@ADM1253 stereo mic'ing...pretty common back in the day to see two 'mono' mics taped together. Before self-contained stereo mics were commonly available. Check out Floyd at Pompeii or some of the Beatles stuff...i think maybe the rooftop sessions.
INCREDIBLE!!! I NEVER FAIL TO GET GOOSEBUMPS LISTENING TO THIS. THE FEEL & TALENT OF THESE GUYS IS UNMATCHED. AND THAT BASS & SOLO---OMG!!! THE SONG REMINDS ME OF SEX!!! PURE SLOW PLEASURE - THE TENSION & HOLDING BACK TO FINAL CLIMAX..... ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
PLEASE CAN EVERYONE CHECK OUT A FEW OF MY GUITAR VIDS. IM A YOUNG BLUES ROCK GUITARIST AND I REALLY WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!!! CHEERS! PLEASE LIKE THIS AND HELP OUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE BLUES!!!
Should never sold out for All Right Now, Mr Big couldn't have been improved and the shame is putting a single in the charts has nothing to do with musical ability.
why the idiot camera man concentrates everywhere but on Andy Fraser makes me believe he's deaf or has something against bass players... and bugger, Paul Kossoff has been sorely missed..
@tornmask sadly, he is massively underrated, along with rory gallagher, roy buchanan and many others :(, these people created magnificent music. we should at least listen to it! :D
there's something so fantastic about this song and i can't figure out what it is... It seems like it's so controlled and tame, but contains pure concentrated funk which is somehow conveyed in entirety without messy strumming or silly vocal outbursts. Even on low volume it sounds so goooooood
i new some bloke who met him at isle of w and said he was an orrible up yr own ass twat! if i could play a raw sound like that on my guitar i would b up my own ass 2.. thanks 4 putting vid on!!
just a rare coming together of some great musicians, one of the uk,s finest rock bands, paul rodgers is legendary status,,the heartbeat of this once great band
@StijnOldenbeuving I hate getting involved in these "who's better" dialogues, but I think that one thing we can agree on is that Andy Fraser's solo was revolutionary for its time (1970... only 5 years after "My Generation" with Entwistle's bass "solos"). You need to remember that this was 5 - 6 years before Jaco Pastorius was turning the bass into a really melodic instrument, and a decade before the bass was regularly starting to be highlighted as anything other than a rhythm instrument.
YES I AGREE, ANDY WAS THE BACKBONE OF THIS SUPERB BAND HE WAS AN INNOVATOR OF SHORT STEM BASS PLAYING AT THE TIME. AND FILLED IN FOR THE GAPS MADE BY KOSS PLAYING A RHYTHM CHORDS ON BASS.GUITAR
I WENT TO SEE ANDYS BAND WHEN FREE BROKE UP. THE BAND WERE CALLED, TOBY. ANDY PLAYED AND SANG ALRIGHT NOW ON THE BASS TRULLY AMAZING .FREE WITHOUT A DOUBT WERE THE BEST BAND TO INTERPRET BLACK BLUES FROM THE STATES AND PUTT IT ON OUR BREAKFAST TABLE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT
The good ole days....I remember when FREE released Fire and Water.....still have the album, 8 track, cassette and CD.........Mr Big took second fiddle to All Right Now - both classics that I still love........memory lane. This live recording was performed back in the 70's shortly after the release of Fire and Water. This was a era of GREAT bands......no question about it.
@slpplexi1969 koss was great,, no doubt, but take a look at pete ham of badfinger, great band with a claptonesque guitarist, but pete ham was is own man, a great all round musician,,regards rob,
Bythe way, bassist Andy Fraser was quite a gifted songwriter himself; he wrote, among others, "Every Kinda People", which was a major hit in the late '70s for Robert Palmer.
Free used to be a staple of American album rock radio back in the early '70s, in an era when you could hear a station play them, The Allman Bros., Joe Cocker, Little Feat, Yes, Zeppelin, Cream, Sabbath, Randy Newman, Mandrill, Hendrix and many others and classify it all as "rock" without any further categorization. Modern classic rock radio plays far too much of the same bands over and over, and that may be a major reason why Free seem to have been to a large extent forgotten. A damn shame.
@slpplexi1969 I can't speak for the stations in your area, but here in New England the classic rock stations play too much hair metal. I have no real problem with it, but they tend to overplay it. I think that it may have something to do with the fact that so many of those bands are still recording and touring, and the radio stations do a lot to help promote those bands' live shows. I'd just like to see a little more variety, is all I meant.
