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Originally Posted by chiliD
Those were two great bands. Free was a whole lot more than just "All Right Now".
To me Bad Company was just Free with a couple of different members...Boz instead of Andy Fraser, Mick Ralphs instead of Paul Kossoff. Both bands' sound were pretty similar (instrumentally, I mean, since of course they'd sound the same since Paul Rodgers was the lead vocalist for both bands.) 
Don't forget Simon Kirke also toured with Ringo's All-Starr Band, as well.  |
I think that Free were a bit more raw sounding than Bad Company. Paul Rodgers could sing the telephone book and I'd still love it. Kossoff(rip) and Fraser were brilliant. Ralphs and Burrell(rip) were just as good
Free are done a huge disservice here in the states. They had so many great songs besides that one. Wishing well, Sweet Tooth, Mr. Big, The Stealer, Free Me, Ride on a Pony, Be my Friend etc.
Simon did a great job on Shooting Star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8XV...e_gdata_player
He was also in a band right after Bad Company broke up, called Wildlife. He wrote this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLXRz...e_gdata_player