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Post by millring on Jan 3, 2012 13:25:13 GMT -5
PETER FRAMPTON’S LOST GIBSON LES PAUL GUITAR FOUND ON CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF CURAÇAO AFTER 32 YEARS
TWO FANS COLLABORATE TO RETURN FAMED GUITAR
GUITAR PLAYED BY FRAMPTON ON HUMBLE PIE AND
FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! ALBUMS Peter Frampton’s long-lost guitar was recently discovered after its disappearance in a plane crash 32 years ago. In 1980, a cargo plane carrying Frampton’s equipment for an upcoming show in Panama crashed, supposedly destroying all of the instruments on board including Frampton’s cherished 1954 Gibson Les Paul. Thanks to the unyielding work of two dedicated fans, one in Holland and one on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, as well as the CEO of the Curaçao Tourist Board, Frampton was reunited with the guitar in an emotional meeting last month in Nashville, TN. The Curaçao Tourist Board helped acquire the guitar from an individual after hearing news that they may indeed have a lead on the long lost and beloved guitar. Together in Nashville, TN at the Gibson Custom Shop, with experts from Gibson Guitar and Peter Frampton, the team confirmed it was the original guitar long missing from Frampton’s collection. Frampton’s custom guitar was given to him in 1970 by a man named Mark Mariana when Humble Pie played at the Fillmore West. Frampton borrowed Mariana’s guitar for the show and afterward tried to buy it from him, “But to my surprise he said he couldn't sell it to me—he wanted to give it to me!” he notes. Frampton played the guitar exclusively on Humble Pie’s Rock On and Rocking the Fillmore albums. The guitar also appeared on a number of sessions for other artists including George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, and John Entwistle. Most notably, Frampton played the guitar on the electrifying Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the top-selling live records of all time. Frampton is ecstatic to have the guitar back in his hands once again. “I am still in a state of shock, first off, that the guitar even exists let alone, that it has been returned to me. I know I have my guitar back, but I will never forget the lives that were lost in this crash. I am so thankful for the efforts of those who made this possible…And, now that it is back I am going insure it for 2 million dollars and it’s never going out of my sight again! It was always my #1 guitar and it will be reinstated there as soon as possible -- some minor repairs are needed. And, I just can’t wait to get Mark Mariana on the phone.” |
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Post by theevan on Jan 3, 2012 13:40:43 GMT -5
What a GREAT story, and I love Frampton's attitude. That must be the guitar I saw him playing when I saw Humble Pie back in the day.
He's a fine player.
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Post by millring on Jan 3, 2012 13:47:13 GMT -5
He is that! I grew to appreciate him more after his zenith of popularity. I wasn't listening to much radio at the time of his greatest popularity. I acquired albums much later and realized what the to-do was about. |
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Post by Lonnie on Jan 3, 2012 13:49:12 GMT -5
It is a sweet story... I hope, once his state of shock wears off, that he gives a bunch of money to the fans who found it. He's lucky, they are extraordinary!
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jan 3, 2012 14:03:23 GMT -5
Far out.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 3, 2012 14:09:17 GMT -5
Great story. And Frampton looks like somone you'd see mowing his lawn on a Saturday afternoon.
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Post by mccoyblues on Jan 3, 2012 14:23:17 GMT -5
Great story indeed. Loved everything Humble Pie did, hated "Frampton Comes Alive"
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Post by theevan on Jan 3, 2012 14:35:06 GMT -5
Great story indeed. Loved everything Humble Pie did, hated "Frampton Comes Alive" Me too. The big draw was Steve Marriott and his insane singing. I knew nothing of Frampton. However, as the concert wore on, I heard more and more of him and was more than impressed. I found out who he was, but at the time he was recorded on nothing else I could find. Until he went solo, of course. |
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Post by Supertramp78 on Jan 3, 2012 15:17:57 GMT -5
For awhile, Frampton couldn't get a gig as "Frampton". I remember him going out on tour as a member of David Bowie's band. Of course Stevie Ray Vaughn was supposed to do the same thing on the "Let's Dance" tour but quit when they wouldn't let his band open the shows.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 3, 2012 16:09:04 GMT -5
Frampton is a frequent in-studio guest on the Bob and Tom Show that is syndicated out of Indianapolis. He sounds like a nice, unpretentious, guy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 16:09:24 GMT -5
I presume said individual probably won't reveal how he acquired the guitar and most likely will remain unidentified.
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Post by Doug on Jan 3, 2012 16:37:42 GMT -5
I presume said individual probably won't reveal how he acquired the guitar and most likely will remain unidentified. I doubt it will matter, in 32 yrs I bet it's changed hands dozens of times. Traded for eggs or smoke or dollars depending on who did the trading and when. |
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Post by omaha on Jan 3, 2012 17:47:34 GMT -5
In an unfortunate twist of events, earlier today the guitar was confiscated by US Fish and Wildlife agents after determining that neither Frampton, Gibson nor the Curaçao Tourist Board could provide provenance for the ebony fretboard on the guitar.
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Post by paulschlimm on Jan 3, 2012 18:06:22 GMT -5
Hell, I LOVED "Frampton Comes Alive." That was one of the first albums I owned, and I nearly wore it out.
I'll have to go back and listed to some Humble Pie. I never really have.
I'd also have to give a listen to some of his solo studio stuff. My memory could be false, but I recall most of it being pretty weak compared to the live renderings.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Jan 3, 2012 18:31:29 GMT -5
I'm still puzzled as to how that guitar survived a plane crash.
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Post by AlanC on Jan 3, 2012 19:39:05 GMT -5
There was a small famous club in New Orleans called the Warehouse (our Fillmore South). Anyway, I saw Humble Pie there about '71 or so. What I remember most about the show was Steve lowering his microphone and belting out 2 or 3 bars without a mic. What a voice he had- he didn't need no doctor that night.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 19:59:50 GMT -5
I'm still puzzled as to how that guitar survived a plane crash. It would have been in a Anvil case or some other type of road case. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 3, 2012 21:25:30 GMT -5
I thought Humble Pie was something guys learned to eat when they stopped being single.
Was it a band entirely made up of married players?
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Post by theevan on Jan 3, 2012 22:12:18 GMT -5
Acoustic Humble Pie doing a cover of "For Your Love" with a young Frampton holding forth on an Epiohone.
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