Editing Peter Frampton

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| name              = Peter Frampton
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| caption           = Frampton performing in 2024
| birth_name        = Peter Kenneth Frampton
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|4|22}}
| birth_place       = [[Beckenham]], [[Kent]], England
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| genre             = [[Rock music|Rock]]
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| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals|piano}}
| discography       = [[Peter Frampton discography]]
| years_active      = 1966–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[33rd Street Records|33rd Street]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Humble Pie]]|[[The Herd (UK band)|The Herd]]|[[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]}}
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'''Peter Kenneth Frampton''' (born 22 April 1950)<ref name="AllMusic Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-frampton-mn0000320845/biography|title=Peter Frampton Biography|first=Steve|last=Huey|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128180830/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-frampton-mn0000320845/biography|archive-date=28 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><!--cited source, AllMusic.com, also verifies middle name Kenneth--> is an English-American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands [[The Herd (British band)|the Herd]] and [[Humble Pie]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-11 |title=Frampton became U.S. citizen after 9/11 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/270633/Frampton-became-U-S-citizen-after-9-11 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Later in his career, Frampton found significant success as a solo artist. He has released several albums, including his breakthrough album, the live recording ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'' (1976), which spawned several hit [[Single (music)|singles]] and has been certified [[RIAA certification|8× Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in the United States.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=peter+frampton#search_section |publisher=RIAA |access-date=4 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234058/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=peter+frampton#search_section |archive-date=4 January 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> He has also worked with various other acts such as [[Ringo Starr]], [[John Entwistle]] of [[the Who]], [[David Bowie]], [[Joe Bonamassa]], and both [[Matt Cameron]] and [[Mike McCready]] of [[Pearl Jam]].

Frampton is known for his signature hit songs "[[Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)|Show Me the Way]]", "[[Baby, I Love Your Way]]", "[[Do You Feel Like We Do]]", and "[[I'm in You (song)|I'm in You]]", all of which remain staples of [[Classic rock|classic rock radio]]. He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', and ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]''. Frampton was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2024.

==Early life==
Peter Kenneth Frampton was born to [[Owen Frampton]] and Peggy (née {{Not a typo|ffitch}}<!-- The surname "ffitch" is often spelt with a lowercase initial "f" and the source uses this spelling -->) Frampton<ref>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Chris |title=Owen Frampton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/owen-frampton-320315.html |access-date=25 May 2019 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=18 October 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528010712/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/owen-frampton-320315.html |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Beckenham]], [[Kent]].<ref name="AllMusic Bio" /> He attended [[Bromley Technical High School]],<ref name="bromleytech">Sandford (1997): pp. 21–22</ref> at which his father was a teacher and the head of the Art department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beckenham.towntalk.co.uk/about/fame/352/Peter-Frampton/ |title=Peter Frampton, Beckenham Hall of Fame |work=Beckenham TownTalk |date=22 April 1950 |access-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103848/http://www.beckenham.towntalk.co.uk/about/fame/352/Peter-Frampton/ |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He first became interested in music when he was seven years old. Having discovered his grandmother's [[banjolele]] in the attic,<ref name=CNN-Phillips>Interview with Kyra Phillips: – [http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/05/frampton/ "Frampton: 'It's been a journey'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618001555/http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/05/frampton/ |date=18 June 2018 }}. – [[CNN]] – Friday, 9 April 2004</ref> he taught himself to play it, going on to later teach himself how to play guitar and piano as well.  At the age of eight, he began taking classical music lessons.<ref name=60s70s>{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/70.html |title=Peter Frampton History – 60's/70's |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016143145/http://www.frampton.com/70.html |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=AllMusic-Bio>Huey, Steve. – [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4302|pure_url=yes}} Peter Frampton]. – [[AllMusic]]</ref>

Frampton was influenced by late 1950s and early 1960s rock acts such as [[Cliff Richard]] and [[the Shadows]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Eddie Cochran]] and later [[the Ventures]], [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[the Beatles]]. His father introduced him to the recordings of French gypsy [[jazz]] guitarist [[Django Reinhardt]].<ref name=CNN-Phillips /><ref name=TCE-2001-02-04>{{cite web |last=Nager |first=Larry |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_no_fade_in_framptons.html |title=No fade in Frampton's future |website=Enquirer.com |date=4 February 2001 |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122192714/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_no_fade_in_framptons.html |archive-date=22 January 2013}}</ref>

==Music career==
===Early career===
By the age of 12, Frampton played in a band called the Little Ravens. Both he and [[David Bowie]], who was three years older, were pupils at [[Bromley]] Technical School, where Frampton's father was Bowie's art teacher.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Gosling|first1=Emily|title=Teaching David Bowie|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/teaching-david-bowie/|access-date=1 January 2017|magazine=Design Week|date=24 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102081741/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/teaching-david-bowie/|archive-date=2 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, George and the Dragons.<ref name=60s70s /> Peter and David would spend lunch breaks together, playing Buddy Holly songs.<ref name=60s70s />

At the age of 14, Peter was playing with a band called the Trubeats followed by a band called the Preachers, who later became Moon's Train, produced and managed by [[Bill Wyman]] of [[the Rolling Stones]].<ref name=60s70s /> Frampton's parents were at the time concerned about their son playing regular late night gigs whilst still at school, so Alex Brown, a member of the Preachers, was designated to meet his parents at their house, along with his son Steven, to show that the band members were responsible people. After this meeting, Frampton was allowed to join the band.

