Hot! Peter Frampton Q&a

Hanna Toresson

Back in 1976 he set the word on fire with Frampton Comes Alive!, the classic double album that became the biggest selling record of the year and propelled Peter Frampton to international stardom.

From 2011 to 2012 Frampton toured the world in honor of the 35th anniversary of his landmark, 17-million-copy selling live LP, and he recently released "FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton ," a new live package of DVD, Blu-ray and CDs commemorating the trek.

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The guitar ends up being sold a couple of times. It is actually played around town in Caracas in clubs and stuff. Then it went to someone that bought the guitar in Curacao, and it sat there for many years. Then this gentleman gave it to his son and he wanted to get it working again. He took it someone who mended guitars and also worked for immigration and customs at the airport and he knew the story of the plane. So when the guitar came in he thought it looked familiar. And he was right. He took it apart, next I know it's on the Internet and sent to my e-mail that I have online. I wake up and open my e-mail and there it is. It had been 30 years at that point, thinking it had gone up in a puff of smoke. For years, I've played a lovely replica, always bittersweet, and people always asked, "Is that one?" Now I can say it is. I unveiled it at the Beacon Theatre when we were filming the show for this wonderful new DVD and now the rest is history.Follow @Spinner on Twitter Like Us on Facebook Sign Up for Our NewsletterDownload Peter Frampton Songs