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 💯
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.
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.
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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..
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
Love this! I was nearly 10 when this took place. From a very young age I was exposed to some pretty decent music (Free, Cream, Traffic, P Floyd, Faces). By the age of 12 I had a pretty eclectic taste in music, especially for a girl. No Osmonds or David Cassidy for me. All thanks to my 4 older sibs whose vinyl I used to play while they were at work 😊 Look at that audience - colossal! I always have a giggle...most of them looked like all the newly qualified Teachers I met at my SE London Comprehensive in '72!! It was the loons worn with a shirt and kipper tie that used to get me. As a 63y/o I still cant stand the smell of Patchouli oil!!😅 I digressed....this is absolutely fabulous. The sound these 4 guys produced = sublime
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!
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.
Quel talent ! De superbes riffs de guitare et des lignes de basse incroyables surmontées d'une voix magistrale ! La qualité de ce groupe est ineffable.
I love Kossoff like anything bu the camera man criminally ignored Andy Fraser's bass playing. Andy was a killer bassist and one of the best of his time.
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
there is an entire band lesson - guitar lesson, bass lesson, drum lesson, vocal lesson in this classic FREE material. It's not about million notes per second. It's space between, it's taking time to saying something and be a band together. A celebration of life ~ the moment.
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.
it doesn't get better than this andy Frasier's bass koss on guitar paul singing kirke bashing on the drums I seen them back in the day live and I was and still am a great fan
In the sixties and seventies British bands ruled the world of rock n roll ,their influences are felt to this day the way they looked their actions on stage ,music had never been this good ,they took American blues from the great black musicians and said hey America you were not listening ,but your listening now.
my first favourite band back in the early 70s, and they still hold a special place in my heart and will do until the day I die. truly fuckin marvelous.
I work hard everyday Come rain or shine And I don't need no one To tell me 'bout a girl of mine She's got so much love And she saves it all for me I would not be lying That's the way it's got to be So Mr. Big You'd better watch out When only you hang around me Oh for you now I will dig A great big hole in the ground I don't care who you are So don't explain Just get out of here And don't come back again I don't want a thing from you I don't want to give you nothing too Get out of here Before I lose my cool Mr. Big Oh watch out Baby and don't you hang around me Oh for you now I will dig A great big hole in the ground So Mr. Big You'd better watch out When only you hang around me Oh for you now I will dig A great big hole in the groun
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.
I saw this - I was 18 years old. Went primarily to see Hendrix. i'd seen Free several times but what a set this was. Paul Kossof was one of the best guitarists of his generation and hardly gets a mention. Andy Fraser a fine bass player. Paul Rodgers had a phenomenal rock and blues voice. Simon ? the drummer was a good meat and potatoes drummer. The guitar solo in "Goin' down slow" still ranks in my top 10. A class act!
absolutley gutted !! one of the most progressive and soulfull bass players i have ever heard, RIP Andy....too many of these goliaths of rock passing now and theres nobody to replace shame !!
oooooch. Mr. Kossoff, very few can touch ya...maybe Bonamassa, these days...whew. So glad I was alive when you were here. Hard to believe you were only 25 when you left. Still. Nothin finer. And That Rogers fella. Ai yi yi. He's still got it...love it.
Bonamassa is still nowhere near Kossoff... He tried to emulate him by playing his songs on stage on more than one occasion and he sounds absolutely nothing like him.
Patti Martin it's just a fact. I'm not saying Bonamassa isn't a great guitarist in his own right, but he can't play like Paul Kossoff. And that's because no one can play like Paul Kossoff.
Fours guys, 4 instruments, amplification no frills, no backing track, no auto tune just brilliant, original musicians!!!!
3 instruments and a.. Voice💜
They had chemistry, and this was Paul Rodgers at his bluesiest!
Exactly
Paul Kossoff’s guitar face is so intense, he’s definitely ‘feeling it’
He can't help but feel it. He's standing right in front of that Marshall stack that's cranked.😂
He was full of acid or any other drug.
His face is like that of Janis Joplin, except he is playing guitar.
Pure, raw, zero reverb, compression or delay. Just pure rock and roll in a direct line to the universe. RIP Koss. You will never be forgotten.
Great comment! I agree wholeheartedly 👍
HELL YES. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️✌️🏴
And power chords on the bass.
