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!
Agreed, one of the most innovative bass players of his time . Played out of the square. Wrote a hell of a lot of their material too. One of the best bands to come out of late 60s Blues / Rock underground that spawned so much that followed . Negative comments from people who have no sense of context , ie didn't live through it so don'r know .
No fire works, costumes, make-up or platform shoes. Just simply straight forward energy, creative musical construction that Slaps You In The Face! With soulful honesty.
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.
Can’t believe it’s 54 years since I watched this live at the Isle of Wight. Still play my original vinyl of Fire and Water and yet to find a better live band. Anyone listening then who’s still listening now. We’re lucky aren’t we!
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’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.
I keep coming back to this. The pure raw emotion of the band's playing is breath taking. I don't think I've ever seen a band put so much of their souls in to the music. This means EVERYTHING to them. Other bands of the era were similar, though; just look at The Who from this same gig, and Black Sabbath from a Paris gig, also in 1970. Astonishing.
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 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.
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!
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.
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 !
They were a truly amazing band. Such great talent. One of the greatest rock voices ever. I believe that when they released their first hit of "All Right Now", the average age of the members was 17yrs. Incredible.
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.
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.
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..
It's amazing that these guys were able to get together...they were all incredibly talented/gifted in their abilities. They blended so well... and this is the result. What a pleasure to hear. Can't thank you you enough for uploading this.
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 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!
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.
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.
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 !!
I bought that album when I was 18! @62, I still enjoy listening to it! Incredibly talented band. what I wouldn't give to have been old enough to have seen them live back then!
Just 4 ultra talented and gifted people that came together and made music that will always be loved and never forgotten. Consider myself so lucky to be of a time to enjoy this, and all of the incredible music of the 70’s and 80’s. This will never happen again.
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.
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.
one of the best soft rock bands ever,those lads with that fantastic voice has always left a massive hole in my music collection,,,,but will ALWAYS be one of my top choices when i need an almighty lift😍😁👍 ............ FANTASTIC..........
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.
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 went to 1969 Isle of Wight (Bob Dylan) but didn't go to IOW 1970 (because I was looking after dogs and a house) so missed seeing Jimi Hendrix and this set by Free. Great pity since I would have loved to have seen Paul Kossoff playing this "all right now" solo within Mr Big. I guess I must be grateful that I went to Bath Blues Festival and IOW in 1969 and saw some of the great bands and guitarists (I try and play guitar) of that era. I am lucky - and today I learned that Peter Green died this week. Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jimi Hendix, Alvin Lee. All dead. I hope they rest in peace and I thank them and the great guitarists and musicians that are still going like Eric Clapton and John Mayall for all they have given to me and others. The latter, in particular (who I have seen twice), because so many young talents (some hardly recognized) came through The Blues Breakers - like Aynsley Dunbar as well as the more recognised (like Peter Green and Eric Clapton). Anyway, I am lucky (even if I didn't get a lift back to Warwick from The Edgar Broughton Band in 1969 when I asked John Peel (RIP again!) to pass them a message asking for such if they were going home!]. I may have had more success with Alvin Lee .... "I'm Going Home"...????... sorry bad joke ... 'Oh Well' .... even worse joke!
indeed he was, wasn't happy till he stood in speakers , an believe the more he contorted the GREATER he BECAME , . . . . . so proud to follow this band
This is when Free was Free it clearly shows the raw blues power of the band with no limitations. You can see kossoff playing his heart out . Raw Blues power at it's finest..
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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
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 💯
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.
@@wopellegrini58 i think this too ! Heroin !
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.
Yeah, but they couldn't get along.. A concert of theirs I went to was cancelled due to a fight amongst them backstage before coming on.
Exactly. They were just kids really
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!
Agreed, one of the most innovative bass players of his time . Played out of the square. Wrote a hell of a lot of their material too. One of the best bands to come out of late 60s Blues / Rock underground that spawned so much that followed . Negative comments from people who have no sense of context , ie didn't live through it so don'r know .
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 🚬😎
hey kids... that's what a real guitarist sounds like. 🎸Paul Kossoff.
No fire works, costumes, make-up or platform shoes. Just simply straight forward energy, creative musical construction that Slaps You In The Face! With soulful honesty.
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 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'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
i was born at this festival, my mother gave birth inside her tent two weeks early.
Who was playing when you were born Jimi?
Gives me chills. How great these guys were.
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
Every note, beat, crash and lyric in this song are heard and felt. Simple perfection, simply perfected !!
Can’t believe it’s 54 years since I watched this live at the Isle of Wight. Still play my original vinyl of Fire and Water and yet to find a better live band. Anyone listening then who’s still listening now. We’re lucky aren’t we!
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
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. 🖕
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 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.
done 52 years ago and still rocks now in 2022. R.I.P. Paul Kossoff.
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.
I keep coming back to this. The pure raw emotion of the band's playing is breath taking. I don't think I've ever seen a band put so much of their souls in to the music. This means EVERYTHING to them. Other bands of the era were similar, though; just look at The Who from this same gig, and Black Sabbath from a Paris gig, also in 1970. Astonishing.
Not one clear shot of Andy Fraser. One of the best ever bass solos and crickets camera wise. RIP Andy and Koss.
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.
Honestly, one of the most perfectly talented group of blues, rock musicians in this country, ever. ❤️
A band who, some of them were still teenagers and the the older ones just into their twenties.. underrated .. what a band.
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
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
Better than the record. Truly magnificent
Classic rock at its finest!! They dont make em like this anymore! Glad i grew up in this fantastic era!!
