

Greg's health problems got worse towards the end of 2002 and the band broke up.

Most of the songs are somewhat forgettable. Humble Pie was the perfect Rock Group for 2000-to-4000 seat Auditorium venues. In 1972, when this song was played at their shows, it spun the place to high RPMs and stirred the crowd into a frenzy. A little too predictable sounding and those piano fills are pretty dumb sounding IMO.īack on Track? Well maybe as far as having Ridley and Shirley on board it was but IIRC, Greg was already having health problems during the recording of the album and he sounds strained and his playing sounds subdued. While many of the Rock Critics called Humble Pie a minor league version of The Rolling Stones, this song was a favorite with the college crowd. Their debut single Natural Born Bugie became a. Good song but a little too slick sounding for HP.Ī midtempo blues that really never takes off IMO. Profile: Steve Marriott formed Humble Pie in 1968 with Greg Ridley, Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley. My favorite from the album with Greg Ridley on vocals and composer. Shine On is a single released in 1971 by English rock outfit Humble Pie, one of the first supergroups of the 1960s.