Frampton became a successful child singer, and in 1966 he became a member of [[The Herd (UK band)|the Herd]]. He was the lead guitarist and singer, scoring several British pop hits. Frampton was named "The Face of 1968" by [[teen magazine]] ''Rave''.<ref name=60s70s /><ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 /><ref name=TCE-50>{{cite web |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_50_years_of_peter.html |title=50 years of Peter Frampton |website=Enquirer.com |date=4 February 2001 |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122085748/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_50_years_of_peter.html |archive-date=22 January 2013}}</ref>

In 1969, when Frampton was 18 years old, he joined [[Steve Marriott]] of the [[Small Faces]] to form [[Humble Pie]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Slice of Humble Pie: Peter Frampton's Underrated Band Deserves Another Listen|url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/2/24/8-slices-peter-framptons-humble-pie/|website=Howard Stern|date=24 February 2016|publisher=The Howard Stern Production Company, Inc.|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105083250/https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/2/24/8-slices-peter-framptons-humble-pie/|archive-date=5 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

While playing with Humble Pie, Frampton also did session recording with other artists, including [[George Harrison]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], and [[John Entwistle]] (on ''[[Whistle Rymes]]'' in 1972). During a recording session with George Harrison at Abbey Road Studios in London in 1970,<ref name=TCE-50 /> [[Pete Drake]] introduced him to the "[[talk box]]" that was to become one of his trademark guitar effects.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=How Peter Frampton Met the Talk Box|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-talk-box/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=9 September 2014 |access-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234921/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-talk-box/|archive-date=4 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Lux, Joanna. and David Dayen. – [http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/30669/Peter_Frampton_More_Alive_Than_Ever.html "Peter Frampton: More Alive Than Ever"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111559/http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/30669/Peter_Frampton_More_Alive_Than_Ever.html |date=29 September 2007 }}. – [[G4 Media (TV company)|G4 Media]]. – 13 June 2002</ref><ref>Lovelady, Nicholas. – [http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ni900332/ "Frampton and the Talkbox"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012184009/http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ni900332/ |date=12 October 2007 }}. – [[University of Central Florida]]</ref>

===Solo career===
After four studio albums and one live album with [[Humble Pie]], Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971, just in time to see [[Performance Rockin' the Fillmore|''Rockin' the Fillmore'']] rise up the US charts.<ref name=60s70s /> He remained with [[Dee Anthony]] (1926–2009), the same personal manager that Humble Pie had used.<ref>Crowe, Cameron. – "Frampton: Rock Star of the Year" – ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' – 10 February 1977 – RS232</ref><ref>Greenblatt, Mike. "Peter Frampton". Goldmine 37, no. 10 (09, 2011): 60-64.</ref>

Frampton's own debut was 1972's ''[[Wind of Change (album)|Wind of Change]]'', with guest artists [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Billy Preston]].<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 /><ref name=TCE-50 /> This album was followed by ''[[Frampton's Camel]]'' in 1973, which featured Frampton working within a group project. In 1974, Frampton released ''[[Somethin's Happening]]''. Frampton toured extensively to support his solo career, joined for three years by his former Herd mate [[Andy Bown]] on keyboards, [[Rick Wills]] on bass, and American drummer John Siomos. In 1975, the ''[[Frampton (album)|Frampton]]'' album was released. The album went to No. 32 in the US charts and is certified [[Gold Album|Gold]] by the [[RIAA]].<ref name=60s70s />

Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums. This changed with his best-selling live album, ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'', in 1976, from which "[[Baby, I Love Your Way]]", "[[Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)|Show Me the Way]]", and an edited version of "[[Do You Feel Like We Do]]", were hit singles. The latter two tracks also featured his use of the [[talk box]] guitar effect. The album was recorded in 1975, mainly at the [[Winterland]] Ballroom in San Francisco, California, where Humble Pie had previously enjoyed a good following. Frampton had a new line-up, with Americans [[Bob Mayo]] on keyboards and rhythm guitar and Stanley Sheldon on bass. Wills had been sacked by Frampton at the end of 1974, and Bown had left on the eve of ''Frampton Comes Alive'', to return to England and new fame with [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]. ''Frampton Comes Alive'' was released in early January, debuting on the charts on 14 February at number 191. The album was on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] for 97 weeks, of which 55 were in the top 40, of which 10 were at the top. The album beat, among others, [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' to become the top selling album of 1976,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-in-1976-peter-framptons-classic-frampton-comes-alive-album-topped-the-billboard-200/ | title=On This Day in 1976: Peter Frampton's Classic 'Frampton Comes Alive!' Album Topped the 'Billboard' 200 | work=[[American Songwriter]] | first=Matt | last=Friedlander | date=11 April 2024 | access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref> and it was also the 14th best seller of 1977. The album won Frampton a [[Juno Awards|Juno Award]] in 1977.<ref name="Inc.1977">{{cite magazine|author=Martin Melhuish|title=Juno 1977|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76|date=23 April 1977|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=76–|issn=0006-2510|access-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501134607/https://books.google.com/books?id=ayMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76|archive-date=1 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

A tribute to the album's staying power, readers of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Frampton Comes Alive'' No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums. The article's text stated, "He was loved by teenage girls, ''and'' their older brothers. He owned the year 1976 like nobody else in rock."<ref name=RSpoll-2012>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-live-albums-of-all-time-18920/6-deep-purple-made-in-japan-132257/ |title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Live Albums of All Time |work=rollingstone.com |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref> The success of ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' put him on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'', in a famous shirtless photo by [[Francesco Scavullo]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/coverwall/1976#0211 |title=Pictures and Photo Galleries |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201042530/http://www.rollingstone.com/coverwall/1976#0211 |archive-date=1 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Frampton later said he regrets the photo because it changed his image as a credible artist into a teen idol.<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 />

In late 1976, Frampton and manager Dee Anthony visited the [[White House]] at the invitation of [[Steven Ford]], the president's son.<ref>"Random Notes" – 16 December 1976 – RS228</ref>

On 24 August 1979, Frampton received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6819 [[Hollywood Boulevard]] for his contributions to the recording industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/peter-frampton|title=Peter Frampton {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=Walkoffame.com|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624022805/http://www.walkoffame.com/peter-frampton|archive-date=24 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/peter-frampton/|title=Peter Frampton|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603085426/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/peter-frampton/|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Setbacks and decline in popularity ===
Frampton's following album, ''[[I'm in You]]'' (1977), contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]''.<ref name="60s70s" /> He starred, with the [[Bee Gees]], in producer [[Robert Stigwood]]'s poorly received film ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (1978). Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen.<ref name="60s70s" /><ref name="TCE-2001-02-04" /> He also played guitar on the [[Grease (song)|title song]] of the 1978 film [[Grease (film)|''Grease'']], a song newly written for the film by [[Barry Gibb]].