Tape compression 😉
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 💯
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.
hey kids... that's what a real guitarist sounds like. 🎸Paul Kossoff.
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.
And as a writer! Definitely a "wunderkind"!
He was indeed.👌🏾💢[Also a reluctant bassist - in beginning] .RIP 🌹
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!
Kossoff's solo in this is incredible! It's not how many notes you play, it's how you play the notes you play.
I've been telling that to metal players since the 80's.
It's also how you hold your mouth...
Andy isn't too shabby on this one either.
最高です。私は日本の70歳です。
exactly 🚬😎
I was there ... High on a Hill and High as a kite ! We stuck out a bit amongst the hippies ... a fantstic band ... totally under rated ....
I was 16 years old at that festival - best experience ever. Free still one of my favourite all time bands. Incredible.
Small world, man.
I was there age 17. TBH I really cannot remember much of what I listened to. Maybe I should get the DVD box set and refresh my memory.
I was there and also 16. still remember it well.
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.
Gives me chills. How great these guys were.
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 !
Paul Kossof was one of the best guitarists of his generation !!his genius and virtuosity are second to none and he was only 20 years old
Koss was a great player. His vibrato technique was and still is legendary
I'm 62 now and have never heard anybody ring notes out of a les Paul like this boy loved him when iwas 15 and love him now pure class
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.
I am 72 now; i can keeping on listening to him; he is grear
@Bryan Charles I haven't seen anyone with vibrato that comes close!👍😎🎸🎶
@@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.
Dagger 323 well said, kossoff had more feeling in just one note than most other good guitarists could produce with 50 notes
Not one clear shot of Andy Fraser. One of the best ever bass solos and crickets camera wise. RIP Andy and Koss.
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.
Saw them on my 16th birthday in 1971. To this day, the most memorable gig if my life and boy have I seen some bands.
Paul Kossoff - that man is pure passion! This solo of his is certainly one of the festival's highlights!
フリーは僕の青春だった。永遠の憧れだ。
done 52 years ago and still rocks now in 2022. R.I.P. Paul Kossoff.
Killer bass, killer voice, killer band
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.
Sparse & to the point, agree 💯 A band that knew ‘when not to play’
The Wake Arms?
I was so inspired by this song and this band when I was in my twenties. It never lost its magic. What an era. I am 67 now but still 24 in my soul.
Every note, beat, crash and lyric in this song are heard and felt. Simple perfection, simply perfected !!
Honestly, one of the most perfectly talented group of blues, rock musicians in this country, ever. ❤️
I saw free live in Germany in 1970. Have been big fan ever since !
Paul Rodgers, probably the best rock singer of all time, Plant ran him close mind. Respect.
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.
Free in 1970!! Pure, untouchable Genius!
greatest rockers in the making ...the early days..........
I just love the way Kossoff is standing 2" away from his Marshall stack.
Absolutely! The tone he's getting is unreal.
AnalogOpher my ears would have been blow out 😂
Best monitor you could ask for back then...hear yourself straight out of the amp...love Kossoff playing
OMG, He is making it, feeling it and he is IN IT.!!! LOOKS LIKE HEAVEN.!!
@@johnrogers9481 off his face, I’d say.
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
Even better version on 'Free live' which is, I reckon, their finest er, hour.
Not bad for a 4 piece 😊
I agree, this has got to be one of the all time great performances by a rock band! Those guys put everything they had into this performance!
There are some things that should never come to an end. Free was one of them.
They were so young. I think Rodgers and Kirke were 22, Paul Kossoff was 20 and Andy Fraser only 18.
Koss and Greeny, my two favorites of all time!! Now are jamming together in heaven!! R.I.P.
As soon as I get my Delorean working and lockdown is over I'm going here. Amazing.
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.
True!
Bruce Syvertsen he really was something else. He really was something else huh. I love when he’s leaning up against the stack.
@Bill Dan NEVER have to look far to find a fuckin jerkoff like you. 🖕
This makes the hair on my neck stand up !!!!......I was in the audience.....their set was one of the best of the whole gig.
52kevoc A witness to rock history.
Thats a fkn fact
That's like seing the old gods
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..
Andy Fraser RIP. Thanks for the incredible bass riffs.
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.
He kicks all kinds of ass...
RIP
@@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
I think this is the perfect rock band . They couldn't have added anything to make them better !
