Following a degenerative disease, Peter Frampton will say goodbye to the stage
Renowned guitarist Peter Frampton announced a tour through different cities in the United States as a farewell to the scenarios, due to a degenerative muscle disease.
Thus, the musician who knew how to be a member of bands rock like The Herd and Humble Pie and who has been a solo artist for several years, will begin in june (the 18 in Tulsa) his tour, which will last until 12 October (in San Francisco).
As you might know, Frampton was diagnosed with Myositis by inclusion body (IBM), disease that affects the muscles, causing that these stop working.
In that context, It was the musician himself who pointed out not knowing when the disease affects your fingers, thus leaving him without the possibility of playing the guitar. That same reason made For the moment the tour is not more extensive or will extend to other countries.
At the end of the '60s, The guitarist began to make a name for himself in music by participating in The Herd, but nevertheless, the great recognition would come a couple of years later, when he founded one of the first “super groups”: Humble Pie, band that he would join with Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley y Jerry Shirley.
He recorded twenty albums alone., between jobs carried out in study, recorded live and compilations. El “Frampton comes alive”, of 1976, It became one of the best-selling live albums of all time. the history of music.