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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Humble Pie-"Rock On" (1971)

Formed in the late 1960s, Humble Pie is considered one of the first super bands in rock history. Its leaders were singers and guitarists Steve Marriott (of Small Faces) and Peter Frampton (who would later reap a mega-successful solo career). The quartet was closed by bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley
After his second album, the beautiful "Town and Country" an album with many acoustic passages, he was followed by the album "Rock On".
In “Rock On” Humble Pie they moved away from acoustic sounds towards a clearly American sound, making their bluesy intentions clear and bringing out all the potential of these excellent musicians, here the keyboards begin to gain more prominence, and even make an appearance fancy guests like saxophonist Bobby Keys.
The album opens with the powerful rock "Shine On", followed by the hard rock "Sour Grain", in contrast to the following "9th and Sunset", it is an excellent typical music hall song, "Stone Cold Fever", is one of the classics of the album, where the fusion between hard-rock (with that marked riff) and blues rock go hand in hand, “Rollin 'Stone” is another peak moment, a blues based on the original blues of Muddy Waters to reinterpret it with total freedom, and "Strange Days", another of the outstanding songs of the album, a jazz-blues fusion that manages to create an extraordinary and intense final atmosphere.

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