Peter Frampton became such a touchstone of popular culture in the 1970s with the chart-dominating “Frampton Comes Alive!” album that it’s no wonder ripples from that have continued to show up in film and TV well into this century.
In this exclusive excerpt from his just-released memoir, “Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir,” Frampton writes about being invited by filmmaker Cameron Crowe to be part of the 2000 film “Almost Famous.” The veteran rocker also talks about how he became a recurring allusion in as unlikely a TV series as “Madam Secretary,” and his delight in being literally caricatured in the animated series “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy.”
An excerpt from Frampton’s personal reading of the audiobook also appears below. Here, several pop-culture passages from the new book, as Frampton comes a-literary:
“Wayne’s World,” “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy”
The first I heard about the “Wayne’s World...
In this exclusive excerpt from his just-released memoir, “Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir,” Frampton writes about being invited by filmmaker Cameron Crowe to be part of the 2000 film “Almost Famous.” The veteran rocker also talks about how he became a recurring allusion in as unlikely a TV series as “Madam Secretary,” and his delight in being literally caricatured in the animated series “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy.”
An excerpt from Frampton’s personal reading of the audiobook also appears below. Here, several pop-culture passages from the new book, as Frampton comes a-literary:
“Wayne’s World,” “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy”
The first I heard about the “Wayne’s World...
- 10/21/2020
- by Peter Frampton
- Variety Film + TV
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