jdgm Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I know we've had much discussion etc of this band before but they were amazing live....I can tell you. Rabs may have posted this already but here is Kossoff and he's 'on' too - Rodgers was becoming on of the top 3 English rock singers, and the Fraser/Kirke rhythm section had a specific slow/mid-tempo groove which they owned and has never been successfully copied (copped?) even to this day. Here it is: Dig it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc1EtEODbk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Great clip of a great band. It's been posted here a few times, but who can get enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I sure liked Free. Worked long and hard back then seeking to cover their stuff well enough to put on the song list. Agree with your points. Enjoyed the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 ME, post random classic rock videos... NEVER!! :) Always good to watch these vids... always enjoy them (not sure I posted this one though :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 To be honest I liked him even better with Black Cat Bones pre-Free! I'm a Blues-Hound so my own discriminating taste differs from most, but I thought he was the standard bearer of the classic Blues Breaker tone in his days with Black Cat Bones; circa 1967 and felt he should have from then been included in conversations about the Yardbird boys and the Blues Breaker boys and he should have held a place with them all... He would have been my choice to replace Greeny in The Blues Breakers over anyone that came thereafter... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAcx38AfKdI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWPwkH_o1FY Their 1970 Album; " " is a classic! He's showing clearly his ingesting of the Blues Breakers influence of Clapton & Green before and kept the ball rolling in perfect fashion! The first track off that album; "Chauffeur" sounds like a perfectly similar tribute-to Peter Green's " " tone/arrangement! But it was while with Free that his drug use/abuse/addiction went off the reservation and began the gradual spiral down that eventually led to his death of a heart attack at a particularly tragic youthful age... I think we still saw glimpses of his genius during Free, and he had some of the most memorable Rock and Roll riffs and fills during that era! I also think he honed & polished his unique and superior vibrato style during the Free era which is among the top few such techniques ever! I put him right up there with Danny Kirwan and BB King in that regard... He should have gotten more recognition in that era and even now for that period! He was one of the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Great stuff. Thanks for sharing! I would propose though that if you're referring to the Mr Big tempo and groove, maybe the didn't own it entirely.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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