Paul Kossoff - that man is pure passion! This solo of his is certainly one of the festival's highlights!
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 saw free live in Germany in 1970. Have been big fan ever since !
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.
As soon as I get my Delorean working and lockdown is over I'm going here. Amazing.
Constantly impressed by the incredible discipline in their playing...so much space....
As jazz musicians
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.
Free in 1970!! Pure, untouchable Genius!
greatest rockers in the making ...the early days..........
Killer bass, killer voice, killer band
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!
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.
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 !
I still watch this at least twice a day n every time is sublime
I think this is the perfect rock band . They couldn't have added anything to make them better !
Yes
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
They were a truly amazing band. Such great talent. One of the greatest rock voices ever. I believe that when they released their first hit of "All Right Now", the average age of the members was 17yrs. Incredible.
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.
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.
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.
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
God damn that beautiful tone comin out of Kossoff's speakers
Whats the reason, money?
1959 Les Paul. The Stradivarius of guitars.
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..
You know what I love, aside from f'n everything, is that super simple drum kit. Everyone kills on this.
It's amazing that these guys were able to get together...they were all incredibly talented/gifted in their abilities. They blended so well... and this is the result. What a pleasure to hear.
Can't thank you you enough for uploading this.
I've done for all people who loves really good blues rock. Thanks too 😎🎼🎶
I am 63. This is my time. I was young. I was....great song remained..
I'm 46 and to me this is as good as it gets. Paul K was one soulful player
The music sounds as good today as it did then,real music played by real musicians and one of the best rock voices ever
Viciei nessa banda lendária e nessa música perfeita!
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 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.
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.
The whole band is amazing, incredible front man, bass and lead gitar. Drummer should never be left out, so good
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.
Came here after watching the movie "Demolition" again. Always loved this Band. Absolutely one of the worlds greatest voices!
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
PAUL KOSSOFF, THE ONE AND ONLY!
Seranda Rolling Stones 50 best guitarists list is on drugs!! Paul easily belongs in the top 3.
Who else but Free was able to put so much tension and groove in such a very slow tempo song ?
Incredible... Waaaah !
You don't get much better than that Awesome all four of them, they had something special
Wow. One of my all time favs. 64 now, first album bought, Fire and water by Free! A life well lived, memories of my youth gone by.
I bought that album when I was 18! @62, I still enjoy listening to it! Incredibly talented band. what I wouldn't give to have been old enough to have seen them live back then!
As a schoolboy, my two favorite bands were FREE and MOUNTAIN!
I'm 66 now and nothings changed!
I went to school with him, allways different, knew he was destined to be special!
Who?
All these years and PAUL ROGERS still one the best and most amazing Rock voices ever!
This band defines so much incredible quality, just the top of their class. A perfect chemistry and such rare talent
フリーは僕の青春だった。永遠の憧れだ。
Just 4 ultra talented and gifted people that came together and made music that will always be loved and never forgotten. Consider myself so lucky to be of a time to enjoy this, and all of the incredible music of the 70’s and 80’s. This will never happen again.
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
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.
Music like this got me through my teenage years
Fantastic live performance!
Paul Rodgers, probably the best rock singer of all time, Plant ran him close mind. Respect.
Hands down rock and roll singer ever. This is real rock and roll
I was at this festival. And I saw this performance.
one of the best soft rock bands ever,those lads with that fantastic voice has always left a massive hole in my music collection,,,,but will ALWAYS be one of my top choices when i need an almighty lift😍😁👍
............ FANTASTIC..........
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.
Such an outstanding band for back in the time, and would still be so now in 2018. Wish someone would invent a time machine.
lo mejor que he visto y escuchado....espectacular
One of the best performances out there.
Just stunning - from all of them
Simon Kirke is hitting those drums so tight and hard it's wonderful!
Where have these amazing bands gone, proper music played by proper blokes ....look what the kids today have to listen to
Raw emotion space and time nothing I've heard since comes close to these fellas or what
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.
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.
The best Rock band all. Time
one of most influential bands ever
I went to 1969 Isle of Wight (Bob Dylan) but didn't go to IOW 1970 (because I was looking after dogs and a house) so missed seeing Jimi Hendrix and this set by Free. Great pity since I would have loved to have seen Paul Kossoff playing this "all right now" solo within Mr Big. I guess I must be grateful that I went to Bath Blues Festival and IOW in 1969 and saw some of the great bands and guitarists (I try and play guitar) of that era. I am lucky - and today I learned that Peter Green died this week. Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jimi Hendix, Alvin Lee. All dead. I hope they rest in peace and I thank them and the great guitarists and musicians that are still going like Eric Clapton and John Mayall for all they have given to me and others. The latter, in particular (who I have seen twice), because so many young talents (some hardly recognized) came through The Blues Breakers - like Aynsley Dunbar as well as the more recognised (like Peter Green and Eric Clapton). Anyway, I am lucky (even if I didn't get a lift back to Warwick from The Edgar Broughton Band in 1969 when I asked John Peel (RIP again!) to pass them a message asking for such if they were going home!]. I may have had more success with Alvin Lee .... "I'm Going Home"...????... sorry bad joke ... 'Oh Well' .... even worse joke!
Kossoff was a genius
indeed he was, wasn't happy till he stood in speakers , an believe the more he contorted the GREATER he BECAME , . . . . .
so proud to follow this band
This is when Free was Free it clearly shows the raw blues power of the band with no limitations. You can see kossoff playing his heart out . Raw Blues power at it's finest..
Just amazing, should have been a supergroup way ahead of the pack, fabulous bass on Mr Big.
Probably the best vocalist ever.