Yes
i was born at this festival, my mother gave birth inside her tent two weeks early.
Classic rock at its finest!! They dont make em like this anymore! Glad i grew up in this fantastic era!!
Love this! I was nearly 10 when this took place. From a very young age I was exposed to some pretty decent music (Free, Cream, Traffic, P Floyd, Faces). By the age of 12 I had a pretty eclectic taste in music, especially for a girl. No Osmonds or David Cassidy for me. All thanks to my 4 older sibs whose vinyl I used to play while they were at work 😊
Look at that audience - colossal!
I always have a giggle...most of them looked like all the newly qualified Teachers I met at my SE London Comprehensive in '72!! It was the loons worn with a shirt and kipper tie that used to get me. As a 63y/o I still cant stand the smell of Patchouli oil!!😅
I digressed....this is absolutely fabulous. The sound these 4 guys produced = sublime
All these years and PAUL ROGERS still one the best and most amazing Rock voices ever!
Bem no meio do olho do furacão ,rock raiz, bem no meio da década mais produtiva entre 65 até 75 , que fique registrado o legado eternamente.
Better than the record. Truly magnificent
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.
You had very good taste as a youngster!
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!
Pedals were not really a thing in that existed in 1970
When I heard this on the movie Demolition I lost it. What a flash back. I’m 70 now and didn’t miss too many concerts. Great musicians back in the day.
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.
Quel talent ! De superbes riffs de guitare et des lignes de basse incroyables surmontées d'une voix magistrale ! La qualité de ce groupe est ineffable.
PAUL KOSSOFF, THE ONE AND ONLY!
Seranda Rolling Stones 50 best guitarists list is on drugs!! Paul easily belongs in the top 3.
Simon Kirke is hitting those drums so tight and hard it's wonderful!
Constantly impressed by the incredible discipline in their playing...so much space....
As jazz musicians
I still watch this at least twice a day n every time is sublime
To not focus on Andy Fraser during the bass solo is criminal.
It’s the bloke with the cameras fault,
And what about the drummer?
Maybe the best bassist ever the more i listen....
That bass solo is criminal. Unreal. Wooten and Tisdale prolly worshipped this guy.
That is it
Andy Fraser on bass , what a groove. Started playing with John Mayall at 15 years old. What a tight band here. Simon has his game face on.
Who else but Free was able to put so much tension and groove in such a very slow tempo song ?
Incredible... Waaaah !
I love Kossoff like anything bu the camera man criminally ignored Andy Fraser's bass playing. Andy was a killer bassist and one of the best of his time.
Agree. Fraser did however get more screen time in the DVD of this tune.
I most definitely agree, Andy was a killer bassist and his playing in this song is epic.
Very mediocre camera work!
Take it up with the person who edited the final version.
@@RG-ja34sep I take it you have never used a film camera.
You know what I love, aside from f'n everything, is that super simple drum kit. Everyone kills on this.
The whole band is amazing, incredible front man, bass and lead gitar. Drummer should never be left out, so good
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
Just stunning - from all of them
God damn that beautiful tone comin out of Kossoff's speakers
Whats the reason, money?
1959 Les Paul. The Stradivarius of guitars.
Such an outstanding band for back in the time, and would still be so now in 2018. Wish someone would invent a time machine.
Simon Kirke fantastic, Paul Kossoff tremendous, what a group , basically a super group of high school aged kids
Saw them at Birmingham Town Hall (England) in early 70s. From about 20 ft away. Never seen a better front man or a better live band.
there is an entire band lesson - guitar lesson, bass lesson, drum lesson, vocal lesson in this classic FREE material. It's not about million notes per second. It's space between, it's taking time to saying something and be a band together. A celebration of life ~ the moment.
I went to school with him, allways different, knew he was destined to be special!
Who?
Best four piece band EVER .
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.
You don't get much better than that Awesome all four of them, they had something special
Dec 2019 and this still kicks more ass than anything offered by anyone today. Damn these boys were good together.
Can't argue with that. And the big tragedy is this will never be seen again
コジキのような青年達が小細工無しの魂の叫びが、ヒットすることによって様になり絵になってしまう。全ての奏者が魂の叫び一点に集中しており、結果として強烈な哀愁を醸し出す。現代音楽シーンにはない見せ物が確立されている。
フリーは僕の青春だった、永遠の憧れだ
Came here after watching the movie "Demolition" again. Always loved this Band. Absolutely one of the worlds greatest voices!