Frampton suffered a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas in 1978 that marked the end of his prolific period and the beginning of a long period during which he was less successful. He returned in 1979 to record the album ''[[Where I Should Be]]''. Among those contributing to the album were past band members [[Stanley Sheldon]] (bass), [[Bob Mayo]] (keyboards/guitar/vocals), and [[John Siomos]] (drums/vocals).<ref name="60s70s" /><ref name="AllMusic-Bio" />

In 1980, Frampton's album ''[[Rise Up (Peter Frampton album)|Rise Up]]'' was released to promote his tour in Brazil, although he suffered another serious setback that year when all his guitars were thought destroyed in a [[Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash|cargo plane crash]] that killed four people. Among the instruments he lost was the black [[Gibson Les Paul|Les Paul]] Custom which he had named "Phenix"<ref name=GibsonGuitarGreats>[http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Guitar-Greats-Peter-Frampton.aspx Gibson Guitar Greats: Peter Frampton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235152/http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Guitar-Greats-Peter-Frampton.aspx |date=16 September 2018 }}, at Gibson.com; published 4 April 2017; retrieved 16 September 2018</ref> (pictured on the cover of ''Frampton Comes Alive'') given to him by Mark Mariana and first used on the night of the recording of the Humble Pie live album ''Performance'', and which he had used all through his early solo career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/news-lifestyle/features/en-us/peterframptontalksaboutwan.aspx |title=Gibson Guitars: "Peter Frampton On Wanting to Find a New Guitar, Not Wanting to Be Alive, and Definitely Not Wanting to be Eric Clapton" |website=Gibson.com |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091310/http://www.gibson.com/news-lifestyle/features/en-us/peterframptontalksaboutwan.aspx |archive-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> As it turned out the guitar was saved from burning in the crash and sold to a musician; many years later it was recovered and returned to him, in December 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/peter-frampton-reunited-with-best-guitar-after-31-years/?_r=0|title=Peter Frampton Reunited with 'Best Guitar' After 31 Years|first=James C.|last=McKinnley Jr.|date=3 January 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204143134/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/peter-frampton-reunited-with-best-guitar-after-31-years/?_r=0|archive-date=4 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The album eventually turned into ''[[Breaking All the Rules (Peter Frampton album)|Breaking All the Rules]]'', released the next year in 1981. <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.se/books?id=UK0iAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22Rise+Up%22+Peter+Frampton+album&article_id=3547,2986018&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi46o_zj5yNAxVVIxAIHZvqF9AQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Rise%20Up%22%20Peter%20Frampton%20album&f=false |title=Beaver Country Times |publisher=Beaver County Times |language=en}}</ref>These albums were the first he recorded almost completely live.<ref name=80s>{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/80.html |title=Peter Frampton History – 80's |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015061814/http://www.frampton.com/80.html |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref> In 1982, following the release of ''[[The Art of Control]]'', Frampton tried unsuccessfully to split his ties with [[A&M Records]]; he re-signed with the label in 2006 and released his [[Grammy Award]]–winning ''[[Fingerprints (Peter Frampton album)|Fingerprints]]''.<ref name="GRAMMY">{{cite web| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4302|pure_url=yes}} | title = Grammy awards | work = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = 17 December 2008}}</ref>

=== Return ===
Although his albums generally met with little commercial success, Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s. He achieved a brief, moderate comeback of sorts in 1986 with the release of his ''[[Premonition (Peter Frampton album)|Premonition]]'' album, and the single "Lying", which became a hit on [[Mainstream Rock]] chart. Most notably, he also united with old friend David Bowie, and both worked together to make albums. Frampton played on Bowie's 1987 album ''[[Never Let Me Down]]'' and sang and played on the accompanying [[Glass Spider Tour]].<ref name="AllMusic-Bio" /><ref name="TCE-2001-02-04" /><ref name="80s" /> In 2013, he credited his participation in this tour for helping revive his career.<ref name="AM13">{{Citation | title=David Bowie Helped Revive Peter Frampton | url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/January/03David_Bowie_Helped_Revive_Peter_Frampton.shtml | access-date=3 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105231807/http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/January/03David_Bowie_Helped_Revive_Peter_Frampton.shtml | archive-date=5 January 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Looking for the band experience again after touring with Bowie, Frampton kept referencing Steve Marriott, and at the beginning of 1991 rejoined his old Humble Pie mate for some shows (Marriott's last English gigs) at the Half Moon in Putney, London. The chemistry was still there for a while, as both Frampton and Marriott laid down some tracks in L.A. and prepared to do a "Frampton-Marriott" tour. Marriott abruptly returned to England in April and he died in a house fire less than 24 hours after his return. Broken up by Marriott's death, Frampton went off the road for a time, then reformed his old touring band with his old friends Bob Mayo and John Regan. At least three songs, and possibly a fourth, from the ended Marriott-Frampton partnership were subsequently recorded; two ending up on Frampton's "Shine On" compilation, a third on his subsequent solo album.

