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Humble Pie covered "Black Coffee" for their 1973 album Eat It on A&M Records. Their version features the Blackberries singing backing vocals. Steve Marriott adjusted some of the lyrics. In the original version, Tina Turner sings, "My skin is brown but my mind is black." Marriott sings, "My skin is white but my soul is black."
Humble Pie was a transitional album and a harbinger of the band's new, heavier direction. The material was darker than their previous two efforts, with striking contrasts in volume and style – Peter Frampton's gentle "Earth and Water Song" is buttressed between two of the heaviest tracks on the record, the band-composed "One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba", and a cover of Willie Dixon's "I'm Ready".
The band performed songs from the Humble Pie catalogue and other songs such as Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough (of your Love)" and Free's "All Right Now". [17] In 2023 Shirley's "Humble Pie Legacy" lineup of Dave Colwell (guitar), Jim Stapley (vocals, guitar, Hammond, harmonica), Ivan Bodley (bass) and Bobby Marks (drums) continued. [18]
Eat It is the sixth album by English rock band Humble Pie, released in April 1973 through A&M Records. Released as a double album , it peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard 200 , number 34 in the UK Albums Chart , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and number 9 in Australia.
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The album was Humble Pie's first following the departure of guitarist Peter Frampton, which placed singer and co-founder Steve Marriott as the band's de facto leader. Smokin' is the band's best-selling album, due in large part to the success of the single "30 Days in the Hole". It is the first group's album to feature Frampton's replacement ...
Humble Pie's finished version of the track, now complete with lyrics, had long been rumoured to prominently feature Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan. In truth however, while McLagan is indeed known to have rehearsed with the new group at least once while considering his post-Small Faces options, the distinctive keyboard part on the Humble ...
Steve Marriott (1947–1991) was a successful and versatile English blue-eyed soul, singer-songwriter and guitarist.He is best remembered for his uniquely powerful voice and aggressive guitar [1] in groups Small Faces (1965–1969) and Humble Pie (1969–1975).