Fantastic performance, Andy Fraser is one of my biggest inspirations on bass for my style of playing, saying that the rest of this group was just as talented, very special band
I have this video on a DVD called Free Forever. Brilliant. I went to see the awesome Paul Rodgers just a few hours ago at Sheffield City Hall. The Bass player was great but he was not Andy , who was a bit special. Its just a comment, Paul has a terrific band on this tour and we had a fantastic night with Joe Elliott`s band Down n Outz as support. If this gig comes any where close to you get your ticket you will love it
@306bad I saw the Newcastle gig on the 18th April- my birthday. Night of my life! I thought the bass player did a cracking job on this - not Andy as you say but he was indeed great and I cheered his solo on this. Amazing gig and no other birthday will be able to top it.
Free is perhaps the most criminally underrated band of them all. Koss's ability to play lead guitar, then seemingly "back into the shadows" when the bass takes the solo, is uncanny. It's almost as if Koss and Andy Fraser switch places during the instrumental break. And of course, with Paul "The Voice" Rodgers, there's no way you could go wrong.
RIP Paul Kossoff. You are more appreciated now (especially here in the States) than you were during your heyday.
Anyone who deos not like this ,should be slapped until they Cheer up! Rock with a funk edge!!! A 4 peice playing like there A*SES were on fire! I have this laser disc! Priceless!
This is awesome. Love the raw sound of Free better than the "polished" sound of Bad Company. Don't get me wrong, Bad Company is a solid group, but compared to Free, Bad Company sounds too glitzy. Free was raw rock.
@dudestr5552 Koss is my favourite guitarist, he weaves a majestic solo in this and the feeling he puts into the music is infectious. Couple Koss with Andys undoubted timing and you have an electric wonderland.
@iziahlights Koss would have to be one of my favorites too (along with Rod Price of Foghat, Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy, George Harrison, and of course Jimmy Page), and Andy was truly gifted. It's a pity that these guys were only together for four years, and it's criminal that almost no one here in the States knows about their back catalog (all they heard back in the 70s was "All Right Now" and possibly "Wishing Well", especially once Blackfoot covered the latter). Free was extremely underrated.
Paul Rogers quit the band and joined with Mick Ralphs after he left Mott the Hoople. They formed a drug free band called Bad Company. They just got tired of watching their friends killing themselves Mick said.
This is so beautifully constructed - a bit like a mini symphony. One of the cleverest parts is the way that the guitar gives way to the bass emerging as the lead instrument at the end. Above all it is the way all parts of the band are putting their own skills second to the whole. When you remember that these were very young men at the time, this is an astounding achievement.
My Dad got to seem them live twice. once in '70 the other '74. Kossoff's austounding vibrato thechnique blew my dad away.Being a player himself had, he had never seen the technique done so well in front of him.The 74 lineup was diff but was still a good concert. MR. BIG thumbs up
One of the very few ...if only songs where lead bass takes over from lead guitar.. Absolutely beautiful !! ..And not one of them over 21 at the time.. challenge anyone to find such a great track of modern times with guys of such a young age that can beat this muscianship !!
I admire Andy Frasers bass playing on this track it is a great part of this classic song.
I was fortunate to see Free when they were promoting Alright now. It was at Bradford Uni. I was amazed how the three instrument playing dudes, Simon Kirk, Paul Kossof and Andy were able to fill the concert room with and extrodinary sound, It was not loud to make up for the lack of numbers it was just so very good. I will be at Sheffeld City Hall to see Paul and Simon in April.
Yes, the great bassist is still with us - based in California, and has taken a political stance in the support of Barrack Obama. I guess it's just an extension of show business...
Yes, the great bassist still with us - based in California, and has taken a political stance in the support of Barrack Obama. I guess it's just an extension of show business...
@alicelawson You are right on the money, Bass playing is not understood by many people-they would certainly notice if it was not there-but Bass playing is a Dark art, and if you aint' musically knowledgeable it just passes you by. Fraser was fantastic -is he still with us?
Raw, soulful blues rock at its best - these guys have talent coming out of their arse, and at such a young age too. You can't fault this. Paul Kossof's young death was so tragic. RIP
This was the band that members of the super groups of that day listened to. They were ahead of their time in many ways. An influx of different music styles from Motown to Zeppelin, mixed together with their own personal styling. Bad Company came from the ashes and was the more commercial version. Drugs took Koss. This is one of the songs I learned to play guitar from and make music. It's real, real music is people playing together at the same time, it's like making love.
This is Real Music.... while Beatles was doing that boring, crap, pop, shit ,songs, this guys were doing real stuff with Led Zeppelin+Canned Heat +Traffic .... how could people die for Beatles witn all those real bands Rockin' SHAME!!!!!!
