RPM45
We’re going back to the heyday of the 45 rpm record -- the little records with the big holes.We’re talking about the '60s '70s and '80s. We'll talk to some of the artists that had big hits back then.
RPM45
Simon Kirke of Free & Bad Company
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Simon Kirke of Free and Bad Company
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Season 1
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Episode 36
Simon Kirke is a British drummer best known as an founding member of Free - most famous for "All Right Now" - and Bad Company - which had a string of '70s hits including "Can't Get Enough," "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Feel Like Makin' Love."
In the episode, we talk with Simon about...
- His teenage gig playing drums in a disco.
- How his parents gave him to years to make it as a drummer, or go back to school.
- How a lucky coin flip led him to a pub to see a band, which led him to...
- Meeting guitarist Paul Kossoff , which led him to joining Kossoff's band. Which led him to...
- Auditioning for Kossof's friend - singer Paul Rodgers - which led to...
- Formation of Free with Kossoff, Rodgers and bassist Andy Fraser.
- The motivation that led to Free's hit "All Right Now."
- Free's success and subsequent breakup, which led to...
- The formation of Bad Company, it's ups and downs, and long-tern success.