintaining the succes of their first single, so they changed direction towards a much harder rock-approach. The music was a fine mixture of hard-rock with several acoustic songs. Their first single "Natural Born Bugie" was an immediate success and they recorded and released two fine albums on the Immediate label during 1969-70. With ex-Spooky Tooth bassist Grag Ridley and young drummer Jerry Shirley the line-up was complete. Guitarist and singer Steve Marriott had a long career behind him as the front figure in Small Faces and Peter Frampton had been a member of the short-lived Herd. "Big George" was a Ridley composition, for which he sang the lead vocals.Humble Pie was formed early 1969 and the band was an example of the trend of calling new bands with well-known musicians a "supergroup". "Sour Grain" was a joint composition by Frampton and Marriott, keeping the same tempo as "Shine On", but with just Marriott on vocals. It is also the longest song on the album. The vocals have a delayed echo, sounding grounded yet "out there" and Frampton's guitar solos weave throughout. "Strange Days" is a blues rock song in which Marriott's powerful vocals soar as close to a live performance as any on this album. Arnold and Claudia Lennear) on backing vocals. Marriott's ballad "A Song For Jenny" (written for first wife Jenny Rylance) features The Soul Sisters ( Doris Troy, P.P. The album features the classic rock song "Stone Cold Fever", written by band members Marriott, bassist Greg Ridley, Frampton and drummer Jerry Shirley. hit in the early 1960s with her own self-composed song " Just One Look" (later covered by The Hollies), and Claudia Lennear (who had sung backing for artists such as Joe Cocker, Freddie King and Gene Clark), were featured on this album. Distinguished performers such as PP Arnold, who Marriott knew very well from his Small Faces days, Doris Troy who had a U.S. Singer and guitarist Steve Marriott turned the production into a studio party of sorts, featuring numerous guest performers from the world of blues and soul. Most of the songs on Rock On were performed live on tour before being recorded for the album. In the latter part of the year, after their live album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore was mixed, and shortly before it was released, he left the band to pursue a solo career, and take his music in a more acoustic direction. It was Frampton's favourite album with Humble Pie, but he was becoming unhappy with continuing in the band. Rock On saw Humble Pie establishing the heavy blues/rock sound they became famous for, led in no small part by their new manager, Dee Anthony, after the collapse of Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate Records.