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Free was a British blues-rock band which formed in London in 1968. The band were famed for their sensational live shows and nonstop touring although their early studio albums sold slowly until the release of Fire And Water, which contains their most popular song All Right Now.

This song helped secure them a place at the huge Isle of Wight Festival 1970 where they played to 600,000 people. As surviving band members ruefully admit, personal problems got in the way and they broke up on the brink of something big, perhaps never realising their true potential.

Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become lead singer of the rock band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums. Paul Kossoff, the hugely talented and much-revered lead guitarist (son of British religious broadcaster David Kossoff), died tragically from drug-induced heart failure in 1976, aged 25.

Free is the name of two other bands found on last.fm.
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  • davesantos

    Hypnotizing voice.

    20 days ago

  • Philthehippy

    Paul Kossoff was such an incredible guitarist. trruely amazing band and one of the best to drive to on a long night drive home!!

    last month

  • Kifaa

    Amazing albums!

    last month

  • Paola____

    -)

    December 2011

  • Kissandra

    Free is light-years better than Bad Company

    December 2011

  • Kissandra

    Great music. Hot voice. Sorry, his voice is hot. Kossoff is amazing. I love Free.

    December 2011

  • empire_of_rust

    so many great tracks

    November 2011

  • octopuss22

    Come on people ... this band is amazing, but they have other songs, not only All Right Now, which by the way is AMAZING song too!

    November 2011

  • tiagohardrock

    Paul Rodgers is God!

    November 2011

  • e-cubed_

    Remember :)

    October 2011

  • b_e

    Goin' Down Slow.

    October 2011

  • Kingsnake77

    Just look at the charts... damn it... They've made so many great songs, but only one is known to the world...

    September 2011

  • Septacle

    technical freedom and feeling free very different

    September 2011

  • Druid66

    Discovered them after I had Bad Company, which is ironic since Free in some ways seems to have been a better group, more blues-based and less about filling stadiums and getting singles played on F.M. radio. Certainly I liked the harder blues sound of Free more.

    September 2011

  • mrgazbods

    Vastly under played and underrated bands because of one single. Their albums are worth listening to as well.

    September 2011

  • CHPStar

    Rock n Roll

    August 2011

  • zoborey

    kossoff is amazing

    August 2011

  • WSteven

    Too short live

    August 2011

  • charlesrnr

    Hey guys! Watch the video of a surprise that my friend and I played in a bar. We played All Right Now and Fire and Water. Excuse my English, I am Brazilian and I was a little drunk and shy with the invitation to play that night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC8G75oUuPs

    July 2011

  • mirrorball95

    Paul Francis Kossoff 14th September 1950 - 19th March 1976 34 years gone. Always remembered , never forgotten [3] - I love Kossoff great guitarist, his 'Back Street Crawler' album (including the 15+ min jam with John Martyn) is fantastic!

    July 2011
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