Grammy-winning guitar icon Peter Frampton joins us this week to discuss his start as a young musician alongside fellow school classmate David Bowie; the world famous rock stars -  Bill Wyman, Keith Moon, and Ray Davies -  who mentored him as a teenager; playing as a studio musician on George Harrison’s classic album All Things Must Pass; and of course all the stories behind Frampton Comes Alive, his legendary 1976 release that is still one of the best-selling live albums of all time.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Grammy-winning guitar icon Peter Frampton joins us this week to discuss his start as a young musician alongside fellow school classmate David Bowie; the world famous rock stars - Bill Wyman, Keith Moon, and Ray Davies - who mentored him as a teenager; playing as a studio musician on George Harrison’s classic album All Things Must Pass; and of course all the stories behind Frampton Comes Alive, his legendary 1976 release that is still one of the best-selling live albums of all time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Grammy-winning guitar icon Peter Frampton joins us this week to discuss&nbsp;his start as a young musician alongside fellow school classmate David Bowie; the world famous rock stars -&nbsp;&nbsp;Bill Wyman, Keith Moon, and Ray Davies -&nbsp;&nbsp;who mentored him as a teenager; playing as a studio musician on George Harrison’s&nbsp;classic album&nbsp;All Things Must Pass; and of course&nbsp;all the stories behind&nbsp;Frampton Comes Alive,&nbsp;his legendary 1976 release that is&nbsp;still one of the best-selling live albums of all time.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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Season 4 Out Now! Rock &amp; Roll High School is an interview series that tells the story of contemporary music history as told by those who helped create it.Hosted by Pete Ganbarg--------------------------------------About Pete:Pete Ganbarg has been doing major label A&amp;R for over 35 years. He's a 2X Grammy award winning record producer as well as a member of the board of directors of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Pete has held senior A&amp;R positions at Atlantic, Arista, Epic and SBK/EMI and is currently the president of Pure Tone Music.As a music publisher, Pete operates Songs With A Pure Tone and Margetts Road Music, joint ventures currently in partnership with Warner Chappell Music. Songs published by Pure Tone include 2024's Grammy winning Record of the Year, "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus, the global #1 "Ordinary" by Alex Warren, as well as hits by Benson Boone, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Charli XCX, Lewis Capaldi, Ed Sheeran, Andy Grammer, Lizzo, Beyoncé, and more.Pete is the recipient of two Grammy Awards for his role as producer on the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Dear Evan Hansen and the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Jagged Little Pill. At Atlantic, among the artists and projects that Pete has overseen are twenty one pilots, Halestorm, Jason Mraz, Christina Perri, Melanie Martinez, Skillet, GAYLE, Brett Eldredge, Matchbox Twenty &amp; Rob Thomas, Theory Of A Deadman, and Icona Pop; as well as the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Hamilton, Mean Girls, Jagged Little Pill, Dear Evan Hansen, and the multi-platinum Billboard No. 1 soundtrack album The Greatest Showman.Pete began his A&amp;R career in 1989 at SBK Records. In 1997, he joined Clive Davis at Arista Records, where, as Senior Director of A&amp;R, he conceived and A&amp;R’d Santana’s 30x platinum worldwide, nine-time GRAMMY-winning album, Supernatural.&nbsp;Additionally, Pete was named International Music Person Of The Year in 2023 by the music industry organization MUSEXPO.

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Season 4 Out Now! Rock & Roll High School is an interview series that tells the story of contemporary music history as told by those who helped create it. Hosted by Pete Ganbarg -------------------------------------- About Pete: Pete Ganbarg has been doing major label A&R for over 35 years. He's a 2X Grammy award winning record producer as well as a member of the board of directors of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Pete has held senior A&R positions at Atlantic, Arista, Epic and SBK/EMI and is currently the president of Pure Tone Music. As a music publisher, Pete operates Songs With A Pure Tone and Margetts Road Music, joint ventures currently in partnership with Warner Chappell Music. Songs published by Pure Tone include 2024's Grammy winning Record of the Year, "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus, the global #1 "Ordinary" by Alex Warren, as well as hits by Benson Boone, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Charli XCX, Lewis Capaldi, Ed Sheeran, Andy Grammer, Lizzo, Beyoncé, and more. Pete is the recipient of two Grammy Awards for his role as producer on the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Dear Evan Hansen and the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Jagged Little Pill. At Atlantic, among the artists and projects that Pete has overseen are twenty one pilots, Halestorm, Jason Mraz, Christina Perri, Melanie Martinez, Skillet, GAYLE, Brett Eldredge, Matchbox Twenty & Rob Thomas, Theory Of A Deadman, and Icona Pop; as well as the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Hamilton, Mean Girls, Jagged Little Pill, Dear Evan Hansen, and the multi-platinum Billboard No. 1 soundtrack album The Greatest Showman. Pete began his A&R career in 1989 at SBK Records. In 1997, he joined Clive Davis at Arista Records, where, as Senior Director of A&R, he conceived and A&R’d Santana’s 30x platinum worldwide, nine-time GRAMMY-winning album, Supernatural.  Additionally, Pete was named International Music Person Of The Year in 2023 by the music industry organization MUSEXPO.

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