Astonishingly brilliant supergroups formed in the 1960s

Humble Pie and that amazing live album

Although they came from different levels of success there are enough top artists here for this to work as an undoubted supergroup. That lofty sounding label was applied to the new band by the media as the members got together, causing much excitement and anticipation. But that wasn’t what the band really wanted and their chosen name, Humble Pie, was aimed at playing that down and deflecting the wrong sort of attention at the time.

Like many other bands, the name has continued with various lineup changes and occasional reunions over the years. The original members remained until 1971 and released four great studio albums and a remarkable live album. Their debut album, As Safe As Yesterday, was released in 1969 and is one of the first to be described as heavy metal. These days it’s perhaps more seen as just great, solid, no-nonsense rock and roll. 

The band had good chart success with the album and singles from it. The next three from this original lineup didn't do so well, but then there's that live album. Performance Rockin’ The Fillmore came out in 1971 and is probably their best-known and most successful work. It’s an amazing live act captured at their prime live on stage at Fillmore East in New York. 

Frampton left the band in 1971 to go solo. The band itself folded for a while after their eighth studio album Street Rats and farewell concerts on their Goodbye Pie Tour, both in 1975. Over the years different versions of the band appeared. There was a reunion lineup of Shirley, Ridley, and Frampton, plus Clem Clempson in 2021 for a Marriott memorial gig in London.  Currently, the rights to Humble Pie are owned by Shirley and a version of the band still rocks on. 

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