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One of Clem’s favourite records in recent years had been Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s Deja Vu, so the sudden and unexpected appearance of Stephen Stills in the studio one evening was an unforgettable moment, and his subsequent contribution of a brilliant vocal line (Do you get the message?) for Hot ‘n’ Nasty helped the track become a hit single and one of the Pie’s most popular tracks to this day.Īn ascending progression segues into the blues rock of The Fixer, Marriott’s vocal delivery not giving away much indication of what the song is about.

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‘Hot’n’Nasty’ opens in funky style, squelching organ through the intro, making way for wah wah guitar and a full rockin jam topped by Marriott’s blues wail and backing vocals by a special guest, as Clem Clempson’s web page recounts:Īfter just a handful of gigs the new Pie line-up began work in Olympic Studios on the Smokin’ album. Steve Marriott became the erstwhile ‘leader’, former Colosseum guitarist Dave ‘Clem’ Clempson accepted an invitation from Marriott to join the band in 1972 and Humble Pie went on to record 1972’s ‘Smokin’’, their most successful album to date. Frampton left Humble Pie before the release of this live album, unhappy with the band’s direction, to forge a successful solo career. A commercial breakthrough, ‘Performance’ captured the band’s set at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East in New York City, full of their extended interpretations of songs written by others, probably the most successful being ‘I Don’t Need No Doctor’, a full on rocked up cover of the R&B tune written by Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Jo Armstead. After their first label Immediate, who were also home to the Small Faces, went bankrupt, the band recruited a new manager, Dee Anthony, who helped them sign a new deal with A&M and directed their sound to a grittier, blues-based rock, more suited to Marriott’s raw, soulful vocals.ġ970s ‘Humble Pie’ and 1971s ‘Rock On’ preceded their live double album ‘Performance: Rockin’ The Fillmore’, released in November 1971. Their first two LPs, ‘As Safe As Yesterday Is’ and ‘Town and Country’ contained a number of melodic acoustic-based songs, a sound heavily influenced by Frampton. Hard rock ‘supergroup’ Humble Pie formed in Essex, England in 1969, featuring former Small Faces’ frontman Steve Marriott and Herd guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton, ex-Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley.