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Fire and Water is the third studio album by English rock band Free, released in 1970. It became the band's breakthrough album, achieving widespread commercial success as the band's first two studio albums were not successful. With the "tremendous" acclaim of Fire and Water at their backs, in the words of AllMusic, Free headlined the 1970 Isle ...
- Free
- 26 June 1970
- January–June 1970
Born. Alexander Kitman Ho. 1950 (age 73–74) Hong Kong. Occupation. film producer. Alexander Kitman Ho ( Chinese: 何傑民; pinyin: Hé Jiémín; born 1950), known as A. Kitman Ho, is an American film producer. He was born in Hong Kong, and emigrated with his family to the United States when he was 5 years old. He grew up in New York City's ...
- film producer
- Alexander Kitman Ho, 1950 (age 72–73), Hong Kong
Apr 17, 2015 · Fire And Water, which also reached No.2, saw to that. “There’s no doubt in my mind, Fire And Water was the pinnacle of Free,” says Kirke, down the line from his home in New York. Now 65, the rangy, outspoken drummer was born in London but brought up in Shropshire, and still describes himself and Free singer Paul Rodgers as the “country ...
This was the title track of Fire and Water. The album proved to be Free's breakthrough record, reaching #2 in the UK charts and #17 in the US. It helped secure them a place at the huge Isle of Wight Festival where they played to 600,000 people. Wilson Pickett recorded a cover of this song in 1971 that reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Baby I’m gonna leave you now. But I’m gonna try to make you grieve somehow. Fire and water must have made you their daughter. You’ve got what it takes to make a poor man’s heart break. A poor man’s heart break. And my heart is breakin’ too. I don’t want to say goodbye baby. But look at the tears you made me cry.
Jun 26, 2023 · After the Fire and Water follow-up Highway, Free broke up, re-forming briefly without him or Fraser, before Kirke and Rodgers amped up the Free sound with ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell and ex-Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, founding the highly successful Bad Company in 1974. Kossoff fronted the short-lived Back Street Crawler until ...
Apr 29, 2020 · The 1970 album Fire and Water was the third studio album by Free and it proved to be the breakthrough of the group’s short but prolific career. The album showcases the British quartet at the peak of their blues rock talents and is at once strongly roots oriented while being sonically innovative. Fire and Water achieved worldwide commercial ...
