Chronologically, he did find fame, if not fortune, with Spooky Tooth in 1968 and came to my attention mainly because of the wonderful cover version that they made of the Beatle's "I Am The Walrus."
You really should have that track on your MP3 so here is the link:
Spooky Tooth was relatively short lived however and things got much better for Greg when he joined forces with Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton to form, what became, one of the finest rock bands in history - Humble Pie.
In other articles I have discussed the virtues of several "Live" albums, including those by The Who, (Live At Leeds) and Thin Lizzy, (Live and Dangerous) but in any such list there is an album that simply must be included. That album is Humble Pie's live at the Fillmore epic - "Performance Rockin' The Fillmore," a double album when initially released on vinyl and now available as a download or on CD.
This link is for the CD version - visit the "Celebrated RockBottoms Store" for the downloads.
Humble Pie came to a stop in 1975 although there were other versions of the band with different lineups to follow but Ridley's involvement ended there, not counting a reunion of sorts much later in 2001 and again in 2003.
With the exception of those brief reunions, Greg's involvement with the music business came to an end, effectively, with the end of Humble Pie in 1975. It should be mentioned that he did have a short-lived association with Cozy Powell along with Humble Pie guitarist, Dave "Clem" Clempson, just after Humble Pie shut up shop, this collaboration being known as Strange Brew.
In 2001 there was a concert held as a tribute to Steve Marriott who had died in a house fire ten years previously. Greg teamed up with Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton and Clem Clempson for that event.
Greg Ridley died, in Spain, on 19th November 2003 at the age of only 56 from Pneumonia.
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