On stage, Steve Marriott is the one to watch. Not that drummer Jerry Shirley, bassist Greg Ridley and guitarist Clem Clempson are any less competent, but Marriott, is the showman.

While Shirley, Ridley and Clempson stand in the background playing calmly efficient rock ’n roll, Marriott, who stands five feet short without his elevator boots, wrestles with a same size guitar and handles lead vocals as well.

Feet spread apart, Marriott sputters and roars the vocals, twanging his lead guitar for emphasis. His movements are stiff, almost robotic.

Musically, Marriott is the one to watch as well. The brand of lead singer that sings his audience chatter, as the band struts out onto the stage, he almost always will greet the audience with . an “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare Yoooooooooooo ououououuuuuuuuu Readyyyyyyyyy yyyy yyyy yyy” in a mock-blues manner hitting some range of notes within “Are You Ready’”s boundaries.

Of course the audience goes wild. Humble Pie leaps musically, Marriott physically into “The Fixer,” a tune tailor-made to collar the crowd from the very first note. From there the set shifts from gritty rock ’n roll to blues-rock a number of times. Eddie Cochran’s “C’mon Everybody” juxtaposed with, say, “Rolling Stone.”