In the late 1990s, Frampton starred in an [[infomercial]] plugging the eMedia Guitar Method, a piece of instructional software represented as an alternative to taking actual guitar lessons. He claimed in the infomercial that the software was the best way to learn guitar.<ref name=90s>{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/90.html |title=Peter Frampton History – '90s |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417143914/http://www.frampton.com/90.html |archive-date=17 April 2014 }}</ref>

In 1994, Frampton wrote and released the album ''[[Peter Frampton (album)|Peter Frampton]]'', the final version of which contained material recorded on Tascam cassette recorders. Originally released on the Relativity label, this record was re-released in 2000 by Legacy Records, with four bonus tracks and additional notes by Frampton.

In 1995, Frampton released ''[[Frampton Comes Alive! II]]'', which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums. ''Frampton Comes Alive! II'' was recorded at [[The Fillmore]] Theater on 15 June 1995. Although there was a large amount of marketing for the album, it did not sell well.<ref name=90s /> After ''Frampton Comes Alive! II'', he recorded and toured with [[Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings]] and [[Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band]],<ref name=AllMusic-Bio /> where he and [[Jack Bruce]] performed a cover version of [[Cream (band)|Cream]]'s "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]".

[[File:PeterFrampton06.jpg|thumb|right|Frampton performing in September 2006]]
In 2003, Frampton released the album ''[[Now (Peter Frampton album)|Now]]'', and embarked on a tour with [[Styx (band)|Styx]] to support it. It was on this tour in 2004 he lost good friend and long time bandmate [[Bob Mayo]]. He also toured with [[The Elms (band)|the Elms]], and appeared in 2006 on the [[Fox Broadcasting|Fox]] variety show ''[[Celebrity Duets]]'', paired with [[Chris Jericho]] of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] fame. They were the first pair voted out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/celebrityduets/recaps/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004233340/http://www.fox.com/celebrityduets/recaps/index.htm|archive-date=4 October 2006|title=FOX Broadcasting Company: Celebrity Duets: Recaps|date=4 October 2006|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref>

On 12 September 2006, Frampton released an instrumental work titled ''Fingerprints''. His band consisted of drummer Shawn Fichter, guitarist [[Audley Freed]], bassist [[John Regan (bassist)|John Regan]] (Frampton's lifelong best friend,<ref name=CNN-Phillips />), and keyboardist-guitarist Rob Arthur, and guest artists such as members of [[Pearl Jam]], [[Hank Marvin]], [[Warren Haynes]] and his bassist on ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'', [[Stanley Sheldon]] – the only member of the backing band on that album still alive.

=== 2007 to present ===
On 11 February 2007, ''Fingerprints'' was awarded the 2007 [[Grammy Award]] for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In February 2007, he also appeared on the Chicago-based PBS television show ''[[Soundstage (TV series)|Soundstage]]''.

Frampton released his 14th studio album, ''[[Thank You Mr. Churchill]]'', on 27 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/sd/2009/32/articles/singer_guitarist_peter_frampton_still_busy_ever.html |title=Daily News – Articles & Info on Health, Money, Social Security, Medicare, Politics – Bulletin Today |website=Bulletin.aarp.org |date=7 March 1965 |access-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713102012/http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/sd/2009/32/articles/singer_guitarist_peter_frampton_still_busy_ever.html |archive-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In summer 2010 he began touring North America with the English band [[Yes (band)|Yes]]; the two acts had played stadium shows on a bill together in 1976. His 2010 band consisted of Rob Arthur (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), John Regan (bass), Adam Lester (guitar), and Dan Wojciechowski (drums).

Frampton embarked on a UK tour in March 2011 in support of his new album, visiting Leamington Spa, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bristol.
[[File:Peter Frampton at the 2011 Ottawa Bluesfest.jpg|thumb|Peter Frampton at [[Ottawa Bluesfest]] in 2011]]
Frampton went on tour in 2011 with The Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour that showcased and followed exactly the songs on the setlist for the original tour from 1976, recorded for ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' The concerts each night started with the prerecorded thump of a microphone being turned on, familiar to many fans of the album, followed by the recorded voice of Jerry Pompili saying, "If there was ever a musician that was an honorary member of San Francisco society, Mr. Peter Frampton ...", and then the crowd goes wild. He played the album song-for-song at 69 locations between 15 June 2011 and 22 October 2011 throughout the US.

On 11 June 2011, Frampton performed a live set for "[[Guitar Center]] Sessions" on [[DirecTV]]. The episode included an interview with program host [[Nic Harcourt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sessions.guitarcenter.com/peter-frampton/ |title=Peter Frampton &#124; Guitar Center Sessions |website=Sessions.guitarcenter.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311051844/http://sessions.guitarcenter.com/peter-frampton/ |archive-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, Frampton performed throughout North America as part of the "Frampton's Guitar Circus" tour which featured periodic guest performers including [[B.B. King]], [[Robert Cray]], [[Don Felder]], [[Rick Derringer]], [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]], [[Steve Lukather]], [[Sonny Landreth]], [[Davy Knowles]], [[David Hidalgo]], [[Mike McCready]], [[Roger McGuinn]] and [[Vinnie Moore]].<ref name=guitarhoo>{{cite web|title=Vinnie Moore Interview|url=http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/vinnie-moore-197|website=Guitarhoo.com|access-date=21 February 2014|date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224110057/http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/vinnie-moore-197|archive-date=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="frampton.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/live/ |title=Peter Frampton &#124; Live |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226061255/http://www.frampton.com/live/ |archive-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 9 February 2014, Frampton was one of several musicians to participate in ''[[The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles]]'', a tribute to [[the Beatles]] on the 50th anniversary of their first appearance on American television.