@bolhico and now you're talkin shit. Why don't you get a little info on what Beatles was doing during the second half of the 60's. Just check the White album and Abbey road (especially the song I want you - i know you gonna like it).
You know what I love about these old clips ? They were all professionally shot . ( No idiots with .50 cent cell phones wanting to post bragging rights... to ruin a decent performance ). And when they survive like this one they are awesome .
Remember folks, this band was only together for four years. FOUR YEARS!
That's such a short amount of time. No doubt had they stuck it out longer they would have had much greater success. Their talent was just too immense for it not to happen. Still, it's great that people are getting a chance to hear them now.
@knuteboy36 Also remember that when this vid was shot I don't think ANY of the band members were over 21. Had Koss lived a while longer...well, no telling where this band may have gone.
@fuxgood Kossoff left Free long before his death. He formed another band called Backstreet Crawler after leaving Free. He was one of the greatest of all time. Then again, you could say that for the band as a whole.
@fibes55 I didn't mean to say his death per say. Free disbanded because Koss was so far gone with drugs he became unreliable then, after some time spent trying to get his life back, he formed Backstreet Crawler. At least thats the way i understand how things went.
@knuteboy36 I think...I know the lead singer is...Bad Company...mebbe the band as well, just changed their name. Not sure on the band part, just saying !
Just a shame Paul Kossoff was assigned to a different record label - who did not give a flying fuc* about him - and he died from a massive o.d. If he had lived on - cos he was up there with Clapton Peter Green BB KIng et al - more would have come. Wishing Well is his epitaph - I cried when he died.
@amalkadog Sorry old chap. Paul K didnt die of a Drugs overdose. It was a heart attack due to a blood clot like deep vain Trombonist. But i would admit that the drugs didnt help and if he didnt die then it would of been another time. He died 35 yrs ago on last saturday 19th march
@mjpanek68 But Free has Paul in it, so it's automatically 10x better. I like Bad Company, but if Free stayed together I would be happier. The 4 years they were together they made amazing music, so just imagine how awesome their music would have been after they got older and improved as musicians.
@knuteboy36 4 YEARS?? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKINGGGGGGGG ABOUT??? They stars at 1988.. 1st break up is in 1997.. 9 YEARSSSSSSS... then comeback without Paul in 1999.. in 2002 is the second break up, and comeback in 2009.. it a little more than FOUR YEARS to me (:
@dance2theradio PLEASE EXPLAIN... FREE, BAD COMPANY, THE FIRM, SOLO STUFF, BAD CO. AGAIN... I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR SAY'N ? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? GET BACK WITH ME... THANX......
The camera work is way ahead of it's time. Such a cool tune and the bell bottoms look amazing!
AmericanRiver 1 day ago
This is goddamn EPIC!!! And don't you forget it
jdarling1986 1 week ago
6 of the most face melting minutes I have ever spent. Stunning!
oldnytv5911 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
does he have two microphones taped together??
ADM1253 3 weeks ago
@ADM1253 stereo mic'ing...pretty common back in the day to see two 'mono' mics taped together. Before self-contained stereo mics were commonly available. Check out Floyd at Pompeii or some of the Beatles stuff...i think maybe the rooftop sessions.
glueforall 1 day ago
INCREDIBLE!!! I NEVER FAIL TO GET GOOSEBUMPS LISTENING TO THIS. THE FEEL & TALENT OF THESE GUYS IS UNMATCHED. AND THAT BASS & SOLO---OMG!!! THE SONG REMINDS ME OF SEX!!! PURE SLOW PLEASURE - THE TENSION & HOLDING BACK TO FINAL CLIMAX..... ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
itsdizzylizzy 3 weeks ago
mother that's a thick groove
cccccccc11000 3 weeks ago
If there is a better bass solo I can't think of it. Electric.
emjaysea12 1 month ago
This is real music !!!!
lbeichte 1 month ago
Majstorija !!!!!!!!!!!!!
zuletadic 1 month ago
PLEASE CAN EVERYONE CHECK OUT A FEW OF MY GUITAR VIDS. IM A YOUNG BLUES ROCK GUITARIST AND I REALLY WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!!! CHEERS! PLEASE LIKE THIS AND HELP OUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE BLUES!!!
LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL
1conorrocks 1 month ago
Not as tight as the band though. Majestic music and musicality.
