

Thomas – his first rest from the road in three years. Only yesterday he returned from a ten-day vacation in St. If it is Peter Frampton’s year, this must be his week.

Today, he is the brightest new star of ’76. Three months ago, Frampton was just another hard-working British rocker, crisscrossing the country with a four-album repertoire. He squirms while a makeup man dabs colors on his cheeks and eyelids, readying him for a session with one of the world’s most renowned fashion photographers. In another room, looking very much out of place, 25-year-old Peter Frampton waits to have his picture taken for the cover of ROLLING STONE. Young male assistants scurry around, each of them trying to act more hassled than the next. The white walls of Francesco Scavullo’s Manhattan photo studio are covered with Black and white portraits of blank-expressioned models. IT’S LIKE STEPPING INTO A SCENE from Blow Up.