On 23 June 2014, Frampton released a new album entitled ''Hummingbird in a Box''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hummingbird-in-a-box-songs-for-a-ballet-mw0002674884|title=Hummingbird In a Box: Songs For a Ballet - Peter Frampton - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|work=AllMusic|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717135749/http://www.allmusic.com/album/hummingbird-in-a-box-songs-for-a-ballet-mw0002674884|archive-date=17 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 11 June 2015, Frampton announced his new studio album, ''Acoustic Classics'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-acoustic-album/|title=Peter Frampton Announces New Acoustic LP, Endorses Crowdfunding Campaign for New Guitar Tuning System|website=Ultimateclassicrock.com|date=11 June 2015 |access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209092027/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-acoustic-album/|archive-date=9 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> then, on 14 January 2016, he launched the first song: a version of "Do You Feel Like I Do".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/01/14/peter-frampton-puts-solo-acoustic-spin-on-do-you-feel-like-i-do-exclusive/|title=Peter Frampton Puts Solo-Acoustic Spin on 'Do You Feel Like I Do' (Exclusive)|first=Eric R.|last=Danton|date=14 January 2016|website=Blogs.wsj.com|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720124549/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/01/14/peter-frampton-puts-solo-acoustic-spin-on-do-you-feel-like-i-do-exclusive/|archive-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Frampton was inducted into the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]].

In 2017 and 2018, Frampton toured with the [[Steve Miller Band]], opening the show.<ref>{{Cite magazine |magazine=Glide Magazine |url=https://glidemagazine.com/211322/steve-miller-and-peter-frampton-offer-big-classic-rock-hits-searing-guitar-solos-to-the-greek-theatre-show-review/ |title=Steve Miller and Peter Frampton offer Big Classic Rock Hits & Searing Guitar Solos to the Greek Theatre (Show Review) |date=14 August 2018|first=Andy J. |last=Gordon |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425192925/https://glidemagazine.com/211322/steve-miller-and-peter-frampton-offer-big-classic-rock-hits-searing-guitar-solos-to-the-greek-theatre-show-review/ |archive-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

On 22 February 2019, Frampton announced he would be retiring from touring with his 'Peter Frampton Finale—The Farewell Tour' commencing on 18 June 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, running through 12 October ending in Concord, California at the [[Concord Pavilion]]. The tour featured special guest [[Jason Bonham]]'s Led Zeppelin Evening, as well as Peter's son Julian Frampton on the West Coast stops.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2019/02/peter-frampton-announces-finale-farewell-tour.html|title=Peter Frampton Announces Finale - Farewell Tour|website=Music News Net|date=22 February 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074410/https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2019/02/peter-frampton-announces-finale-farewell-tour.html|archive-date=23 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He also revealed the reason for the farewell tour; he received a diagnosis of [[inclusion body myositis]] (IBM), a progressive muscle disorder characterised by muscle inflammation, weakness, and atrophy (wasting).<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Frampton reveals rare muscular disease is why his next tour will be his final. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-frampton-farewell-tour-will-be-his-last-singer-reveals-inclusion-body-myositis-diagnosis-in-cbs-this-morning-interview-2019-02-23/ |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=CBS News |date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002624/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-frampton-farewell-tour-will-be-his-last-singer-reveals-inclusion-body-myositis-diagnosis-in-cbs-this-morning-interview-2019-02-23/ |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> A dollar of every ticket sold for the tour was donated to benefit Frampton's myositis research fund established at Johns Hopkins, where he was treated.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Frampton Band's All Blues Released|date=7 June 2019|url=http://www.frampton.com/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802222218/http://www.frampton.com/news/ |archive-date=2 August 2019 }}</ref>

In June 2019, Frampton's album ''All Blues'' debuted at number one in the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard charts|Top Blues Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/blues-albums|title=Blues Music: Top Blues Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518154252/https://www.billboard.com/charts/blues-albums|archive-date=18 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2019, Frampton announced his farewell UK tour to consist of five performances in May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/peter-frampton-announces-farewell-uk-tour|title=Peter Frampton announces farewell UK tour|first=Scott Munro16|last=December 2019|website=Classic Rock Magazine|date=16 December 2019 |access-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217063032/https://www.loudersound.com/news/peter-frampton-announces-farewell-uk-tour|archive-date=17 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In April this UK/EU tour was cancelled "because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 virus]]".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.facebook.com/PeterFrampton | date=22 April 2020 | first=Peter | last=Frampton | title=I am so sorry to have to announce | access-date=22 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231203632/https://www.facebook.com/PeterFrampton | archive-date=31 December 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2022 Frampton resumed his ''Finale, the Farewell Tour'' with three dates in the UK (Stoke, Glasgow, London) and five more in the rest of Europe, then one concert at [[Joe Satriani]]'s workshop in Las Vegas,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peterframpton.com/tour2022.html | title=Get updates on new shows | first=Peter | last=Frampton | publisher=Peter Frampton | date=2022-11-04 | accessdate=2022-11-07 | archive-date=7 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107182953/https://peterframpton.com/tour2022.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> announcing in advance that he would be seated on stage during these performances. "Standing", he told ''Guitar World''<ref name="Owen">{{cite web | url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/peter-frampton-farewell-tour-seated | title=Peter Frampton will perform his final farewell tour shows seated | first=Matt | last=Owen | publisher=guitarworld.com | date=2022-09-20 | accessdate=2022-11-07}}</ref> in September 2022, "would be dangerous for me now, because I get so carried away when I'm playing that I'm liable to fall over". Of how the disease is affecting his ability to actually play the guitar, Frampton continued, "It's starting to affect my hands, but not enough yet, so I can still play a good lick. But I'll be honest, I'm anxious about it."

