A brief history of PAUL KOSSOFF 

All true, but his death, and the others before him, did not do enough to warn Bolin, Moon and Bonham. Every addict believes his habit is under control until the supply dwindles. That's what made prescribed opioids so dangerous, a regulated amount dispensed on a regular basis. The drug scene of the 1970s was a grab bag of illegal this and that, including access to pharmaceuticals. It was coke, and to a similar extent heroin, that destroyed some of my favorite musicians, Kossoff among them (Was Backstreet Crawler even mentioned?). His wiki mentioned Mandrax, the European Quaalude, but he died from a pulmonary embolism on an airline flight. Paul should have been on a blood thinner, but most of us 20-somethings at that time did not see the need for regular checkups. Flying is notorious for embolism issues with the corresponding changes in air pressure. Would something like Warfarin saved him? A question with no answer, unfortunately.

I think, naturally enough, he was a sensitive guy, but Free breaking up, and the internal ructions that led to it destroyed his confidence and was at the heart of his problems. Paul Rodgers described him as "Mr Together" or words to that effect, before the band broke up.

I think David Kossoff persuaded the BBC to delete it, but the audio is on youtube.

@@000Angus000 Thanks so much, I will give it a listen

He had eric,s Gibson

That's not what I wrote..my last sentence was...."So you are able to offer an informed comment "..,regards

@@karolynforeman7529 Why didn't you just edit your first comment?

Rolling Stone is rubbish.

A troubled soul, indeed and a tragic end for such a talented guitarist

I saw a documentary about Paul's father speaking about how Paul was hanging around with the wrong people who used him for money and would supply him with drugs even Andy fraser frees bass player once said he went to see Paul and his home was full of people who used his home to do drugs in I think Paul was took advantage off because of his gentle natural

Merkins! 🙄

Danish pronunciation

I've got the album

I've got the album, too. I think that he also had a band named "Back Street Crawler," but I could be wrong.

Love to listen to his long jam number "Tuesday Morning", on his solo lp "Back Street Crawler". His vibrato always goes right up my spine.

They had some great songs and the vocalist was decent I think they tried to capture the style of free in the early years

@donjohn2695 yes Paul Rogers did sing on this album also jess roden from the jess roden band