Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton will perform “Baby, I Love Your Way” on “Conan” February 29. The performance celebrates the forthcoming release of his new album Acoustic Classics, due February 26 via RED Distribution. In addition, a new live video of Frampton performing the song with longtime collaborator Gordon Kennedy is premiering on The Huffington Post today [insert link].
For the first time ever, Frampton brings us stripped-down versions of his classic hits including “Lines On My Face,” “Do You Feel Like I Do,” “Show Me The Way” and more. Acoustic Classics also includes one new song, “All Down to Me,” which was co-written by Kennedy, who also co-produced Frampton’s Grammy Award-winning album Fingerprints. “All Down to Me” is also the only track on the record that features a guest musician. See below for full track listing.
The new album was mixed by Grammy Award-winning engineer Jeff Balding (Don Henley, Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker) and produced by Frampton himself. Of the recording process, Frampton explains, “The approach I took on this was that each song came across as if you are the first person to hear this song after I wrote it. I had to reverse engineer each song in order to get this result, which I feel I achieved.”
Acoustic Classics is available for pre-order now and a special pre-order bundle is being offered exclusively on www.frampton.com, which includes the album, a pick set and signed lyric sheet.
Frampton will also perform on DirecTV and AT&T’s new weekly music program, the Audience Network, March 4. The programming will be available to both subscribers of DirecTV and AT&T U-Verse and the two platforms' mobile apps.
Moreover, Frampton has extended his “Peter Frampton Raw, An Acoustic Tour” with more dates next month. Kennedy will join him again for the March run along with Frampton’s son, singer and guitarist Julian Frampton.
Peter Frampton remains one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for British band the Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His session work includes collaborations with such legendary artists as George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle and many others. His fifth solo album, the electrifying Frampton Comes Alive! is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and remains one of the top-selling live records of all time.
ACOUSTIC CLASSICS TRACK LISTING
1. Fig Tree Bay
2. Wind of Change
3. All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)
4. Show Me The Way
5. Lines On My Face
6. Sail Away
7. Baby, I Love You Way
8. All Down To Me
9. Penny For Your Thoughts
10. Do You Feel Like I Do
11. I’m In You
PETER FRAMPTON LIVE
March 9—Tucson, AZ—Fox Tucson Theatre
March 10—Phoenix, AZ—Orpheum Theatre
March 12—Thousand Oaks, CA—Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
March 13—Riverside, CA—Fox Performing Arts Center
March 15—Carmel, CA—Sunset Center
March 16—San Francisco, CA—Herbst Theatre
March 18—Folsom, CA—Harris Center for the Arts
March 19—Napa, CA—The Uptown Theatre
March 20—Eugene, OR—John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
March 22—Redding, CA—Cascade Theatre
March 23—Arcata, CA—John Van Duzer Theatre
March 25—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall
March 26—Tacoma, WA—Pantages Theater