On 6 August 2022, Frampton came out of retirement for one night to perform during "[[Buddy Holly]]'s 85th Birthday Celebration" at the [[Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nightswithalicecooper.com/2022/05/25/peter-frampton-headlining-buddy-holly-birthday-concert-in-lubbock/|title=Peter Frampton Headlining Buddy Holly Birthday Concert in Lubbock|website=Nights with Alice Cooper|date=25 May 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808133132/https://nightswithalicecooper.com/2022/05/25/peter-frampton-headlining-buddy-holly-birthday-concert-in-lubbock/|archive-date=8 August 2022|url-status=usurped |last1=News |first1=Music }}</ref> "I sat down for the first time ever on stage," he told ''Guitar World'' later. "And it felt very comfortable [laughs]. Better than leaning on a piano."<ref name="Owen"/>

As of 2023, Frampton embarked on the ''Never Say Never'' tour. Frampton has noted that he did not expect to be able to play again as a result of his diagnosis. He has stated that while his fingers do not work as well as they used to, they worked better than he thought they would, citing it as reason enough to keep doing what he loved on stage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://localspins.com/peter-frampton-at-73-a-never-say-never-attitude-dazzling-guitar-work-launch-us-tour-local-spins/ | title=Peter Frampton's guitar magic launches Never Say Never tour | date=20 June 2023 }}</ref>

In 2024, Frampton contributed guitar to a re-release of [[Mark Knopfler]]'s "[[Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero]]" in aid of the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-knopfler-recruits-bruce-springsteen-brian-may-ronnie-wood-teenage-cancer-trust-single-3584338 | title= Mark Knopfler recruits Bruce Springsteen, Brian May, Ronnie Wood and more for Teenage Cancer Trust single | work=NME | first=Liberty | last=Dunworth | date=8 February 2024 | access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref>

On 19 October 2024, Frampton was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] by his long-time friend [[Roger Daltrey]]. Frampton performed at the ceremony with [[Keith Urban]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sammy-hagar-keith-urban-peter-frampton-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2024-performance-1235137712/ | title=Keith Urban Shreds With Peter Frampton For Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction | magazine=Rolling Stone | first=Andy | last=Greene | date=19 October 2024 | access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref>

==Media appearances==
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In 1974, Frampton appeared in the film ''[[Son of Dracula (1974 film)|The Son of Dracula]]'' as a guitarist in the Count Downes.

In 1978, Frampton portrayed [[Coastwatchers|coastwatcher]] Peter Buckley in an episode of the World War II drama series ''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'' titled "A Little Bit of England".

In 1978, Frampton played Billy Shears in the film ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', starring along with the three brothers Gibb of the band the [[Bee Gees]]. The film was inspired by the Beatles [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|album of the same name]]. Critics{{who|date=November 2024}} were hostile, and the film was a box-office failure.

In 1978, Frampton appeared on the parody talk show, ''[[America 2-Night]]''.

In 1988, Frampton appeared in the video release of David Bowie's ''[[Glass Spider]]'', a video recording of the 1987 [[Glass Spider Tour|tour of the same name]].

In 1996, Frampton appeared in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' entitled "[[Homerpalooza]]", in which he played "[[Do You Feel Like We Do]]". He also made a TV appearance in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Death Lives]]", in which [[Peter Griffin]] asks [[Personifications of death|Death]] to bring Peter Frampton to play "[[Baby, I Love Your Way]]" to Lois.

Also in 2000, Frampton served as a [[technical advisor]] for [[Cameron Crowe]]'s autobiographical film, ''[[Almost Famous]]''. He wrote some of the songs performed by the fictional band "Stillwater" in the film, supplied guitar tracks, and was the guitar instructor for [[Billy Crudup]], who starred as Russell Hammond, the guitarist for the band. Crudup is quoted as saying, "Who could ask for a better tutor than Peter Frampton?" As an inside joke, he also appears briefly in the film as "Reg", a [[road manager]] for Humble Pie, Frampton's real-life former band.<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 />

In 2001, Frampton appeared as himself in "[[Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour]]", in which he performed "You Had To Be There" and appeared in a brief scene with Mimi, in which he recalls their past relationship.

On 20 December 2006, Frampton appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. [[Stephen Colbert]] had a fake feud with [[the Decemberists]] to be decided by a [[Guitar battle|head cutting]] duel. When Colbert faked an injury, Colbert called on Father Christmas to supply a guitar hero, at which point Frampton appeared and won the shred-down.

On 23 April 2010, Frampton became the all-time celebrity champion of the trivia game called ''No Apparent Reason'', with five correctly answered questions on the nationally syndicated Mark and Brian Radio Program originating from KLOS Los Angeles. However, on 5 May 2010, Frampton was reduced to second place after only two weeks by [[Luke Perry]]'s answering six questions correctly.

On 4 November 2010, Frampton appeared on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' as one of her favourite musicians.

On 21 October 2011, Frampton was honoured at Music City's at Walk of Fame Park in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Frampton Honored|work=104.3 K-Hits Chicago |url=http://khitschicago.radio.com/2011/10/24/photos-peter-framptons-music-city-walk-of-fame-induction-ceremony/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101082316/http://khitschicago.radio.com/2011/10/24/photos-peter-framptons-music-city-walk-of-fame-induction-ceremony/|archive-date=1 November 2011|publisher=Getty Images|access-date=11 March 2014}}</ref>

On 2 March 2016, Frampton was interviewed and performed on the [[Howard Stern]] Show.<ref>{{cite web |title='I Just Wanted to Play Guitar': Rock Revelations from Peter Frampton |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/03/02/peter-frampton-gordon-kennedy-perform-live-audio/ |website=Howard Stern |publisher=The Howard Stern Production Co. |date=2 March 2016|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>

On 17 March 2016 Frampton performed a [[NPR Music]] Tiny Desk Concert with guitarist [[Gordon Kennedy (musician)|Gordon Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Frampton: Tiny Desk Concert |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/03/17/470807870/peter-frampton-tiny-desk-concert |website=NPR Music |publisher=NPR |date=April 27, 2016 }}</ref> The performance was published on 27 April 2016 on the [[NPR Music]] [[YouTube]] channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GLIZrSwFWk|title=Peter Frampton: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert|website=[[YouTube]] |date=27 April 2016}}</ref>

On 6 January 2019, Frampton appeared as himself on ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'', where he performed a small portion of "Baby I Love Your Way". He similarly appeared on the final episode of that program (aired 7 December 2019) performing numerous songs at the wedding of the President's daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/madam-secretary-cbs-reveals-guest-stars-for-series-finale/|title=Madam Secretary: CBS Reveals Guest Stars for Series Finale|website=Tvseriesfinale.com|date=20 November 2019}}</ref>

On 6 August 2021, Frampton challenged [[OJ Borg]] through his Radio 2 game "Mid-Afternoon Mastermind" (as Borg was covering for [[Steve Wright (DJ)|Steve Wright]]'s afternoon show). The subject was Peter Frampton, and Borg scored 2/3.

