
In London’s West End a crowd is starting to gather, descending upon Hyde Park. The morning dawns grey and there is a persistent drizzle. In 1971 Steve Marriott’s mad mod-rock brew blew up big style, taking the rest of Humble Pie with him for better and for worse. Coffee has an enduring association with people who are getting things done - I mean the workplace would just grind to a halt without it - but in writing my book I found that there are also a lot of fun stories about coffee and caffeine, and I think these performances really capture that well. By Max Bell ( Classic Rock ) published October 19, 2018. Get track information, read reviews, listen to it streaming, and more at AllMusic. "There are certainly more songs about alcohol, but musicians do seem to love to drink coffee, and compose and play while they drink coffee. "There are a lot of good coffee songs," Carpenter says.

It probably didn't hurt that as musicians get older, and they trade sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll for more tolerable vices, many turn to coffee. After several lineup changes and breakups, the group's final tour in 2002 featured drummer.

Formed in January 1969, the group originally included vocalist and guitarist Steve Marriott, guitarist and vocalist Peter Frampton, bassist and vocalist Greg Ridley, and drummer Jerry Shirley. So much so that in no time at all Carpenter and I were able to cobble together a playlist of some great tunes to go along with your morning Joe or afternoon jolt in no time flat. Humble Pie were an English hard rock band from Moreton, Essex. "You couldn't have two or three glasses of Scotch over the course of the workday, but coffee is totally acceptable." "Coffee is definitely the acceptable addiction for the go-go guy," Murray Carpenter, the author of the fascinating new book Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us, told me recently.

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We live in a world where coffee is a multi-billion dollar industry, with a Starbucks on nearly every corner and grocery aisles full of blends that dwarf those dedicated to cereal, potato chips, or even fruits and veggies. That probably speaks more to my addiction to coffee than it does me being a cheap date, but I know I'm not alone. The best Christmas gift I've ever received was the AeroPress coffee maker and case of Illy espresso that I got last year from my girlfriend.
