Peter Frampton & David Bowie, Childhood Friends Look For A Beer In Madrid

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Billboard,' Peter Frampton Pays Tribute to 'Dear Friend and Mentor' David Bowie: 'I Can Never, Ever Thank Him Enough' 1/11/16.

Peter Frampton was succinct but in reacting to news of David Bowie's death when it was reported early Monday, issuing a statement that "I am in shock hearing this news about David. He was a dear friend and mentor to me. He gave me help when I most needed it. My thoughts are with his wife and children on this very sad day."

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That's only the tip of the proverbial iceberg for a relationship that dates back more than 50 years, to when Frampton and Bowie grew up in the Bromley suburb of London and struck up a strong friendship despite a nearly four-year age difference.

Both men attended Bromley Technical High School where Frampton`s father, Owen, was Bowie's art master and where a fledgling Frampton was often invited to sit in on jam sessions with Bowie and other budding musicians. "He really introduced me, along with George Underwood (who painted the cover for Bowie's Hunky Dory album), to Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, people I wasn't aware of at that age," Frampton told me while touring as the featured guitarist in Bowie's 1987 Glass Spider Tour.

Bowie and Frampton (who will launch a North American tour on March 9 in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to announce details of a new album soon) frequently crossed paths in subsequent years; in fact, Bowie often opened for Frampton's band Humble Pie. "It was always very friendly, always supportive of each other," Frampton added. "When you share a background and roots like that with somebody, it doesn't matter if he's Ziggy Stardust or I was the Frampton Comes Alive! guy; we were just Dave and Peter to each other."

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- Peter Frampton and David Bowie, March 18, 1987.

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1. Love them both!

Happy Birthday Peter!
And David, forever in our hearts!

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2. They are the best, great music and great times David & Peter

have given millions of people. What a lift in life.