In a January 2024 airing, Frampton played guitar, on stage, alongside Sheryl Crow, for her 2023 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame appearance, with her and Stevie Nicks singing, "Every Day is a Winding Road".

In a 31 January 2024 airing of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] game show ''[[We Are Family (TV series)|We Are Family]]'', Frampton's son Julian appeared as a relative of an unknown mystery celebrity. After a solo performance of "[[Rebel Rebel]]", he then sang a duet of "[[Black Hole Sun]]" with the concealed mystery celebrity. At the conclusion of the segment, Peter Frampton was revealed as the other half of the duet.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fox.com/watch/a6914768e725df1cb754dd7d56cc73de/ | title=Watch We Are Family: Season 1, Episode 6, "A Family Affair" Online - Fox Nation }}</ref>

==Personal life==
===Marriages, other relationships and family===
Frampton has been married three times and has three children. His first marriage was to Mary Lovett, from 1972 to 1976.

Frampton was sued by J. "Penny" McCall in 1978 for [[palimony]]. McCall asked for Frampton's earnings during the five years that they were together. According to McCall, she left her husband and gave up her job as a rock promoter and devoted herself full-time to Frampton, just as he achieved superstar status. A New York judge ruled that Frampton and McCall never intended to marry each other and "never held themselves out to the public as husband and wife" and dismissed her complaint because to act otherwise would condone [[adultery]]. The case set precedent in New York.<ref>{{cite news | title=Peter Frampton Leaves Mark on Divorce and Family Law | url=http://www.johnkgrubb.com/peter-frampton-leaves-mark-on-divorce-and-family-law.html | work=John K. Grubb & Associates, July 6, 2011 | access-date=29 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417185631/http://www.johnkgrubb.com/peter-frampton-leaves-mark-on-divorce-and-family-law.html | archive-date=17 April 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Live-In Lovers' Quarrel | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073577,00.html | work=[[People (magazine)|People]], 7 May 1979 | access-date=29 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422074612/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073577,00.html | archive-date=22 April 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1983 to 1993, Frampton was married to Barbara Gold, with whom he had two children named Jade and Julian. The latter co-wrote and sang on Frampton's song "Road to the Sun" from ''[[Thank You Mr. Churchill]]''.

Frampton's third marriage was on 13 January 1996 to Tina Elfers, with whom he had a daughter, actress [[Mia Rose Frampton|Mia Frampton]], and a stepdaughter named Tiffany Wiest.<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 /> Frampton filed for divorce from Elfers in Los Angeles, California, on 22 June 2011, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/06/peter-frampton-divorce-tina-elfers.html | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | title=Ministry of Gossip | access-date=23 June 2011 | date=23 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626093121/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/06/peter-frampton-divorce-tina-elfers.html | archive-date=26 June 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/06/15/frampton-box-family-touring-graeters/10466323/|title=Frampton out of the box: Family, touring and Graeter's|website=Cincinnati.com|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228132001/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/06/15/frampton-box-family-touring-graeters/10466323/|archive-date=28 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other===
In June 1978, Frampton was involved in a near-fatal car accident in [[the Bahamas]] and suffered broken bones, a [[concussion]], and muscle damage. Dealing with the pain of the accident led to a brief period of [[drug abuse]].<ref name=60s70s /><ref name=AllMusic-Bio />

Frampton has lived in London and various U.S. locations, including [[Westchester County, New York]]; Los Angeles; and [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He moved to [[Indian Hill, Ohio]], a suburb of [[Cincinnati]], in June 2000. This is the birthplace of his ex-wife Elfers, and the city in which they were married in 1996. They chose to live there to be closer to Elfers' family.<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 /> In 2014, Frampton moved back to Nashville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/arts/2013/02/05/peter-frampton-has-moved-to-nashville/|title=Peter Frampton has moved to Nashville &#124; Arts in Focus|website=Cincinnati.com|access-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311053014/http://www2.cincinnati.com/blogs/arts/2013/02/05/peter-frampton-has-moved-to-nashville/|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref>

Frampton cited the [[September 11 attacks]] as his reason for obtaining American citizenship, saying he wanted to begin voting in U.S. elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/10/peter-frampton-on-frampton-comes-alive-35-and-becoming-a-u-s-citizen-i-wanted-to-vote/2/ |title=Peter Frampton on 'Frampton Comes Alive! 35' and Becoming a U.S. Citizen: 'I Wanted to Vote' &#124; Anglophenia |work=BBC America |date=27 October 2011 |access-date=18 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131144/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/10/peter-frampton-on-frampton-comes-alive-35-and-becoming-a-u-s-citizen-i-wanted-to-vote/2/ |archive-date=13 April 2014}}</ref>

On 20 October 2020, Frampton published his memoir ''Do You Feel Like I Do?'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frampton |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Frampton |last2=Light |first2=Alan |author-link2=Alan Light |date=2020 |title= Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir |isbn=9780316425315 |publisher=Hachette Books}}</ref> co-written with [[Alan Light]].

In December 2022, it was announced [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] had acquired the rights to Frampton's catalogue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=US: Frampton comes to BMG – BMG acquires Peter Frampton's music interests |url=https://www.bmg.com/uk/news/BMG-acquires-Peter-Frampton-music-interests.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=BMG |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BMG acquires Peter Frampton music rights {{!}} Complete Music Update |url=https://completemusicupdate.com/article/bmg-acquires-peter-frampton-music-rights/ |access-date=2022-12-08}}</ref>

In 2024, Frampton and his son Julian appeared on the January 31 episode of ''[[We Are Family (TV series)|We Are Family]]'' game show hosted by [[Anthony Anderson]].

