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Overview

All Blues represents a return to roots of sorts for Peter Frampton. At the outset of his career, he was a hotshot six-string slinger, earning his stripes playing sheets of loud, gnarled guitar in Humble Pie, the band Steve Marriott formed after leaving the Small Faces. Frampton never lost his rep as a great guitarist and the blues was never far from his fingertips, but he also didn't devote a record to the blues the way he does on this 2019 album. It's possible Frampton intended the album to be part of a full-circle farewell: when he announced the album's release and its accompanying tour, he also announced that he has inclusion-body myositis, a degenerative autoimmune disease that weakens the muscles. Knowledge of Frampton's disease does lend All Blues a degree of poignancy; it's not intended as his final album -- at the time of its release, he had a collection of original material in the works -- yet it's hard not to think that it may not exist if Frampton didn't believe he should seize the day. That's precisely what he does on All Blues, an album that takes its name from the Miles Davis composition that kicks off the trumpeter's seminal 1959 album Kind of Blue. Frampton's choice to cover Davis suggests how he's willing to play within the margins of this album, adding hints of jazz and swing. Primarily, though, he's interested in delivering revved-up covers of blues standards, occasionally with the assistance of a friend: Sonny Landreth pops up on "The Thrill Is Gone," Steve Morse shows up on "Going Down Slow," while Kim Wilson plays on "I Just Want to Make Love to You." If Frampton doesn't take many chances with either the songs or arrangements -- this is straight-up classic British blues that leans heavily on the Chicago school -- there's still a palpable sense of passion and joy on All Blues, and that evident big, beating heart makes it worth a spin. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 06/07/2019
Label: Universal
UPC: 0602577644245
Rank: 92852

Tracks

  1. I Just Want to Make Love to You
  2. She Caught the Katy
  3. Georgia on My Mind
  4. You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
  5. Me and My Guitar
  6. All Blues
  7. The Thrill Is Gone
  8. Going Down Slow
  9. I'm a King Bee
  10. Same Old Blues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Peter Frampton Band   Primary Artist
Peter Frampton   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Electric)
Larry Carlton   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Guitar (Electric)
Kim Wilson   Primary Artist,Harp,Featured Artist
Steve Morse   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Guitar (Electric)
Sonny Landreth   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Rob Arthur   Organ,Piano,Strings,Wurlitzer,Vocals (Background)
Adam Lester   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Glenn Worf   Bass
Dan Wojciechowski   Drums,Tambourine
David LaBruyere   Bass

Technical Credits

Brad Goodman   Booking
Darren Hurst   Guitar Technician
Jenny Neace   Crew
Matt Fitzgerald   Crew
Carla Sacks   Publicity
Eric Gormley   Crew
Cody Bailey   Crew
Keith Brogdon   Cover Design
Austin Lord   Photography
Jared Rarick   Crew
Jim Yakabuski   Crew
Sage Boyers   Crew
Slim Harpo   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Chuck Ainlay   Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Don Nix   Composer
Freddie King   Composer
Rob Arthur   Group Member
Peter Frampton   Producer,Group Member
Adam Lester   Group Member
James H. Moore   Composer
Miles Davis   Composer
Todd Tidwell   Assistant Engineer
William Donald Nix   Composer
Chuck Blackwell   Composer
Dan Wojciechowski   Group Member
Donnie Lewis   Crew
Yank Rachell   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
James Oden   Composer
Taj Mahal   Composer
St. Louis Jimmy Oden   Composer
Leon Russell   Composer
Roy Hawkins   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Matt Legge   Assistant Engineer
Jordan Reed   Assistant Engineer
Rick Darnell   Composer
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