Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumI would kill hundreds to have his voice!
I'm pretty damn good at what I do. I've had people taking notes on my abilities as a front man at gigs (that's no shit). But damn! I'd kill to have Steve Marriott's voice!
Humble Pie - Rollin Stone
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Allow me also add ... how the fuck have I never known that Peter Frampton is English? Completely trips me out that I never realized that.
And yeah, Steve was a pretty damn good singer ... good player too.
As an singer in an alt-rock band or two during my lifetime ... Jeff Buckley or Chris Cornell would be my Steve Marriott.
Glamrock
(11,781 posts)Then I discovered the Black Crowes and LSD! And have been digging backwards ever since!
Glamrock
(11,781 posts)If I'm in AZ for any reason, I'll let you know. Hell, your screen name alone deserves a drink on me!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Glamrock
(11,781 posts)Ohiogal
(31,657 posts)Maybe we'll be saying the same about you in a few years, Glam!
Don't I wish!
argyl
(3,064 posts)I saw Iggy recounting this on a documentary titledThe Life and Times of Steve Marriott or something to that effect.
And he says But Id have given anything to have his voice.
And goes on to say,quietly,And his looks.
Glamrock
(11,781 posts)I've been compared to a young Iggy Pop most of my adult life...
lunasun
(21,646 posts)argyl
(3,064 posts)The Rock and Roll H of F did a little finagling to get him in a few years ago. The support wasnt there for Humble Pie so they inducted The Faces, Rod Stewarts backup group.
Steve had never played for the Faces but had played for the Small Faces. So with that very slim thread Steve made it into the H of F.
Im sure a few of his contemporaries saw the injustice, righted it, and the induction focused mainly on Steve.
JenniferJuniper
(4,495 posts)The Small Faces were indeed inducted along with the Faces. They never should have been lumped together, what with the Small Faces being the truly influential band, but Steve was inducted as a Small Face. Rod didn't show for ceremony, probably because he didn't relish the thought of singing a Small Faces tune or two and risk comparison to a young Marriott, who was probably the greatest white soul singer ever.
Humble Pie will never be inducted.