In 1976, no musical artist was bigger than Peter Frampton. His live double-album Frampton Comes Alive! was at the top of the charts and went on to become the year’s biggest seller, with its songs in constant rotation on the radio.
But as Frampton reveals in the new public television series The Art of Music, behind the scenes he was struggling with his newfound fame and the question that dogs every artist who creates a culture-shifting moment: What’s next?
“When they told me it was the biggest record ever, I got scared,” Frampton tells his interviewer, guitarist Warren Haynes. “Because you know that you’ve got to follow it up.”
