Several years before he became a worldwide superstar after the 1976 release Frampton comes to life!Peter Frampton sat shyly with one of his all-time heroes, George Harrison.

Frampton, then a member of Humble Pie, was only 20 when he was invited into the studio in 1970 while Harrison was working on the music that would appear on his historic first solo album, Everything must pass.

Harrison has already released two solo projects – 1968 Wonderwall Music and 1969 Electric sound — while the Beatles were still together, but those instrumental records were nothing like the music he made with his band. Everything must pass, released the same year the Beatles broke up, definitively established him as an independent songwriter, producer and arranger. The LP featured several guest appearances, including Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Gary Wright and members of Badfinger.

Frampton played acoustic guitar on several of the songs on the album. Why Harrison asked her to play has never been clarified, though it may have had something to do with Harrison’s interest in musical simplicity and subtlety. “Sometimes it’s not what you do, it’s what you don’t do that matters,” he said. rolling stone. “And personally, I’d rather hear three really smooth hit notes than hear a lot of notes from a guitarist whose ears are so swollen they can’t hear the difference between a flat and a sharp.”

Whatever the reason, Frampton was eager to contribute to his idol’s album. You can learn more about the fascinating collaboration in the video below from our “Odd Couples” series.