RIP the two members of Free Paul Kossoff (September 14, 1950 - March 19, 1976), aged 25 Andy Fraser (July 3, 1952 - March 16, 2015), aged 62 You both will be remembered as legends.
Paul Kossoff really “sang” thru that guitar. When Paul Rodgers leaves off and Kossoff begins his solo, it’s like listening to a second human soul, bringing his own passions into the conversation.
Best bassist, you don’t have to be fancy, be fast or slap, he was the back bone of the band and at such a young age, pure talent RIP andy fraiser you are massively missed
Scott Ryan well said Scott. Always was my favourite bassist. Backbone was the best word you used. He could also take the lead with that mother too when he felt like it
Just a great band and a great feel.and then the voice of Paul Roger's. I am 68 years old.seen all the best.thes guys are in my top 10 bands of all time ✝☮
I know 🤘🏼 they were my favourite group in the 70s they were so young and talented, I’m now 70yrs and still absolutely love them, we were so lucky to have them, 🎸🎤❤️
Kossoff was such an underrated guitar player. You know it's a complete joke when a band like free, still isn't in the rock hall of fame, when groups like NWA already are. It's a parody in and of itself. When you hear bad company, not taking anything away from their guitar playing whatsoever, as it's actually a compliment and sounds amazing, you know that guitar tone and style, is derived and inspired directly from Kossoff.
This footage is Bloody priceless!!!! Led Zeppelin played Madison square garden for the first time that year!Free didn’t have that monstrous stage presence and sound that Bonzo gave them but had the music to make them just as impactful and successful as Peter Grants boys.
Whenever I think of songs by Free that influenced Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is one of the first that come to mind. Skynyrd performed a lot of Free songs when they first gigged, and I can totally imagine Ronnie Van Zant singing this one
@@jplew138 learning song for the badman made me start wanting to get into free again it is so reminiscent of free's sound and style, needle and the spoon too altho everyone says it's like cream, I hear free.
@@joejones9520 "Comin' Home" is another one that reminds me of Free from the 1971 Muscle Shoals sessions. And "Broad Daylight" and "Get Where I Belong" are two other Free songs that I think influenced Skynyrd's style
Tony Wilson I’m amazed at the audience 😬 they’re sat there like they’re listening to a poem recital and not one of the best rock groups In the world 🎶✊🏼🎸
So many guitarists who are really good sound so alike. You don t have to be technically brilliant to make a good impression. I was around in that productive period when you knew instintively certain players who just had their own sound and feel. Paul Kossof Leslie West Carlos Santana and Ollie Halsall not forgetting Roy Buchanan immediately spring to mind. I saw Free at the Fox and Greyhound in Croydon in 1970 and it is firmly etched in my memory.
Andy Frazier, great bass tone with that EB3 him and Jack Bruce that's why my first bass was a Gibson EB3 over 40 years ago Paul Kossof very underrated he is never mentioned with JP EC JB and Townsend Great Band
I think Andy might’ve studied the playing of Jamerson and other Motown masters to hone his own syncopated countermelody playing. However he got there, it was a signature of the band’s sound and still feels so fresh.
Love lead guitar but cant help putting that to the side to listen to AF's bass. Whod ever imagine a lead singer, lead guitarist, bassist and drummer could produce stuff of magic like this? I❤the 70s
Someone commented in another vid... Bad Company was the commercial version.. and Free the artistic version.... good description.. But I would like to add this Free... extreme drug use... Bad Company no drugs after Fraser's death. But one of my top 5 bands EVER! This band was a band of ALL STARS at every spot. I still get emotional listening after 51 years of listening... Im 68
"Bad Company no drugs" is rather inaccurate. After their massive success in America, by the early 1980s the band were washed up and had drug abs alcohol problems, as Simon Kirke has stated in interviews after getting clean.
Funny…..i never “got” free until recently. Now I realize this band was pure feeling and sex. That dragging behind the beat and open spaces in the song….pure sex. Super tight rhythm section…..that smoking guitar….and paul Rogers….belting on top. Being a bass player, Andy Fraser …..man…..the epitome of a rock bass playing legend. That Gibson eb-3 sounded amazing in his hands. That’s my bass tone and style that I am working on now……amazing….
wow! discovered this band through my dad some 24 years ago (via the free story album). they really are a one-off and so groovy and talented. paul rodgers’ voice is just incredible ... must be the best to ever hail from these shores?? okay, craig david as well?? 😉😎
Will any of Millennium puppies be ever able to make at least one song like these guys?... Wish the Free Band was back to save us from what we hear today...🤘🏻
----this is a sexy dance of Paul Rodgers to a good hardrock blues---Do you agree,Diana ?--I missed to see "FREE" live in the 70ies in Germany--I am 61 years old----------Your photo is very beautiful,Diana----
Back in 1987 I had a girlfriend from Liverpool who came to visit me in London. I put on a VHS video tape, a compilation of music, that included this performance by Free. I don't think I've ever seen a woman get worked up so quickly. I put the video on slow motion for a joke and she was practically writhing on the seat. As a man I don't know what Paul had that had such an effect on women, but I wouldn't have minded just a little of it😂
Wasn't Andy Fraser something like 16 when he joined the band? Insane. One of my fav Rock bassists. He really gave Free a funky swing unusual for hard rock bands of that era.
Yeah, I listen to an my comment by Simon Kirke be and said that Andy Frazer was only 15 years old. First played with John Mayall band before joining supergroup " FREE".
They put everything they had into their performance. The intensity is frightening. To have seen them live at this time would have stayed with you. Truly memorable.
Grew up in the middle of this music. It was an awesome time. My buddies and I would travel from Beaver County, PA to Youngstown Ohio to hear bands play this kind of music. There was some ass kicking rock-n-roll coming out of NE Ohio in those days. Free would have felt right at home there.
Simon is the one that misses out on the praise for this band, IMO. They all 'had it' - but in the glorious mix, Simon is so often overlooked. Hope you read this one day, Mr Kirke.
I’m going to assume certain individuals in the comments have not been properly exposed to great music before… I haven’t watched this footage in a long time but it feels great seeing it again!!
They made the album heartbreaker with tetsu on bass in my opinion a fantastic album tetsu was ALOT heavier than Fraser he didn't have Fraser's groove or fluidity on bass Fraser was just magic on the bass
Free were excellent. The space, raw feel, rhythm and great playing unencumbered by technology. Each band member contributes an essential feature to the overall sound.
Music of yesterday. Music of today. Music of tomorrow. We do not hear this around nowadays an' we an' our grandchildren would not... Keep yourself an' your old records safe. Take care!🥁🤘🏻✌🏻
Es wird über Supergruppen gesprochen und das Free wohl die einzigartigste ist wird zu wenig gewürdigt. Einer der besten Gitarristen der damaligen Zeit,der damals am modernsten funkyblues Bassisten,ein auf den Punkt trommelnden Schlagzeuger und als ein Höhepunkt der hervorragende Sänger....bis heute ist der herzlich warme,unter die Haut gehende Klang und Ausdruckskraft sowie growing Bluesrock von Free nicht Übertrumpft werden...und auch ein Dank an Alex's Körper ,daß er Free gefordert hat...Free werden immer ein Vorbild sein für junge Musiker. Für uns Fans ein unerschöpflichlicher musikalischer Genuss. Dr.Ilja Lasaroff aus Bulgarien das Land von Orpheus der Rosen und Weins....