Dystopia66 1 month ago
wow that bass g is huuge:-) thx for upload
dragsteraudioart 1 month ago
I came here coz I thought its Mr Big Song :p
Still cool anyway :)
MrDorino 1 month ago
@MrDorino man, me too,
i agree, thats great ;)
xBobalax 1 month ago
Should never sold out for All Right Now, Mr Big couldn't have been improved and the shame is putting a single in the charts has nothing to do with musical ability.
rockyoreilly100 1 month ago
hihi Cause life is a game
KenaPamay793 2 months ago
some good bass...naw let me rephrase that... some sick bass
Whoznext2shyne 2 months ago
fucking paul kossoff!!!!!
bguy75 2 months ago
ehm i am ur girl toy
12moniqueHung22 2 months ago
The best of everything!
yesterway 2 months ago
Andy's bass makes the whole thing
lukemanify 2 months ago
These Free tunes will never age. They where awesome !!!!!
peatchie1 3 months ago
ｲﾝｸﾞﾘｯｼｭﾊｰﾄﾞの王道､FREE､ﾐｽﾀｰ･ﾋﾞｯｸﾞﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞ名､"ﾌｧｲｱ･ｱﾝﾄﾞ･ｳｫｰﾀｰ"の猛烈コゾフ引っ掻きｷﾞﾀｰ曲"MrBig"～今でも身震いがする!
blackandtanful 3 months ago
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shankly01 3 months ago
a wonderful combo of a band all working it together.beautiful music sweet blues.cheers .xxxx
gilesyredman 3 months ago 2
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: ANDY FRASER!!!
TheDidiFerr 3 months ago in playlist Altri video di frozenfish91
I like how the camera-man decides to miss 80% of the bass-solo.
VictorRechnageL 3 months ago
@VictorRechnageL Hey, he got the part of the neck and the machinehead in near the beginning..... : )
toolkien 3 months ago
They're so sexy!
ZieloneMysliMe 3 months ago
That's for sure a badass vibrato.
ViniciusMaffei 3 months ago
Guaranteed Paul Rogers hasn't moved like that since that day.
siskokidd 3 months ago
erm just turned 18 and want to learn what fun is all about
vondameyer85b 3 months ago
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Fantastic!!
Cubby1951 4 months ago
power
121126 4 months ago
trelos mpasiaris
mikeydreadyouth 4 months ago
One of the best 3 piece bands there ever was.
fuxgood 4 months ago
@fuxgood 4piece!!
Theonefooters 2 months ago
Knee deep in sex....here is the backround to discovery..... Circa 1970
What a find, ehh?
reddnec 4 months ago
the best blues rock vibrato ever , outstanding band , tighter than a flies fanny
DIVELSCHILD 4 months ago
why the idiot camera man concentrates everywhere but on Andy Fraser makes me believe he's deaf or has something against bass players... and bugger, Paul Kossoff has been sorely missed..
fenham01 4 months ago 7
free where before me really but i just love there stuff, this is tops....
gazmon 4 months ago
there so young in this vid, and yet so amazingly talented. paul's voice hasnt aged a bit.
rush4evayeah 4 months ago
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andy fraser was 15 years old I know!...
skolore 5 months ago
Herr Kossoff! A true Legend!!! :)
floofynut 5 months ago
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tornmask 4 months ago
@floofynut : absolutely w/o a doubt, i 2nd that statemate mate cheers! =0]
tornmask 4 months ago
@tornmask sadly, he is massively underrated, along with rory gallagher, roy buchanan and many others :(, these people created magnificent music. we should at least listen to it! :D
floofynut 4 months ago
good fucking music !
psycosid66 5 months ago
these guys are so hot!! <3
watergoddess9 5 months ago
Oh, tight pants
zZHighwayToHellZz 5 months ago
É raro........
eduardomattos35 5 months ago
This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm
justplayfm 5 months ago
Wow, this song is one of my favorite of the Free!!! Great Free!!! congrats. Thanks for sharing
marta3t6fox2 6 months ago
Your vote goes to????
MrWatto45 6 months ago
the vibrato in this track is tremendous.
evolutionist2010 6 months ago
Whats his name
drumsguitartamborine 6 months ago
simply wow
navigator502 6 months ago
Forgot how good this was till I listened today,who cares who the best bass player in the world is or was
MrWatto45 6 months ago 3
@MrWatto45 i do.
evolutionist2010 6 months ago
I've been just raped, fuck yeah
Skrsman 6 months ago
Was Mr. Big the name of the singers penis? i does look rather big to be honest.