=== Health ===
Frampton is a vegetarian.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spartos |first=Carla |date=21 April 2010 |title=Celeb chefs dish on the stars |url=http://www.nypost.com/f/print/lifestyle/food/celeb_chefs_dish_on_the_stars_YFgar3YBj85FzEnzm4GQ8N |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606133500/http://www.nypost.com/f/print/lifestyle/food/celeb_chefs_dish_on_the_stars_YFgar3YBj85FzEnzm4GQ8N |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=27 May 2010 |publisher=[[Nypost.com]]}}</ref> He sobered up in 2002 with the help of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]], which he says saved his life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leimkuehler |first=Matthew |title=In his new book, Peter Frampton details how he 'learned so much from failure' |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2020/12/02/peter-frampton-david-bowie-struggling-comes-alive-success/6324396002/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref> Since 2019, Frampton has been "living with" the muscle-wasting disease known as [[Inclusion body myositis|IBM]]. He has continued to perform, confirming 2025 tour dates.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kielty |first=Martin|date=2025-01-29 |title=Peter Frampton Uses Alcoholics Anonymous Lessons to Keep Playing |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-alcoholics-anonymous-lessons/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> Of his health issues he says:

{{Quote box| quote = The worst thing about playing for me is when I’m soloing, I have to actually think about what I’m playing. I don’t want to think – I want it just to be coming from my heart. That’s how I always played. And now I do have to think a little bit, because I’ll be in the middle of the passage and I’ll say, ‘That finger is not going to get there in time!’ So I do a regroup and I use one finger for many notes that I used to use three fingers for.}}

As to people asking if he's depressed with his condition, he responds, "you have to accept the things you cannot change. I learned that in [[Alcoholics Anonymous|A.A.]], and in many other places. What I have is not life-threatening, thank God, but it’s life-changing, and I’m going with the flow.”<ref name=":0" />

==Equipment==
On the cover of the double live album ''Frampton Comes Alive'', Frampton plays a highly customized 1954 black Gibson Les Paul Custom that was given to him during a concert by his friend, Marc Mariana. While touring in 1980, the guitar and other instruments and stage equipment were placed on a cargo flight from Venezuela to Panama. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff and the cargo was presumed destroyed. However, the guitar apparently had survived and Frampton was able to recover it in 2011 after a collector spotted it in Curaçao .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/01/07/144799712/framptons-dream-guitar-recovered-decades-later|title=Frampton's Dream Guitar, Recovered Decades Later|website=NPR.org}}</ref> He continues to play the Les Paul now known as the "Phenix".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2015/Custom/Peter-Frampton-Phenix-1954-Les-Paul-Custom.aspx|title=Peter Frampton "Phenix" 1954 Les Paul Custom|website=Legacy.com|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/peter-frampton-s-phenix-les-paul-the-guitar-that-rose-from-the-ashes|title=Peter Frampton's "Phenix" Les Paul: The Guitar That Rose From the Ashes|website=ThaliaCapos.com}}</ref>

Frampton was known as the artist who made the [[talk box]] famous. Frampton's talk box was used to transfer the guitar's sound through a plastic tube attached to a microphone. The effect is Frampton's melodic guitar simulating speech while asking the audience on the live track "Do You Feel Like We Do?" Frampton also now sells his own line of custom-designed "Frampton" products, including the talk box.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frampton.com/framptone.html|title=Peter Frampton Frampton products|date=13 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713161422/http://www.frampton.com/framptone.html|archive-date=13 July 2006}}</ref>

In 1987, Frampton played two natural-finish maple bodies [[Pensa Custom Guitars|Pensa-Suhr Strat types]], hand-made by New York-based John Suhr. He used a Coral electric sitar, given to him in the late 70s and previously owned by [[Jimi Hendrix]], on David Bowie's 1987 album ''[[Never Let Me Down]]''.<ref name=MusicianMag>{{Citation | last=Isler | first=Scott | title=David Bowie Opens Up – A Little | journal=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]] |date=August 1987 | pages=60–73}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Peter Frampton discography}}
* ''[[Wind of Change (album)|Wind of Change]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Frampton's Camel]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Somethin's Happening]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Frampton (album)|Frampton]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'' (1976)
* ''[[I'm in You]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Where I Should Be]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Breaking All the Rules (Peter Frampton album)|Breaking All the Rules]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Art of Control]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Premonition (Peter Frampton album)|Premonition]]'' (1986)
* ''[[When All the Pieces Fit]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Peter Frampton (album)|Peter Frampton]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Frampton Comes Alive! II]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Now (Peter Frampton album)|Now]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Fingerprints (Peter Frampton album)|Fingerprints]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Thank You Mr. Churchill]]'' (2010)
* ''Hummingbird in a Box'' (2014)
* ''Acoustic Classics'' (2016)
* ''All Blues'' (2019)
* ''[[Frampton Forgets the Words]]'' <small>(Instrumental cover tracks)</small> (2021)

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4302|label=Peter Frampton}}
* {{IMDb name|0289759|Peter Frampton}}
* {{Discogs artist|Peter Frampton}}
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/10/16/peter_frampton_interview_feature.shtml Audio interview at BBC Wiltshire]
* [https://archive.today/20070826184541/http://www.classicrockcentral.com/classic_rock_gimme5-Display.cfm?week=19 Five audio interview segments with Peter Frampton from 1986]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/melodicrockconcerts/sets/72157624531630551/ Peter Frampton Live Photo Gallery]
* [http://harveylisberg.com/the-herd The Herd] at [[Harvey Lisberg]]

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