Humble Pie were formed as a supergroup in January 1969 by Steve Marriott of Small Faces, Peter Frampton of the Herd, Greg Ridley of Spooky Tooth and Jerry Shirley of the Apostolic Intervention.
[2] The band's manager Dee Anthony explained that Frampton's departure was due to a lack of chemistry between him and Marriott, and suggested that the group would continue as a trio.
[5] Marriott and Shirley reformed Humble Pie in January 1980,[6] adding guitarist Bobby Tench and bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones.
Huhn completed a string of shows with guitarists Rick Craig (later Patrick Thomas), bassists Ean Evans and Kent Gascoyne also drummer Jamie Darnell (who left to join Foghat in February 2000).
[15][16] Ridley and Colwell reformed the band with American singer Jimmy Kunes (Cactus, Savoy Brown), co-lead guitarist James Volpe Rotondi (Mr. Bungle, AIR), R&B bassist Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley (Sam Moore, The Shirelles), and drummer Bobby Marks (Dokken, Joe Lynn Turner), for tours of the US in 2018 and 2019.