DoubleEntendreSongs 6 months ago
there's something so fantastic about this song and i can't figure out what it is... It seems like it's so controlled and tame, but contains pure concentrated funk which is somehow conveyed in entirety without messy strumming or silly vocal outbursts. Even on low volume it sounds so goooooood
rawhemi 7 months ago
love this track , miss paul so much he was amazing .
bigrider2806 7 months ago
Now that's groove!
bumbaluv 7 months ago
Awesome. And today there´s only SHIT!
fall761 7 months ago
@fall761 you're not looking hard enough
tehkabob 6 months ago
those are some tight ass pants
GodImHideous 7 months ago 19
@GodImHideous that's ok niggers where shit down to their knees
exegetic1 5 months ago
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exegetic1 5 months ago
Amazing. Simply amazing. Free truly was a band with no weak link.
mnhay27 7 months ago
Just wish the camera man had an inkling that the bass solo was important to the song - he realised too late!
unclespats 7 months ago 3
just wish the camera had an inkling that the bass solo is the focus of the song, realised too late!
unclespats 7 months ago
@lovelyflares the arctic monkeys made a damn good album when they started, and none of them had 18 ;) anyway, I love free
kohnfusion 7 months ago
i new some bloke who met him at isle of w and said he was an orrible up yr own ass twat! if i could play a raw sound like that on my guitar i would b up my own ass 2.. thanks 4 putting vid on!!
zipposunset 7 months ago
holy fuck he had beard
MrPinaka 7 months ago
To be able to deliver a true core in music with honest musicianship is what these guys told the coming generations - to rule in a humble way. . . . .
lisanders11 7 months ago
just a rare coming together of some great musicians, one of the uk,s finest rock bands, paul rodgers is legendary status,,the heartbeat of this once great band
robharding1957 7 months ago
i noticed the 59 les paul
circleseverywhere 8 months ago
''they are the firest MR.big
petre28 8 months ago
i want paul's les paul
Magicquickfingers 8 months ago
Free were the very best and will always remain. They marked R'n'R path forever. R.I.P. Koss, and long live Rodgers !!!
valentinecrusade 8 months ago
wow!!!!!great funky!!!!
volikoto 8 months ago 2
Andy Fraser is the best bass player in the world.
gbsnp123 8 months ago 43
@gbsnp123
Mmm... I'd nominate Les Claypool for that title
StijnOldenbeuving 7 months ago
@StijnOldenbeuving I hate getting involved in these "who's better" dialogues, but I think that one thing we can agree on is that Andy Fraser's solo was revolutionary for its time (1970... only 5 years after "My Generation" with Entwistle's bass "solos"). You need to remember that this was 5 - 6 years before Jaco Pastorius was turning the bass into a really melodic instrument, and a decade before the bass was regularly starting to be highlighted as anything other than a rhythm instrument.
fluoridemindcontrol 7 months ago
@gbsnp123 Free is amazing altogether, but you've got John Entwistle from The Who ;) He was also amazing.
Shad0wBalrog 6 months ago
YES I AGREE, ANDY WAS THE BACKBONE OF THIS SUPERB BAND HE WAS AN INNOVATOR OF SHORT STEM BASS PLAYING AT THE TIME. AND FILLED IN FOR THE GAPS MADE BY KOSS PLAYING A RHYTHM CHORDS ON BASS.GUITAR
I WENT TO SEE ANDYS BAND WHEN FREE BROKE UP. THE BAND WERE CALLED, TOBY. ANDY PLAYED AND SANG ALRIGHT NOW ON THE BASS TRULLY AMAZING .FREE WITHOUT A DOUBT WERE THE BEST BAND TO INTERPRET BLACK BLUES FROM THE STATES AND PUTT IT ON OUR BREAKFAST TABLE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT
iwillbecreeping 4 months ago
yes, I agree. They were a supergroup in the making with hits to prove it. Very talents musicians that really rocked out!
stargazer2756 8 months ago
So this is were they got their name. \m/
Krrrimmi 8 months ago
The good ole days....I remember when FREE released Fire and Water.....still have the album, 8 track, cassette and CD.........Mr Big took second fiddle to All Right Now - both classics that I still love........memory lane. This live recording was performed back in the 70's shortly after the release of Fire and Water. This was a era of GREAT bands......no question about it.
mxd6 9 months ago 3
And incredibly young
Bmc7231 9 months ago 2
I had barely even heard of Paul Kossoff a week ago and he's already my favorite guitarist!
slpplexi1969 9 months ago 2
@slpplexi1969 koss was great,, no doubt, but take a look at pete ham of badfinger, great band with a claptonesque guitarist, but pete ham was is own man, a great all round musician,,regards rob,
robharding1957 8 months ago
Bythe way, bassist Andy Fraser was quite a gifted songwriter himself; he wrote, among others, "Every Kinda People", which was a major hit in the late '70s for Robert Palmer.
