Legendary guitarist Peter Frampton has acknowledged that an inflammatory muscle disease will soon prevent him from performing live but indicated in a recent interview with Guitar World that he plans to continue recording.

“I might not be able to play in front of an audience in a couple of years, but I’m going to be battling on and recording,” Frampton told Guitar World. “And with recording, you can touch things up a bit.”

“So I think I’ll have a longer recording life than I will a ‘live’ life, as it were,” he added. “I feel positive about the future.”

Frampton revealed last year that he had been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis and subsequently embarked on a farewell tour.

In the interview with Guitar World, Frampton explained that he currently only feels the effects of IBM “very slightly” while playing.

“It’s more the fretting hand that’s affected. The left side is ahead in the progression of the disease, more than the right,” Frampton said. “Luckily, my left hand is doing really well, and I’m sure for the rest of this year, I’ll be okay.”

Frampton said performing before an audience means more to him now but stressed that he doesn’t ever want to go on stage knowing that he’s not going to be able to play his best.

A U.K. and European leg of Frampton’s farewell tour is currently scheduled to begin May 24, but the dates could be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: RTT Music News