I love this band and grew up listening to them. What makes them stand out, in my opinion, is that each of the four members was excellent in his own right. Each knew when to leave space and not be too fussy.
Spot on! Who needs lightning fast shredding and drumming so fast you can't see the sticks? There's no soul in that, it's just flash and sterile. Kossof dragged every note kicking and screaming out of that Les Paul with a solid, no frills rhythm section, topped off with amazing vocals. There was and never will be a better band in my opinion.
Thin, anemic, and tinny sounding? Ok pal 😂 this is great for the time, and interesting in composition...but stop the CAP 'N COPE like as if modern bedroom practice amps don't absolutely NUKE this paper thin tone out of the water 💯
Andy Fraser was criminally underrated as a bass player..this was a perfect band. Fraser and Kirke worked so well together, Paul's voice is top notch, and Kossoff is one of my top three favorite guitarists ever. Amazing.
Absolutely! Andy Fraser was such an imaginative and creative bassist. The notes and phrases he plays under Paul Kossoff's guitar lines are f*cking unbelievable! In my book, he was every bit as great a bass player as Jack Bruce from Cream. In fact, pound for pound, FREE were every bit as great a band as Cream! No! Even better! With FREE...every single note, beat and phrase they played, hit the mark, right smack bang on, every time! There was meaningless filler anywhere!
I’m 73 this year, if I survive the Coronavirus. I saw the stones in Hyde Park in 1969, shared a house with a roadie (Harry Boxer) of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Didn’t know of ..Irwin until recently (Jigsaw puzzle blues). Brilliant . Died too young.
Naah.. Gary moore should have taught some to this Great possing guy.mxD in fact John Nrum got the same affected faces..now i know where it comes. Shenker..moore..beck..those are great players. cant see whats the hype.
@@claudiocruzat4624 Then you're a novice that needs to listen to more Kossoff. Gary Moore was great but he wasn't a blues player. Everyone you mentioned played many fast notes but had nowhere near the feel and expression of someone like Kossoff or Peter Green.
Simply wonderful. Simon Kirke laying down an extraordinary beat, as solid as railway tracks, upon which the other three sail. The version on "Free Live" demonstrates how much space there is in their groove on this tune. I saw them once for 20 minutes. I don't think anything has ever come close since.
Sometimes a guitar with a few notes and wicked bends can generate so much more energy than a blazing guitar solo containing a myriad of notes. This guitar solo is just plain sick !
Free Live! album one of the best live albums of all time - turn it up, chill. Feel the bass throbbing through you - brilliant recording and mix balance too.
Amen to that...As a guitar player Andy influenced me just as much as Kossoff ...listen to those lines wow he was a bass guitarist/rhythm guitarist/lead guitarist in one.
Effectively the bass becomes the lead instrument as Koss reaches the climax of his solo on that two chord arpeggios riff. This was a wonderful band, who knew how to play at the right tempo and listen to each other at a very young age. Many bands of decades more experience never get close to this.
@@boomboomerton7394 I've been working on this. The solo gets me at end. Hes running up and down I still think from the same 2 chords. The groove doesn't has to be note for note. At some point I like to put my own touch to it. Now Alright now i found easier to nail
Paul's guitar work still gives me goosebumps after all this time. What an absolute tragedy that he was gone so young. He will always be one of the greatest guitar players ever.
+Bruce Syvertsen He was only 19 when this concert was recorded. He was dead at 25. The musical maturity of these guys amazes me. Simon Kirk and Paul Rodgers were only 21 and Andy Fraser had just had his 18th birthday!
I agree. Mike Montgomery was my brother and played keyboard, and wrote most of the songs on a couple of albums when Paul started the band Back Street Crawler.
I am 66 now and love to see such positive comments. This was my favourite band when I was 18 or so. Notice the lack of effect pedals then - just not needed. I never saw them live so I got their record and connected the record player to my Hiwatt 100 watt stack ( two 4x12 cabs) . There's no point shouting at me I'm deaf.
I'm the same age now as you were 2 years ago when you made the comment. I was lucky enugh to see Free playing live, and the memory lives with me still. They played astonishly loud!
Sparse and to the point. The three sound like they actually listen to each other. Best band I ever saw live - in a Pub in Epping, just before Alright Now was released. Nobody's vibrato was better than Paul. Best, Pete.
I have yet to find a better sounding Live band. This rendition of Mr. Big is incredible. Koss is a beast, Rodgers is aggressive and spot on. Frazer is up and down the neck all over the place keeping the groove. Kirk is pounding like a metronome. Friggin unreal. Long live Free
I am a child of the 60/70's brought there Albums loved there music.What a great fucking era ,spoilt for choice ZEPPELIN,CCR,STONES, BEATLES,SMALLFACES FACES,KINKS,ANIMALS, and the fucking list goes on and on. What a great exciting time it was,previleged to be part of it.
truly an amazing band, lead guitar paul kossof total master class in rock blues guitar that none can follow, andy fraser running bass lines that no one had ever dreamed of, paul rodgers legend in rock vocals!!! it really doesnt get much better than this
Vždycky jsem přemýslel,jak to Paul Kossoff,hrál ty rify,tak nějak o chvílu později,to je jeho tajemství..nádherný..a kytarový solo..nádherný..to už nikdo neumí..
After years of listening to Cream, Zep etc...Free I can still enjoy as a 50 year old man! Each of them are/were the 'dogs bollocks'. Soul and heart all over the place.
that was in the days when us old fogies now just thought this was normal music....NOW we can say it was bloody brilliant time for music, if we knew what we have now that is labelled "music" we would have jumped off a cliff back then!
I was lucky enough to see these about 3 times Once at a all nighter at the London Lyceum ballroom in which they were the first group on and they blew me apart for the rest of the night,anybody else there that particular night.
So much space in this. Unlike so many others, they resist the temptation to fill every bloody available space with noise. Such a great demonstration of groove and style.
