The 1970s rock star opens up about the price of fame, supporting Kamala Harris over “Mr. Orange,” and hitting the road again at 74.
y any measure, Peter Frampton should be dead. In the late 1970s he attained a sort of fame—in the aftermath of the release of his record-breaking 11-million selling live albumin 2006, and building his audience back the old-fashioned way: through relentless touring.
Again, though, he fought his way back. He started playing the guitar again, challenging himself to find ways around the effects of his disease that wouldn’t compromise the high artistic bar he had always set for himself, got back in the studio, and, eventually, got back on the road, too. And you live right there in the heart of it, in Nashville. Do you have friends who disagree with you? Do you have those uncomfortable conversations?not. We’ve gotten into heated conversations, yes, but now we don’t talk about it, because it will affect our friendship. I wish they didn’t support Mr. Orange, but it’s up to them. I try to love thy neighbor.No, no, I’m not religious at all. But I get what you mean.
As I said, I was at the charity show at NYU last Christmas. I hadn’t seen you in a couple of years at that point, and I was struck by the soulfulness and richness of your playing. When we play, it’s an expression of our own voices, right? So, do you find that there’s a renewed soulfulness to your playing, or that it has evolved because of the challenges you’re facing?
But I have to admit that going last year, to the induction ceremony, and playing with Sheryl Crow, who really put me out there, I think it made a lot of people realize, “Wait, you mean he’s not in?” And, I think, because the Hall of Fame has had a change of management, things are very different now. I don’t believe that the Rock Hall selections were realistic all the time before, and I think there were some bad omissions, obviously, and there were some bad inductions.
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