The 70's ....
A chance meeting in ‘71, and Doc Holliday was formed, with Frank Carillo, a
singer-songwriter from Long Island, bassist Tom Arlotta and drummer Bob Liggio.
A contract with Metromedia Records took the band to London and legendary Olympic
Studios to record an album engineered and produced by Chris Kimsey, who was also
working with Peter Frampton and the Rolling Stones at the time.
“That trip was magical in every way; Led Zeppelin tracking in Studio A, the
Stones mixing down the hall, and we’re sweating out our record in Studio B.
Twenty hours a day for three weeks for recording and mixing; that was all our
budget would allow, so we made the most of it. The label folded soon
after we returned to the states, but we had our album.”
Back in New York, Bob joined Rat Race Choir for several years, performing
throughout the Northeast while completing college in New York.
Another chance meeting occurred in December ‘74, this time with Peter Frampton,
and Bob joined Peter’s band, beginning an 11 month tour of the US
and Canada in January ‘75, recording the shows which resulted in “Frampton Comes
Alive”. “Quite a few of those songs were written on piano, so I was able to
really dig into those in performance, while supporting Peter on electric and
acoustic guitar and vocals. It was a great band, often taking the studio
versions of the songs to new places.”
What followed was five years of exhalation and exhaustion; non-stop touring and
recording." 'The best of times, the worst of times’ is an accurate description
of that period; the albums “I’m In You” and “Where I Should Be”, all the great
shows, the wonderful audiences, the thrill of breaking attendance records at
stadiums and concert halls throughout the world, the record-breaking sales
figures for the album. It was quite overwhelming.”
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