He resurfaced to be part of the moving tribute concert to Marriott in London in 2001, along with Shirley, Frampton and his replacement in the band, “Clem” Clempson, and toured and recorded for a while with a latter-day Humble Pie approximation before becoming ill. Ridley made an album with Marriott that wasn’t released, and apart from some attempts at collaboration with Boxer and Mike Patto, left the industry. Listen to the Work From Home Rock playlist, featuring scores of great guitar-led anthems. As Spooky Tooth, meanwhile, reformed early in 1973, the band’s Mike Harrison good-naturedly told Let It Rock magazine of Ridley: “l remember ’im when ’e were a farmer in Carlisle, and ’e’s a millionaire with ’Umble Pie now!” The band continued to tour there extensively even after Frampton’s departure, before disbanding – the first time – in 1975. Both the Performance – Rockin’ The Fillmore live album and the studio follow-up Smokin’ went gold in America. Humble Pie’s rock sensibilities went on to find generally more favor in the US than on their own side of the Atlantic. “The pop star bit isn’t relevant to what we are doing.” “That’s the way THEY want it,” added Ridley, referring to the industry establishment. It just sounded like a nice name and shows that we are all going to be equal in the group – not Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton and two backing musicians. “I’ve been fooling around with the bass for about four years, trying to find a style that satisfies me,” he told Chris Welch. That certainly wasn’t what they were expecting, as Ridley had made clear when they announced their arrival in a Melody Maker article on May 3, 1969. That summer, it also brought a substantial hit single, as Marriott’s “Natural Born Bugie” climbed to No.4 on the UK charts. They signed to Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate label (“Happy To Be Part Of The Industry Of Human Happiness,” as their slogan ran), and that year brought not one but two albums, As Safe As Yesterday Is and Town and Country. One of the early supergroups, their line-up also included drummer Jerry Shirley and, of course, former “Face Of ‘68” Peter Frampton from The Herd.
Then in 1969 came the invitation from Steve Marriott to be part of his new adventure in Humble Pie.
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