Feel Like We Do: Peter Frampton plays an ecstatic set at Sands Bethelehem

Peter Frampton | Photo by Megan Lynch | meganlynchart.tumblr.com

Tuesday night, guitar rock legend Peter Frampton played for an enthusiastic crowd at the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem. His set only totaled about ten songs, but it was by no means short: many featured extended jams with his guitar counterpart, Adam Lester. All of the originals from his classic 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive! were featured, and he played its opening three songs – “Something’s Happening,” “Doobie Wah” and “Show Me the Way” – in order at the start of the show.

Frampton told the crowd that he and his bass player, Stanley Sheldon, go way back – Sheldon was a part of the making of Frampton Comes Alive! and they still perform together. Along with his originals, Frampton played three covers. There was an unbelievable rendition of “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden that incorporated some of his classic talk box techniques. He also preformed “Signed, Sealed Delivered” by Stevie Wonder and encored with “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles.

Frampton told stories and joked with the audience, making the show a lot of fun. The last song before the encore, “Do You Feel Like We Do,” was the perfect way to end the set because the crowd, Frampton, and his band were definitely all feeling the same joy.