Humble Pie - Alabama '69

[plonkgenius72]

marriott-no buts or excuses-THE BEST EVER!!!!!!

[pjcdrummer]

this was one of the first songs that got me into them Your right they should be as famious as Zeppelin or Sabbath & there not!! & thats what gets me mad

[Infobab]

If you know your rock and roll, they are as famous as Zeppelin and Sabbath. Sometimes, you have to dig a little to find the gems. Rock radio these days is all about the MONEY not the music, the rat b*&^#rds. Too bad, because this band ROCKS!

[ritchiepeyton]

At the time I thought their debut album, As Safe As Yesterday Is, was the 2nd best debut album I'd ever heard. I thought so at the time and still think so now.

[jolygreengiant56]

@ritchiepeyton what do you think best debut album is? Just curious.

[ritchiepeyton]

@ritchiepeyton : Led Zeppelin.

[mrmarriottsgirl]

I always say this but to me NO ONE will EVER top Marriott as a consumate rock musician! 20 yrs ago today he passed, way too soon. Marriott could play any style & sing any style & had a natural raw crazy grace & charm like none else.Even at the end when the suits & hanger's on helped destroy him Marriott NEVER COMPRISED his music or spirit. He lived breathed & died for his music - at his detrement. Disrespected, lied to & stepped on he never lost his love for the music & I will ALWAYS miss him!

[alexlancer11]

@mrmarriottsgirl He was a great rhythm guitar player too. He does not really seem to get much credit for it.

[DougRoxxx]

Humble Pie was class personified - Imagine that .... Four young British blokes performing a powerful song about civil rights in the USA 42 years ago, and doing it with passion, paricularly Steve (RIP) Marriot's vocals .... It's sad that no high profile American band ever had the balls to do that ..... Put this video on your Facebook page, and more people WILL see it !!!!

[bradkilgas]

a song of great social import

great band!

[Ringo1612]

Ja,ja der gute alte Beat Club mit Uschi!

[Bluesblaster]

@Ringo1612 Uschi Obermaier????

[skynyrdfan56]

Sweet home ...

[arhatyellow]

That overdub Harmonica is Steve Marriot too, I'll wager. Lynyrd and Duane and Greg, and all the other true confederates - brothers and sisters - would be proud of this song. What a gem to find amongst so many pieces of crap in this pile they call the internet. They told us we'd be driving flying cars. . . . Peace, Love, and groovy Understanding never go out of style. Right On!

[BulletWithYerName]

How fucking creepy and ironic is it that when he says "until we die", there's a burning building behind him?

It's almost like it's foretelling his future.

[killyourtyrant]

I have to corrborate with obbor's post this is trip down memory lane for me when us kids used to play 12 strings on a bus bench in West Palm Beach at the passing cars. The Black Crows stole so much from The Pie. You put any of their albums next to Smokin' and see if they don't sound the same.

[obbor4]

As powerful a statement as any made by Mya Angelou, Martin Luther King, or Langston Hughes! The great Steve Marriott was surely an amazing bundle of talent and vision. I miss him, and his kind (John Lennon, Phil Lynott, Jimi...talents that can never be re-invented or eclipsed. you won't find talents like these showing up on American Idol!), more and more with each passing day...

[hansjah]

I love this band, especially the album smokin'. Can someone name a few more af bands such as these? Cause I've only known Humble Pie for about 5 years, and have only recently found out UFO, and am kinda wondering what other great blues rock bands from a while back I might have been missing out on.. I'm so grateful to GTA for introducing me to this band!!:)

[parthian111]

@hansjah 

the band

[2468oldschooltimes]

@hansjah try Black Oak Arkansas, Credence Clearwaters Revival, ZZ Top,  Lynard Skynard, Rory Gallager to name a few

[hansjah]

@2468oldschooltimes thanks mate, I'll look into them! Already new ccr, LS and zz top, btw, even saw zz top last week:):) Gr

[hangover71]

Dem bitches be ugly.....I aint no homo..!!

[beatleslover108]

how could you say such horrible words ;-;

[alsox666]

the best PETER FRAMPTON OK¡

[luvwasp]

Shit,i'm 47 and have just seen pie for the first time,but i've had 'rockin' the filmore' since i was 16. It's all about access.Luvwasp.

[eticomorales]

Why this band is not as famous as Zeppelin or Sabbath?

[astonsfan]

because even "back then" looks were everything.Sabbath had a new sound to help them,and Zepp hap the looks.I love all 3 bands,each a different sound that lives to this day!!!  And this song was a matter better left alone back then.

