Free ( B4 )

 Subsequently he teamed up as vocalist with two of the three remaining members of Queen (Brian May and Roger Taylor). In September 2008, Queen + Paul Rodgers released their first studio album The Cosmos Rocks. Rodgers also performed Free and Bad Company songs whilst on tour with Queen, in addition to the traditional Queen songs and new cuts from their most recently released album.

Rodgers and Kirke toured again with Bad Company from 2012 to 2016. Andy Fraser died on 16 March 2015. In 2017, Paul Rodgers embarked on a Free Spirit UK Tour in May 2017 to celebrate the music of Free by performing songs strictly from the Free catalogue. In 2019 Bad Company reformed to tour in support of the first leg on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Of The Street Survivors Tour.

Personnel

Members

Classic line-up Paul Rodgers – lead vocals (1968–1971, 1972–1973), keyboards, piano (1972), guitar (1972) Paul Kossoff (died 1976) – guitar (1968–1971, 1972, 1972–1973) Andy Fraser (died 2015) – bass guitar (1968–1971, 1972), keyboards, piano (1968–1971) Simon Kirke – drums, percussion (1968–1971, 1972–1973) Later members John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards, piano (1972—1973) Tetsu Yamauchi – bass guitar (1972–1973) Wendell Richardson - guitar (1973) Discography Tons of Sobs (1969) Free (1969) Fire and Water (1970) Highway (1970) Free at Last (1972) Heartbreaker (1973)