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Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free. He was ranked number 51 in Rolling Stone ' s list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Mar 19, 2024 · The story of Paul Francis Kossoff is a Shakespearean tragedy, with the guitarist as its gifted, damaged hero. Fame, money, drugs and some unresolvable inner torment all played a part in his downfall. Sadly, all the praise in the world couldn’t keep Paul Kossoff alive.
Oct 27, 2019 · Free founding member, Paul Kossoff is one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. He died with at the age of 26 in 1976.
Dec 6, 2013 · Forgotten Heroes: Paul Kossoff. Free drummer Simon Kirke (left) drinks a Coke backstage with Free guitarist Paul Kossoff (right) in 1970. The life and techniques of Free’s legendary lead guitarist told through anecdotes from friends and fans, including Paul Rodgers and Joe Bonamassa.
Jan 21, 2015 · Paul Kossoff, the young British guitarist who made his name with Free and Backstreet Crawler, died almost four decades ago, yet left behind a legacy of tone and feel that few have even approached, let alone matched.
Mar 12, 2024 · Kossoff is the new hot-shot teenage lead guitarist, playing with Black Cat Bones – a blues band making something of a name for itself in the London scene. Despite this success, Kossoff is bored with playing 12-bar blues. And it just so happens that BCB’s drummer, Simon Kirke, is feeling the same way.
Jan 31, 2024 · Also discussed was the tragic death of Free guitarist Paul Kossoff in 1976, who died a few years after Free's split up, while Kossoff was a member of Back Street Crawler and Rodgers fronted...
Playing a late-’50s flametop Les Paul Standard (later immortalized in Tony Bacon and Paul Day’s The Les Paul) through a block-logo Marshall and a homemade cabinet, Kossoff began to find his voice.
Sep 15, 2020 · The death of Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, on March 19, 1976, is often overlooked on most rock and roll calendars, as it falls on the same day as the loss of another legendary player, Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads, in 1982.
Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 by Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar), Andy Fraser (bass, piano) and Simon Kirke (drums, percussion). They are best known for their hit songs "All Right Now" and "Wishing Well".
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