Over at poebegone's, I commented that the Howlin' Rain she posted remindedme some of these guys.The 60's-70's rock band Free were a part of the British blues invasion and, at one time, were on the same pedestal as those Led Zeppers. Everybody knows their mega-hit "Alright Now", but that was on the third of 5 fine studio lp's. Paul Rodgers - voice and instrumentsPaul Kossoff - guitarsAndy Fraser...
Ryan Adams says dreaming's free. Seal and The Martinis are both free, while Lou Reed is so free. Eric Clapton says he feels free and Jon Secada is free. The Beatles are free as a bird, but Lynyrd Skynyrd is a freebird. Talib Kweli retorts that none of us are free. Tom Petty is free fallin' and knows a free girl now. Bright Eyes is easy/lucky/free but Elliott Smith counters that a distorted real...
Ok, so whatever the problem was with the artifacts on my pages, last night they just disappeared. Perhaps some cached content?Whatever the case, let me now join the chorus (it IS a music site)of satisfied explorers. Well done!Cheers
Why the original bad members broke up, (then became Bad Company) I don't know but this is the best album Free put with a lot of classic tunes. The Bassist was excellent and did of couple of bass solo's (Mr Big) where it sound almost like a lead guitar just playing low notes.