Perhaps the finest story of grief and of the love between father and son that I've ever seen. It's the first time I've seen this, all these years later, so long after Paul's early death. So sad but what a beautiful story. Paul would surely have been very proud of his father's achievement here. They both achieved so much together as a father and son, even if it's not the way they would have chosen.
I’m happy that David Kossoff was able to share himself in the period after the death of his son Paul. We can puzzle at the tragedy of losing one so young. It has occurred with other wonderful performers. Duane Allman comes to mind. We grieve for the futures that won’t or didn’t occur. Sadly.
I think dad was Paul's biggest fan and i have much respect how he does this after Paul is just gone, but he was a very professional performer and wellknown before the sixties when English bands grow like mushrooms and Free was at the start of the seventies more loud rock, for me reason to love this guitar prominent types of bluesrock for the rest of my life. (I was 10 or 11 when i bought All right now) But i am so surpriced, excuse my Englisch i am from the Netherlands, that David, dad, was also very into his sons music and shows his very love for him, with no hesitation about the difficult things. All dads can learn from that. Thank you David
This is great seeing David Kossoff. On the one hand looking a bit like John Major and on the other sounding like Peter Ustinov. Very captivating performer lecturer and racontuer. Humorous too. Wish he had felt he knew his son better. Misses him terribly - thats obvious. The interesting word is acceptance. No judgement just acceptance.
Very moving from a father who has lost his son. I also lost my son tragically to blood cancer 6 years ago and know that you carry that grief with you as you carry on with your own life. Thankyou for posting this video.👍🙏❤🌈
I love your rainbow emoji… I lost my daughter to cancer, and rainbows constantly presented themselves to me, as a sign of God’s greater scheme for our souls…. The true meaning of the rainbow. May you remember your child in love and meet him again after this difficult world. ❤️🙏❤️🌈
Saw Free at the Isle of Wight and was immediately a fan. Pauls playing style was so refreshing and distinctly his with an economy of notes but a depth of feeling that left others looking lame. A couple of years later at Uni I used to rave about him much to the bemusement of my friends who liked Free's music but could not see what I saw in his playing. I am so glad the recognition of his brilliance is now still growing. Many thanks Kevin for sharing these videos.
When l was a kid David Kossof used to be on Childten s Hour. He was suppossed to be a taxi driver and would tell a different story every week. He wore a leather coat. I thought he was super. It took me ages to make the connection between him and Paul; not until l saw David interviewed about losing the fight to save Paul.
Those words on his son, Paul. Taken from his little book, ‘You have a minute, Lord’. I owned and subsequently lost the copy I’d owned from being a very young man. The book was lost but not the words and love from within its pages. Not so long ago I found a replacement, not that it was needed.
Watched all four of this video series, and not one "dislike"...... speaks volumes. Obviously a very proud father, but sadly some comments, especially about this hosts' daughter appearing to be male were not exactly ideal. Despite this, a very funny and sincere man ..... yet suffering so much sadness through the loss of a beloved, and talented son.
It was a genuine mistake nothing more ..stop turning it into some big thing it isn’t ..we didn’t cry about it back then when somebody made a mistake like that ..pppfftt!.
Whilst I feel his pain it didn’t take long to find myself irritated by this old thespian and it difficult to separate the man from the actor. I certainly had had enough and switched it off
