Free - All Right Now RARE at Top of the Pops (1970)
Top Hat Crew "Live Music Archivists"
The tragic Free in their prime - Kossof on guitar was to die young of a ‘downer' addiction from Mandrax to Heroin at one point people tried using alcohol to wean him off (sic!) and doctors even prescribed Mogadon to help him (a notorious more addictive downer than the Mandrax IMO!) all this abuse brought on a massive pulmonary embolism during a flight at a mere 25 years of age and the wonderful creative bass player Andy Fraser (who co-wrote so many Free songs including this one; he wrote Every Kinda People a hit for Robert Palmer) could never adjust to being gay (yes even our generation suffered the stigma and judgement of being homosexual back then) he died from complications around his HIV and AIDS brought on Kaposi's sarcoma. He was survived by his wife and two daughters
Paul Kossoff died some 48 years ago now yesterday
There she stood in the streetSmiling from her head to her feetI said hey, what is thisNow baby, maybe she's in need of a kissI said hey, what's your name babyMaybe we can see things the sameNow don't you wait or hesitateLet's move before they raise the parking rateAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowI took her home to my placeWatching every move on her faceShe said look, what's your game babyAre you tryin' to put me in shameI said slow don't go so fastDon't you think that love can lastShe said love, Lord aboveNow you're tryin' to trick me in loveAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowAll right now baby, it's all right nowPaul Rogers/ Andy Fraser
One of the greatest rock songs ever made. Probably my favourite anyway. They were a great band. Nice one Andy. Keep up the great work. DD
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