I would love if today's rockers had a quarter of the passion, voice and wild side Paul had!!!!! That man was dynamite!!!!!!
it doesn't get better than this andy Frasier's bass koss on guitar paul singing kirke bashing on the drums I seen them back in the day live and I was and still am a great fan
One of the best performances out there.
In the sixties and seventies British bands ruled the world of rock n roll ,their influences are felt to this day the way they looked their actions on stage ,music had never been this good ,they took American blues from the great black musicians and said hey America you were not listening ,but your listening now.
my first favourite band back in the early 70s, and they still hold a special place in my heart and will do until the day I die. truly fuckin marvelous.
Damn the focus and intensity of that young man Koss!
First time hearing this. I’ve heard Gov’t Mules version for years. Never knew I was a copy of a Free song.
Freakin awesome 😎
Just amazing, should have been a supergroup way ahead of the pack, fabulous bass on Mr Big.
Probably the best vocalist ever.
Hands down rock and roll singer ever. This is real rock and roll
I work hard everyday
Come rain or shine
And I don't need no one
To tell me 'bout a girl of mine
She's got so much love
And she saves it all for me
I would not be lying
That's the way it's got to be
So Mr. Big
You'd better watch out
When only you hang around me
Oh for you now
I will dig
A great big hole in the ground
I don't care who you are
So don't explain
Just get out of here
And don't come back again
I don't want a thing from you
I don't want to give you nothing too
Get out of here
Before I lose my cool
Mr. Big
Oh watch out
Baby and don't you hang around me
Oh for you now
I will dig
A great big hole in the ground
So Mr. Big
You'd better watch out
When only you hang around me
Oh for you now
I will dig
A great big hole in the groun
Viciei nessa banda lendária e nessa música perfeita!
Andy Frasiers Bass ,,WOW i'm blown away
Kossoff, one of the all time greats
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.
one of most influential bands ever
This band defines so much incredible quality, just the top of their class. A perfect chemistry and such rare talent
Raw emotion space and time nothing I've heard since comes close to these fellas or what
Pure 70s class act. Proper classic rock band.
When it came to this song
Passion came crashing
On all of the members of the band / FREE
God bless all of them
DLT
Paul Rodgers' voice here is incredible - the instrumentation phenomenal.
I saw this - I was 18 years old. Went primarily to see Hendrix. i'd seen Free several times but what a set this was.
Paul Kossof was one of the best guitarists of his generation and hardly gets a mention. Andy Fraser a fine bass player. Paul Rodgers had a phenomenal rock and blues voice. Simon ? the drummer was a good meat and potatoes drummer.
The guitar solo in "Goin' down slow" still ranks in my top 10.
A class act!
Bonamassa mentions him frequently with respect//
Simon Kurke is the drummer and he went with Rodgers to form Bad Company.
Free were and are the best live band ever .
They were all on the top of there game head and shoulders above every other band.
Where have these amazing bands gone, proper music played by proper blokes ....look what the kids today have to listen to
absolutley gutted !! one of the most progressive and soulfull bass players i have ever heard, RIP Andy....too many of these goliaths of rock passing now and theres nobody to replace shame !!
he was brilliant
oooooch. Mr. Kossoff, very few can touch ya...maybe Bonamassa, these days...whew. So glad I was alive when you were here. Hard to believe you were only 25 when you left. Still. Nothin finer. And That Rogers fella. Ai yi yi. He's still got it...love it.
Bonamassa is still nowhere near Kossoff... He tried to emulate him by playing his songs on stage on more than one occasion and he sounds absolutely nothing like him.
says you. to each his own...just enjoy the music.
Patti Martin it's just a fact. I'm not saying Bonamassa isn't a great guitarist in his own right, but he can't play like Paul Kossoff. And that's because no one can play like Paul Kossoff.
Gallagher and Kossoff the 2 greatest ever
These are guys who have something my generation dosen't know about, especially from musicians and that is.... TALENT
one and only = FREE!
special sound, special feeling leaving in people.. it's just unbelieveble! i wish there was mooore of them :(
Kossof gave his whole soul,blood,sweat and tears on this solo,i can feel and see it,you can?
Indeed, his playing and passion is extraordinary.
The best song off the best album by the best band!!!