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Guitar/vocals- Steve Marriott, guitar/vocals- Peter Frampton, bass/vocals- Greg Ridley, drums- Jerry Shirley
Humble Pie was formed in early 1969 following Steve Marriott's departure from the Small Faces. He teamed up with Peter Frampton from The Herd as well as Greg Ridley from Spooky Tooth and drummer Jerry Shirley. The band always had far more recognition in the US than at home in the UK and partly explains the later phenomenal success of Frampton's solo album Frampton Comes Alive.
The band's first single, Natural Born Bugie, was a major hit and showed the evolution of the band from its individual members' former careers. The first two albums, As Safe as Yesterday Is and Town and Country, were both released in 1969. The success continued into the 1970s and included one of the definitive live albums Performance- Rockin' the Filmore. Peter Frampton decided he had had enough as it was difficult being in a band with two front-men and he was replaced by Clem Clempson who had previously been with Bakerloo and Colosseum.
However, the group was losing focus and even the addition of female vocal group The Blackberries failed to bring back the early success.
Steve Marriott continued to tour extensively although largely confined to the pub circuit until his untimely death in a house fire in 1991. Humble Pie recently reformed with original members Shirley and Ridley with Bobby Tench on vocals and Dave Colwellon guitar. This line-up released the Back on Track album in 2002. Peter Frampton also rejoined Shirley and Ridley along with Clem Clempson for the Steve Marriott Memorial concert in April 2001 and feature on the CD of the event.
Towards the end of 2003 Greg Ridley had started gigging again. However, he died in hospital in Spain on 19 November.
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