CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAMMY®
award-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter, and innovator
Peter Frampton will receive
the prestigious Les Paul Innovation Award at the
34th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity
Awards (NAMM TEC Awards), being held Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Anaheim, CA. The award is given to those
individuals who personify the innovative thinking of Les Paul, the
Father of Modern of Music. The Les Paul Foundation partners with
NAMM each year to honor the individuals that have set the highest
standards of excellence in the creative application of recording
technology, which also celebrates the legacy of the late, great Les
Paul.
Frampton notes, "It is a distinct honor to receive the Les Paul
Innovation Award. I would say that many of my career highlights
occurred while holding an instrument in my hands that bears Les
Paul's name. I was lucky enough to know him personally, and I owe
him so much. He was a wonderful character as well as a genius! An
incredible guitar player as well as the inventor of so much music
technology. Les changed the way we record forever. I can only hope
that I've been able to make a fraction of the positive impact that
Les Paul made in his iconic career."
Frampton is one of music's renaissance men, having begun a
career in his early teens, and still making his mark today in the
areas of recording and touring. A multi-platinum-selling artist, he
recently celebrated the 42nd anniversary of his fifth
solo album, Frampton Comes Alive!, an album that remains one
of the top-selling live records of all time with over 17 million
copies sold worldwide. In 2007 he won the GRAMMY award for "Best
Pop Instrumental Album" for Fingerprints and in 2014 was
inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame.
"Peter Frampton remains one of
the most skillful and celebrated artists in rock history. He also
was a friend of Les Paul's and has played a pivotal role in helping
the Foundation keep Les's legacy alive," shared Michael Braunstein, Executive Director, The Les
Paul Foundation. "Like Les, he is an undeniable master of his
instrument and in many ways ahead of his time. We are honored to
have Peter join the impressive list of Les Paul Innovation Award
recipients."
Frampton's storied career began at 16 as the lead singer and
guitarist for the British band The Herd. By 18, he co-founded one
of the first supergroups – the seminal rock act Humble Pie. His
touring years have included work with a whos-who of the top names
in music, such as David Bowie,
Stevie Nicks, Gregg Allman, Ringo
Starr, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band, Bill
Wyman's Rhythm Kings, and many others. Additionally, he took
his eponymous Peter Frampton's
Guitar Circus on the road for two years with special guests B.B.
King, Buddy Guy, Vince Gill, Larry
Carlton, Robert Randolph,
Don Felder (formerly of The Eagles),
Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots),
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Sonny Landreth, Robert
Cray, and Roger McGuinn (The
Byrds).
His session work includes collaborations with artists who have
made their mark on the industry including George Harrison, Harry
Nilsson, Jerry Lee Lewis,
John Entwistle, Mike McCready, and Matt
Cameron (Pearl Jam), among many others.
Frampton's talent has also stretched beyond music and into the
realm of television and film. He was called upon by Oscar-winning
writer/director Cameron Crowe to
serve as technical advisor for the film Almost Famous (2000)
and even appeared in the film and composed several songs for the
soundtrack. Frampton has appeared as himself in The Simpsons
and Family Guy.
Les Paul invented the solid body electric guitar, multi-track
recording, overdubbing, echo, reverb and numerous other recording
techniques. Without Les Paul, the music industry would not be what
it is today. He is often called the "Father of Modern Music," "The
Wizard of Waukesha" and even the "Thomas Edison of Music." Les
founded the Foundation prior to his passing and wanted to inspire
young people to invent, create, innovate, and get involved in music
while exploring their own creative ideas. Today, The Les Paul
Foundation works with organizations throughout the country in
support of music education, engineering, and medical research. The
Les Paul Innovation Award at NAMM and the Les Paul Spirit Award are
two of the most prestigious awards celebrated by the
Foundation.
With the honor, Frampton joins Jackson
Browne, Joe Perry
(Aerosmith), Don Was, Slash, Todd
Rundgren, Pete Townshend,
Steve Vai, and others, who have
received the Les Paul Innovation Award since it began in 1991.
Announced early this year, Leslie Ann
Jones, the Grammy-winning groundbreaking engineer, producer,
and Director of Music and Scoring for Skywalker Sound, will be
inducted into the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame that same night. Jones
joins luminaries Rose Mann Cherney,
Skunk Baxter, Hal Blaine,
Jack Douglas, Nathan East, Geoff
Emerick, and others with her induction, the industry's
highest honor for pioneers of audio technology and the music
industry's most accomplished producers and audio technicians.
The NAMM TEC Awards are held during The NAMM Show, the global
gathering of music, sound and event technology industries, in
Anaheim, California, January 24-27, 2019. They are bestowed annually
in honor of the many individuals, companies and technical
innovations used in sound recordings, films, broadcast television
and video games. Nominees were announced earlier this year.
Purchase tickets on site or in advance here for $65 (General Admission) or $195 (VIP). The show begins with a VIP-only
reception at 6PM, followed by the
awards ceremony at 7PM, held in the
Hilton Anaheim Hotel's Pacific Ballroom. Stand-up comedian and
entertainer Demetri Martin will host
the ceremony.
Download TEC Awards high resolution assets here:
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Media Contacts:
For NAMM TEC Awards, Chalise
Zolezzi | 760-801-7900 | Chalisez@namm.org or Jeanne O'Keefe | 310-965-1990 |
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For the Les Paul Foundation: Caroline
Galloway (440) 591-3807, caroline@m2mpr.com
ABOUT THE TEC AWARDS
Presented annually by the NAMM
Foundation during The NAMM Show, The NAMM TEC Awards recognizes the
individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound
of recordings, live performances, films, television, video games
and other media in 23 Technical and 8 Creative Achievement
Categories. The Les Paul Innovation Award is given at the event in
tribute to musical artists and others whose work has exemplified
the creative application of audio technology. Through its Hall of
Fame, The TEC Awards also honors the pioneers of audio technology
and the music industry's most accomplished producers and audio
technicians. The NAMM Foundation's TECnology Hall of Fame
celebrates innovations and groundbreaking technical achievements of
the past. For more information, visit www.tecawards.org
ABOUT LES PAUL FOUNDATION
Les Paul formed his
foundation to encourage young people to pursue their curiosity and
innovation about music, sound and engineering. Recent grants from
the Les Paul Foundation include funding to multiple music education
programs and to museums that tell the Les Paul story. The
foundation's comprehensive website at www.lespaulfoundation.org
connects viewers to numerous resources. The mission of the Les Paul
Foundation is to honor and share the life, spirit and legacy of Les
Paul by supporting music education, engineering and innovation as
well as medical research. The foundation is based in New York. Follow the Les Paul Foundation at
www.facebook.com/lespaulfoundation,
https://twitter.com/lespaulfound, www.instagram.com/lespaulofficial
or click on lespaulfoundation.org.
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