elc1960 9 months ago
Free used to be a staple of American album rock radio back in the early '70s, in an era when you could hear a station play them, The Allman Bros., Joe Cocker, Little Feat, Yes, Zeppelin, Cream, Sabbath, Randy Newman, Mandrill, Hendrix and many others and classify it all as "rock" without any further categorization. Modern classic rock radio plays far too much of the same bands over and over, and that may be a major reason why Free seem to have been to a large extent forgotten. A damn shame.
elc1960 9 months ago
@elc1960 "Classic rock" stations also play 80s hair metal and 90s grunge. They seem to think anything that's more than 10 years old is classic rock.
slpplexi1969 9 months ago
@slpplexi1969 I can't speak for the stations in your area, but here in New England the classic rock stations play too much hair metal. I have no real problem with it, but they tend to overplay it. I think that it may have something to do with the fact that so many of those bands are still recording and touring, and the radio stations do a lot to help promote those bands' live shows. I'd just like to see a little more variety, is all I meant.
elc1960 9 months ago
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elc1960 9 months ago
rodgers was born to sing the blues,
robharding1957 9 months ago
Fantastic performance, Andy Fraser is one of my biggest inspirations on bass for my style of playing, saying that the rest of this group was just as talented, very special band
themaninbetween1 9 months ago
I have this video on a DVD called Free Forever. Brilliant. I went to see the awesome Paul Rodgers just a few hours ago at Sheffield City Hall. The Bass player was great but he was not Andy , who was a bit special. Its just a comment, Paul has a terrific band on this tour and we had a fantastic night with Joe Elliott`s band Down n Outz as support. If this gig comes any where close to you get your ticket you will love it
306bad 9 months ago
@306bad I saw the Newcastle gig on the 18th April- my birthday. Night of my life! I thought the bass player did a cracking job on this - not Andy as you say but he was indeed great and I cheered his solo on this. Amazing gig and no other birthday will be able to top it.
pogospace 9 months ago
whiteknuckle rock at its finest,,
robharding1957 9 months ago
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This song is REALLY fucking good
rawhemi 9 months ago
moose knuckle
drewjb 9 months ago
Free is perhaps the most criminally underrated band of them all. Koss's ability to play lead guitar, then seemingly "back into the shadows" when the bass takes the solo, is uncanny. It's almost as if Koss and Andy Fraser switch places during the instrumental break. And of course, with Paul "The Voice" Rodgers, there's no way you could go wrong.
RIP Paul Kossoff. You are more appreciated now (especially here in the States) than you were during your heyday.
dudestr5552 10 months ago 2
Anyone who deos not like this ,should be slapped until they Cheer up! Rock with a funk edge!!! A 4 peice playing like there A*SES were on fire! I have this laser disc! Priceless!
Groovingfool 10 months ago
This is awesome. Love the raw sound of Free better than the "polished" sound of Bad Company. Don't get me wrong, Bad Company is a solid group, but compared to Free, Bad Company sounds too glitzy. Free was raw rock.
dudestr5552 10 months ago 2
3.31 Rodgers is in the groove baby!!
iziahlights 10 months ago
@iziahlights Paul (Rodgers) seems to be in his groove for the entire instrumental break, not just at 3:31. This song is pure awesome though.
dudestr5552 9 months ago
@dudestr5552 Too true.
iziahlights 9 months ago
@iziahlights I like the way Andy and Koss seem to switch places during the instrumental. Not just anyone can do that.
dudestr5552 9 months ago
@dudestr5552 Koss is my favourite guitarist, he weaves a majestic solo in this and the feeling he puts into the music is infectious. Couple Koss with Andys undoubted timing and you have an electric wonderland.
Pure Awesome!
iziahlights 9 months ago 3
@iziahlights Koss would have to be one of my favorites too (along with Rod Price of Foghat, Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy, George Harrison, and of course Jimmy Page), and Andy was truly gifted. It's a pity that these guys were only together for four years, and it's criminal that almost no one here in the States knows about their back catalog (all they heard back in the 70s was "All Right Now" and possibly "Wishing Well", especially once Blackfoot covered the latter). Free was extremely underrated.
dudestr5552 9 months ago
Paul Rogers quit the band and joined with Mick Ralphs after he left Mott the Hoople. They formed a drug free band called Bad Company. They just got tired of watching their friends killing themselves Mick said.
jamiespradling 10 months ago
This is so beautifully constructed - a bit like a mini symphony. One of the cleverest parts is the way that the guitar gives way to the bass emerging as the lead instrument at the end. Above all it is the way all parts of the band are putting their own skills second to the whole. When you remember that these were very young men at the time, this is an astounding achievement.
alanabit 10 months ago 3
My Dad got to seem them live twice. once in '70 the other '74. Kossoff's austounding vibrato thechnique blew my dad away.Being a player himself had, he had never seen the technique done so well in front of him.The 74 lineup was diff but was still a good concert. MR. BIG thumbs up
Kainnmaul 10 months ago
listen to that sexy ass base line, makes me wish i could have seen these guys live.
