Free
For the most part, I am not a huge fan of blues-rock. The band Free is an exception. Paul Rodgers is a big reason. No British singer has his pipes. He must have been about 20 in these clips, but sounds much older.
But Free's ace-in-the-hole was guitarist Paul Kossoff. That guy could make a guitar cry and wail. Throw in bassist Andy Fraser (who co-wrote most of Free's songs with Paul Rodgers) and drummer Simon Kirke, and there you have it.
Clip number one is from the German TV show "Beat Club". "Fire and Water" was the title song to what many believe was their best album.
Clip number two is a live take of "All Right Now" from the 1970 Isle of Wight concert.
Rodgers and Kirke would go on to considerable fame with Bad Company. Fraser had a solo career that was a non-starter, but did write the hit "Every Kind of People" for Robert Palmer. Paul Kossoff died in 1976.
But Free's ace-in-the-hole was guitarist Paul Kossoff. That guy could make a guitar cry and wail. Throw in bassist Andy Fraser (who co-wrote most of Free's songs with Paul Rodgers) and drummer Simon Kirke, and there you have it.
Clip number one is from the German TV show "Beat Club". "Fire and Water" was the title song to what many believe was their best album.
Clip number two is a live take of "All Right Now" from the 1970 Isle of Wight concert.
Rodgers and Kirke would go on to considerable fame with Bad Company. Fraser had a solo career that was a non-starter, but did write the hit "Every Kind of People" for Robert Palmer. Paul Kossoff died in 1976.
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