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Paul Kossoff

Background information
Born 14 September 1950(1950-09-14)
Hampstead London, England
Died 19 March 1976 (aged 25)
United States
Genre(s) Hard rock, Blues-rock, Rock
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1966 – 1976
Associated acts Free
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson Les Paul

Paul Francis Kossoff (September 14, 1950, in Hampstead, North West London, England–March 19, 1976) was a rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Free. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Events January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Events January-February January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire January 6 - Peter Frampton Free were an English Rock band, formed in London in 1968 and best known for their popular song " All Right Now " The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. This is about the direction for other uses see North (disambiguation. This article refers to the cardinal direction for other uses see West (disambiguation. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Free were an English Rock band, formed in London in 1968 and best known for their popular song " All Right Now "

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Early days

Kossoff—son of the noted British actor David Kossoff—started playing in the mid 1960s and his first professional gig was with Black Cat Bones alongside drummer Simon Kirke. David Kossoff ( November 24, 1919 - March 23, 2005) was a British actor The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Black Cat Bones was a British heavy Blues rock group from London. Simon Frederick St George Kirke (born 28 July 1949 but according to the Associated Press he was born 27 August 1949 is an English rock drummer best known as a member of The band did many supporting shows for Fleetwood Mac and both Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac's guitarist) and Kossoff would jam and spend hours discussing blues playing and players. Fleetwood Mac are a British / American Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, 29 October 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a British Blues-rock A jam session is a Musical act where Musicians gather and play (or "jam") without extensive preparation or predefined Arrangements Black Cat Bones also played with touring blues piano player Champion Jack Dupree. William Thomas Dupree, best known as Champion Jack Dupree, was an American Blues Pianist. Both Kossoff and Kirke would go on to play on the Dupree album When You Feel the Feeling. . . .

Free

In April 1968 the pair teamed up with Paul Rodgers (vocals) and Andy Fraser (bass) to form Free. Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949 is an English rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Andy Fraser (born 7 August 1952 London) is an English Musician, best known for his Songwriting and bass playing with Free They did the "Transit" circuit for two years and recorded two albums: Tons Of Sobs(1968) and Free(1969). Tons of Sobs is the debut album by English Blues / rock band Free, recorded in November 1968 Both albums showcased the band's blues and soul influenced sound, a style which was in contrast to some of their progressive and heavier counterparts at the time. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved

Success came in 1970 when their third album, Fire and Water(1970), spawned the massive hit "All Right Now". Fire and Water is the third studio album by English rock group Free. " All Right Now " is a rock single by the English band Free. The band played the Isle of Wight festival to both audience and critical acclaim. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the Sellout tours in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan followed, but after the release of the next album, Highway(1970), band pressures led to a split. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The live album 'Free Live, recorded in 1970, was released in 1971 as a farewell record. While Rodgers and Fraser pursued unsuccessful solo projects, Kossoff and Kirke teamed up with Texan keyboard player John "Rabbit" Bundrick and Japanese bass player Tetsu Yamauchi to release the 1971 album Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit. John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick (born November 21, 1948) is a prominent American-born rock Keyboardist, Pianist, and For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Tetsu Yamauchi aka is a Japanese Bass guitarist Yamauchi was born in 1946 in Fukuoka. Kossoff Kirke Tetsu and Rabbit is the 1971 rock album made by guitarist Paul Kossoff, drummer Simon Kirke, bassist Tetsu Yamauchi and keyboard

Free reformed and released the album Free At Last(1972). Following its release Fraser decided he had had enough and quit to form Sharks. Free drafted Tetsu and Rabbit for Free's 1973 album Heartbreaker(1973) after which the group disbanded. Heartbreaker is the seventh and final album by English rock group Free, that provided them with one of their most successful singles "Wishing

Rodgers and Kirke went on to form the successful Bad Company while Kossoff released a solo album, Back Street Crawler (1973). Bad Company are an English Blues rock supergroup founded in 1973 consisting of band members from Free ( Paul Rodgers, Simon The same year as Free 's demise Kossoff was able to pull himself together moderating his drug addiction enough to record a solo album Back Street Crawler, which surprisingly He then accompanied John Martyn on a 1975 tour before assembling a group called Back Street Crawler. John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on 11 September 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, England) is a British Crawler was a band created from the ashes of Back Street Crawler, following the death of guitarist Paul Kossoff.

Back Street Crawler released two albums: The Band Plays On in 1975 and Second Street in 1976. The debut album from Back Street Crawler fronted by ex- Free guitarist Paul Kossoff. Second Street ( Chinese 第二街 is a street in Sai Ying Pun suburb of Hong Kong. Recordings from one of their UK concerts in 1975 were also released under the title Live at Croydon Fairfield Halls 15/6/75. When Free supported Blind Faith in the United States(1969), Eric Clapton was impressed enough to ask Kossoff to demonstrate his vibrato technique to him. Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer

Kossoff's guitar playing was also much in demand for session work and he contributed solos on several albums including: Jim Capaldi's Oh How We Danced (1972), Martha Veléz's Fiends and Angels (1969); Blondel's Mulgrave Street (1974); Uncle Dog's Old Hat (1972), Michael Gately's Gately's Cafe (1971) and Mike Vernon's 1971 album Bring It Back Home. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter Martha Carmen Josephine Hernandéz Rosario de Veléz (born August 25 1945 in New York City) is an American singer and actress of Puerto Rican descent Uncle Dog is a band that released an album and single in 1972 Mike Vernon is a British record producer He has produced albums for a leading British blues artists and groups during the late 1960s working with the Bluesbreakers

He also played on four demos by Ken Hensley (eventually released on the 1994 album entitled From Time To Time) and three tracks which appear on the CD-only issue of John Martyn's Live At Leeds album from 1975. Ken Hensley (born Kenneth William David Hensley, 24 August 1945, Plumstead, South East London, England) is a keyboard A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on 11 September 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, England) is a British

An unreleased guitar solo also surfaced in 2006 on the title track to the album All One by David Elliot who recorded with Paul Kossoff in the 70s.

On Jim Capaldi's 1975 solo album Short Cut Draw Blood, two songs were reputedly written about Kossoff; Seagull and Boy With A Problem. Kossoff played lead guitar on the latter.

Kossoff's unhappiness with the end of Free and his drug addictions contributed to a drastic decline in the guitarist's health. On a flight from Los Angeles to New York on 19 March 1976, Paul Kossoff died from drug-related heart problems. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiorespiratory arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of He was 25.

A 16-track career retrospective, Koss, was issued in 1977.

The late 1990s saw a renewed interest in Kossoff, and another career retrospective was released, 1997's 14-track Blue Soul(actually a reissue of a double vinyl release from the mid 1980s of the same name), as well as the five-disc Free box set Songs of Yesterday, and a Free biography entitled Heavy Load: The Story of Free. A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is a compilation of various musical recordings Films Television programs or other collection A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account

Selective discography

Free

The following albums were issued after the band ceased recording:

Solo

Back Street Crawler

(After Kossoff's death the band made further albums)

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