DarronM83 10 months ago
Glad to hear the guitar over power the bass unlike the album version...
clikityclak 11 months ago
soo awesome, I just wish... A) I was alive at the time B) This dude would have let me tune his kit
JIMIKILLofficial 11 months ago
I can't tell you how many times I've rewound that clip to 5:10. I LOVE that. Great band, my favorite. Goodness, I love my Free Forever DVD.
kissandra 11 months ago
hey new generation! dig it,dig it,dig it.there is lots more to find long time ago.dig it dig it.
cumpadizum 11 months ago
what a bass
jcroeben 11 months ago
Simply wonderfoul.....!!!
frankpintoneblues 11 months ago
What a bass!
nikat78 11 months ago
gnarly
theoneandonlysarab 11 months ago
Just some BADASS britsh Blues, Nothing more nothing less..............
hellsbells3084 11 months ago
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Just need to say DAAAAAMMMN thats good!
guiltyparty 11 months ago
this is the fucking song..and im straight from the hip hop community and ill listen to this all day over any mainstream bullshit!!
the music equipment is awesome-Orange, Marshall, and Gibson, KILLER!!
JoeKooL25 11 months ago 2
Can you believe 22 people didn't like this?!!!!!Fuck!!!!!!!
kingofthedeep 11 months ago
@kingofthedeep let'm go.......Beiber needs fans too!
guiltyparty 11 months ago
@guiltyparty Get the fuck outta here
kingofthedeep 11 months ago
rocks most powerful sound
121126 11 months ago
rocks most powerful sound at a space in time
121126 11 months ago
why he got a cucumber down his trousers.... LOL!!!!!
DeepSnowBand 11 months ago
@DeepSnowBand
Mr Big!
QVXS77 11 months ago
One of the very few ...if only songs where lead bass takes over from lead guitar.. Absolutely beautiful !! ..And not one of them over 21 at the time.. challenge anyone to find such a great track of modern times with guys of such a young age that can beat this muscianship !!
lovelyflares 11 months ago 31
@lovelyflares Josh Bray Indian Gin live at Koko.....
MsAdolfHipster 8 months ago
@lovelyflares well...Paul McCartney wrote 'Yesterday' when he was 21...
VictorRechnageL 6 months ago
I admire Andy Frasers bass playing on this track it is a great part of this classic song.
I was fortunate to see Free when they were promoting Alright now. It was at Bradford Uni. I was amazed how the three instrument playing dudes, Simon Kirk, Paul Kossof and Andy were able to fill the concert room with and extrodinary sound, It was not loud to make up for the lack of numbers it was just so very good. I will be at Sheffeld City Hall to see Paul and Simon in April.
306bad 1 year ago
Yes, the great bassist is still with us - based in California, and has taken a political stance in the support of Barrack Obama. I guess it's just an extension of show business...
alicelawson 1 year ago
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alawson911 1 year ago
Yes, the great bassist still with us - based in California, and has taken a political stance in the support of Barrack Obama. I guess it's just an extension of show business...
alawson911 1 year ago
Most everybody's talking about Kossof's guitar. Has anybody paid attention to Andy Fraser's bass, from around 03:50?
alicelawson 1 year ago
@alicelawson You are right on the money, Bass playing is not understood by many people-they would certainly notice if it was not there-but Bass playing is a Dark art, and if you aint' musically knowledgeable it just passes you by. Fraser was fantastic -is he still with us?
GalaxyHorse 1 year ago
@alicelawson I'm with you here 100%, (shame the director wasn't). Look at the kit tho, minimal at best, and it still knocks the breath out of you
jenab802001 11 months ago
da se najezish
czehimself 1 year ago
is this rocks most powerful sound
121126 1 year ago
How could you find your way to this song and dislike it?
flashtin166 1 year ago 4
love this song , paul you where the man ! rip little man with the big big talent
dave2806 1 year ago
Raw, soulful blues rock at its best - these guys have talent coming out of their arse, and at such a young age too. You can't fault this. Paul Kossof's young death was so tragic. RIP
SwordInAir 1 year ago
This was the band that members of the super groups of that day listened to. They were ahead of their time in many ways. An influx of different music styles from Motown to Zeppelin, mixed together with their own personal styling. Bad Company came from the ashes and was the more commercial version. Drugs took Koss. This is one of the songs I learned to play guitar from and make music. It's real, real music is people playing together at the same time, it's like making love.
