Disc:Fire And Water.
Year:1970.
“All Right Now” is a hard rock legend. Its anthemic content was pretty clear from the beginning. Guitarist Paul Kossoff was looking for one of those songs that would cause a chain reaction every time the band played it live, one of those songs that would wake up the audience from lethargy and get them singing and jumping.
So the band decided to cover Albert King's “The Hunter”; that became the signature song of their early years. The audience reacted to the old blues piece, but Kossoff wanted a more euphoric response, of real madness. As Paul Rodgers says, “something simple that the audience could sing along to,” and what could be easier than a chorus like “all right now!”? Bassist Andy Fraser provided the basic chords and the rest came naturally and improvised. The result was precisely what Kossoff was looking for; a song that instantly got the adrenaline pumping and the crowd going.
That's how it was since they played it live for the first time and that's how it still is today. Kossoff manufactured a catchy riff at the beginning and Rodgers sang as only he knew how with his wonderful bluesy throat one of the catchiest choruses that exist, “All Right Now” appears in each and every one of the retrospective compilations of the history of rock as a must among the absolutely great songs, and has been used on more than one occasion in advertising campaigns.
Success also followed; the song entered the top 5 and secured Free a place of honor on the bill of the famous Isle of Wight festival in August 1970 alongside such greats as the Doors, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Since then, it was never missing in his repertoire; even when Rodgers went solo he still closed his concerts with “All Right Now”, also recovered for the set lists of Bad Company (the band that Paul formed after the dissolution of Free). A classic.
Friends I hope you are all super well, my people I hope you like this editorial work on this incredible rock and blues band, and its theme, which is a great classic of rock culture and hippie culture, psychedelic rock takes you to other sensory worlds. This band is one of them. I invite you to listen to the song. And I hope to see you in a new post with more rock classics a thousand blessings.