[cokeydear]

But Humble Pie did have looks..

[Framptonfixation]

Omg I know I'm a bit late but I've only just seen your comment and HAD to reply - Humble Pie had the BEST-LOOKING MAN IN THE WORLD amongst them! (no prizes for guessing who I'm talking about lol!)

[xJayWalkerx]

Although he may not be the prettiest and the most handsome man in Rock'n'Roll business ;) my gaze always go to that charismatic majik little guy (in whatever band he was). No disrespect to Mr. Frampton but you can keep the BEST-LOOKING MAN IN THE WORLD to yourself :-P

[xJayWalkerx]

* always goES

ah bloody grammar...

[UvaYakone]

In this video he looks fine though, good pre-cocaine times.

[xJayWalkerx]

Donno, some people claim that all you need from this band is Rockin' The Fillmore and the rest is so-so boogie driven rock.

Mind you I'm not one of them!

[notahemi]

Very good question. No good answer.

Marketing? Shtick? (Black Sabboth certainly had "new sound" but a marketing shtick too) The fickleness of mass hysteria? (think of a recent presidental election and an upcomming "memorial")

Zeppelin had a sound unlike anyone else. But other's did too who weren't as sucessful. (example:Captain Beyond)

Mott The Hoople and the Kinks never made it in the USA like the UK. Maybe it is just that "the pie" isn't big enough for everyone to get a piece. (

[abrahamlincoln0900]

in the states yo are lucky to find anyone who knows who the Small Faces were,or Budgie,or even Thin Lizzy ,outside of the FM radio staples which are played to death. At least among most people under 40 . I was raised on old school rock ,thank god. I feel sorry for alot of my generation who got swept up in that hip hop shit in the 80s.(not really,to hell with them.)

[ThatMiserableCat]

abrahamlincoln0900-

Good to see/hear that there are folks who appreciate music from an era that probably will never be eclipsed !

I first heard Steve M. with the Small Faces, 'Itchycoo Park' like, maybe in the late 60's. Bought the '45' and wore it out.

ALSO- must say, you're rare in that you appreciate a rather obscure group that I liked too- 'Budgie'! Good deal, man.

[freekoss]

Maybe "The Pie" were so deep that not everyone could feel the depth of their soul....Long live Steve Marriott!

[notahemi]

Ran out of room.

Check out Mother's Finest song (Get a) "Piece of the Rock".

[davidglow3]

because Britain had so many superb bands in late 60s early 70s that not all of them could make it to the top.The album charts were congested with brilliant bands in that era

[spacepatrolman]

@eticomorales They came from so many differant groups the public was confused they sounded differant from one song to the next so it went over the publics heads

[astonsfan]

@eticomorales  to me.....they are!!!!

[jte1974]

@eticomorales they are to people like you and me brutha !

[zleeeee]

@eticomorales

they were famous a lot

do you know Cactus? I suggest you to listen to (they were active between 1969 and 1973) they were considered the American Answer to the Led Zeppelin, but they are not so present in new medias. We are talking about 40 years ago, so many things have changed.

[AllistairHill]

@eticomorales Its such a shame tht Rock n Metal are not the same as they used to be U.U

[speedyeyed]

love this video...

[speedyeyed]

happy birthday peter, hows the Natti treatin ya...

[Framptonfixation]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER you gorgeous guitar genius!

[electrochubb]

Interesting concept for a 60s rock band..! I wonder why I didn't hear of this 'till 40 years later..?

[storekeeper80]

You were just unlucky, man! I've had this since 1969!

[soutltank]

funny gain to notice them , feeling in that studiosituatian........

[eturfrey]

It may be sync'd but we know this band could do it all live.

[NobbyOlder]

They should ahve played this to the millions who were at the swearing in of the President!

[bendobrin]

what a great song and video posting. too bad there aren't more people that will see this.

[Adaleha]

@bendobrin Amen:)

[faisalroute66]

FUCKING GREAT!!!!!!!!

[ploppy193]

RIP Steve Marriott.

[tomitstube]

I'm in Alabama and I need some Black Coffee. Praise my starfish, unicorn, four leaf clovers, you racsist, redneck, godfearing, country lovin, bible humping, pariotic selfish nazi self. Alabama is the melting pot of america. It's curiosity with the outside world is legendary. Without Alabama there wouldn't be a central government. There would only be a second government that resembled Myanmar. Only white. This music is so brave.

[RockOfAges94]

Classic, although synced!

[LakotaLegend]

Right on!