BigDaddyblues57 1 year ago
This is Real Music.... while Beatles was doing that boring, crap, pop, shit ,songs, this guys were doing real stuff with Led Zeppelin+Canned Heat +Traffic .... how could people die for Beatles witn all those real bands Rockin' SHAME!!!!!!
bolhico 1 year ago
@bolhico and now you're talkin shit. Why don't you get a little info on what Beatles was doing during the second half of the 60's. Just check the White album and Abbey road (especially the song I want you - i know you gonna like it).
0live0wire0 1 year ago
You know what I love about these old clips ? They were all professionally shot . ( No idiots with .50 cent cell phones wanting to post bragging rights... to ruin a decent performance ). And when they survive like this one they are awesome .
kbdevo1962 1 year ago
Free=real band music
mercuryforeva 1 year ago
sex
snowshoetom 1 year ago
OH GOD.. THIS BASS IS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!
Jaopdr 1 year ago
@Jaopdr EVERYTHING is a motherfucker!!!
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
Remember folks, this band was only together for four years. FOUR YEARS!
That's such a short amount of time. No doubt had they stuck it out longer they would have had much greater success. Their talent was just too immense for it not to happen. Still, it's great that people are getting a chance to hear them now.
knuteboy36 1 year ago 33
@knuteboy36 Also remember that when this vid was shot I don't think ANY of the band members were over 21. Had Koss lived a while longer...well, no telling where this band may have gone.
fuxgood 1 year ago
@fuxgood Kossoff left Free long before his death. He formed another band called Backstreet Crawler after leaving Free. He was one of the greatest of all time. Then again, you could say that for the band as a whole.
fibes55 1 year ago
@fibes55 I didn't mean to say his death per say. Free disbanded because Koss was so far gone with drugs he became unreliable then, after some time spent trying to get his life back, he formed Backstreet Crawler. At least thats the way i understand how things went.
fuxgood 1 year ago
@knuteboy36 I think...I know the lead singer is...Bad Company...mebbe the band as well, just changed their name. Not sure on the band part, just saying !
MrAgelessone 1 year ago
@knuteboy36 ...and they were just kids when they recorded this....think Andy Fraser was about 17? Incredible...
eb3be66 1 year ago
Just a shame Paul Kossoff was assigned to a different record label - who did not give a flying fuc* about him - and he died from a massive o.d. If he had lived on - cos he was up there with Clapton Peter Green BB KIng et al - more would have come. Wishing Well is his epitaph - I cried when he died.
amalkadog 11 months ago
@amalkadog Sorry old chap. Paul K didnt die of a Drugs overdose. It was a heart attack due to a blood clot like deep vain Trombonist. But i would admit that the drugs didnt help and if he didnt die then it would of been another time. He died 35 yrs ago on last saturday 19th march
blindboybenton 10 months ago
@knuteboy36 Well Thank God they didn't cuz Bad Company is one of my favorite bands.
mjpanek68 9 months ago
@mjpanek68 But Free has Paul in it, so it's automatically 10x better. I like Bad Company, but if Free stayed together I would be happier. The 4 years they were together they made amazing music, so just imagine how awesome their music would have been after they got older and improved as musicians.
slpplexi1969 9 months ago
@slpplexi1969 When I said Paul I meant Paul Kossoff
slpplexi1969 9 months ago
@knuteboy36 TELL YOU WHAT MATE ,IS THAT BASS PLAYIN.....OR IS THAT BASS PLAYIN.AWESOME
MrMallyd 9 months ago
@knuteboy36 4 YEARS?? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKINGGGGGGGG ABOUT??? They stars at 1988.. 1st break up is in 1997.. 9 YEARSSSSSSS... then comeback without Paul in 1999.. in 2002 is the second break up, and comeback in 2009.. it a little more than FOUR YEARS to me (:
dance2theradio 8 months ago
@dance2theradio Reunions don't count, the band practical died when Paul Kossoff died.
But Bad Company had that Free feel thanks to Paul Rogers...
gorillazhead 8 months ago
@dance2theradio PLEASE EXPLAIN... FREE, BAD COMPANY, THE FIRM, SOLO STUFF, BAD CO. AGAIN... I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR SAY'N ? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? GET BACK WITH ME... THANX......
headknocker66 8 months ago
bravoo (Y)
samrocker666 1 year ago
amazing track - but why does the camerman concentrate on Paul when Andy is palying the lead?
RaysTrack 1 year ago
@RaysTrack Because Paul was having such a party in them tight pants. :p
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
This is Mr. Big?
JoaoJMatias 1 year ago
@JoaoJMatias No this is free the song is Mr Big a Classic
bigjohnthered1 1 year ago