List of Humble Pie members

Two lineups of Humble Pie in 1971 (top) and 1974 (bottom).

Humble Pie were an English hard rock band from Moreton, Essex. Formed in January 1969, the group originally included former Small Faces vocalist and guitarist Steve Marriott, former The Herd guitarist and vocalist Peter Frampton, former Spooky Tooth bassist and vocalist Greg Ridley, and drummer Jerry Shirley.^[1] Frampton remained until September 1971, when he left to start a solo career.^[2] The band's manager Dee Anthony explained that Frampton's departure was due to a lack of chemistry between him and Marriott, and suggested that the group would continue as a trio.^[3] However, he was replaced later in the year by former Colosseum guitarist David "Clem" Clempson.^[4] Humble Pie broke up in 1975 shortly after the release of Street Rats, with touring fatigue and personal conflicts between band members credited for the disbandment.^[5]

Marriott and Shirley reformed Humble Pie in January 1980,^[6] adding guitarist Bobby Tench and bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones.^[7] Both new members left in the summer of 1981 after a period of heavy touring.^[8] Marriott returned early the following year with bassist Jim Leverton, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Fallon Williams III, often billing themselves as "Steve Marriott and the Pie".^[9] McJohn was soon fired and Leverton later left, with guitarist Tommy Johnson and bassist Keith Christopher joining in early 1983; Johnson was subsequently dismissed and replaced by Phil Dix, and later by Rick Richards, who was fired alongside Christopher later in the year after both missed a rehearsal session.^[10] Following a brief period as a trio with Williams and bassist Dave Hewitt, Marriott disbanded Humble Pie for a second time in late 1983.^[10]

In 1989, Shirley obtained the rights to the name Humble Pie and reformed the band in Cleveland, Ohio as "Humble Pie featuring Jerry Shirley",^[11] adding lead vocalist and guitarist Charlie Huhn, lead guitarist Wally Stocker and returning bassist Jones.^[12] In the early 1990s, Marriott and Frampton worked together again, with a return of the original Humble Pie lineup touted as a future possibility;^[7][11] however, Marriott died in a house fire on 20 April 1991, ending any possibility of such.^[13] Shirley continued performing under the Humble Pie name with various musicians until August 1999, when he was forced to retire after suffering injuries in a road traffic accident. Huhn completed a string of shows with guitarist Rick Craig (later replaced by Patrick Thomas), bassists Ean Evans and Kent Gascoyne, and drummer Jamie Darnell before joining Foghat.

Shirley reformed Humble Pie again in 2001 to mark the tenth anniversary of Marriott's death, adding original bassist Ridley, former guitarist Tench and new guitarist Dave "Bucket" Colwell, all of whom performed on the band's first studio album since 1981, Back on Track.^[14] The group later added keyboardist Dean Rees for a short European tour in 2002, which was cut short when Ridley was forced to retire due to pneumonia.^[15] The illness ultimately led to his death on 19 November 2003.^[16]

Members

Latest

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Jerry Shirley	1969–1975 1980–1981 1989–1999 2001–2002	drums percussion occasional keyboards, vocals and guitar	all Humble Pie releases
	Greg Ridley	1969–1975 2001–2002 (died 2003)	bass vocals occasional guitar and percussion	all Humble Pie releases from As Safe as Yesterday Is (1969) to Street Rats (1975), and from Natural Born Boogie (1995) to Live in New York 1971 (2012)
	Bobby Tench	1980–1981 2001–2002	guitar vocals keyboards	On to Victory (1980) Go for the Throat (1981) Back on Track (2002)
	Dave "Bucket" Colwell	2001–2002	guitar mandolin	Back on Track (2002)
	Dean Rees	2002	keyboards	none

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Steve Marriott	1969–1975 1980–1983 (died 1991)	guitar vocals keyboards harmonica piano	all Humble Pie releases except Live at the Cleveland Agora Theatre (1990) and Back on Track (2002)
	Peter Frampton	1969–1971	guitar vocals keyboards	all Humble Pie releases from As Safe as Yesterday Is (1969) to Performance Rockin' the Fillmore (1971) Natural Born Boogie (1995) Live at the Whisky A-Go-Go '69 (2001)
	David "Clem" Clempson	1971–1975		all Humble Pie releases from Smokin' (1972) to Street Rats (1975) King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Humble Pie (1995) Running with the Pack (1999) From the Front Row... Live! (2003) Live in New York 1971 (2012)
	Anthony "Sooty" Jones	1980–1981 1989 (died 1999)	bass vocals	On to Victory (1980) Go for the Throat (1981)
	Fallon Williams III	1982–1983	drums	none
	Jim Leverton		bass vocals
	Goldy McJohn	1982	keyboards
	Keith Christopher	1983	bass
	Tommy Johnson		guitar
	Phil Dix
	Rick Richards
	Dave Hewitt		bass
	Charlie Huhn	1989–2000	lead vocals guitar	Live at the Cleveland Agora Theatre (1990)
	Wally Stocker	1989–1990	lead guitar vocals
	Sean Beavan		bass
	Scott Allen	1990–1992		none
	Alan Greene	1990–1999	lead guitar
	Sam Nemon	1992–1996	bass
	Brad Johnson	1996–1999
	Ean Evans	2000 (died 2009)
	Kent Gascoyne	2000
	Jamie Darnell		drums
	Rick Craig		lead guitar
	Patrick Thomas

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