FREE - Songs Of Yesterday (Doing Their Thing, 1970) Official Live Video

[@LPJack02]

RIP the two members of Free Paul Kossoff (September 14, 1950 - March 19, 1976), aged 25 Andy Fraser (July 3, 1952 - March 16, 2015), aged 62 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@simonspibey]

BEST SINGER, BEST GUITARIST, BEST BASSIST, BEST DFRUMMER..........BEST BAND.

[@patmoffit4346]

I sincerely agree

[@patmoffit4346]

Get their 3 cd set. Transmission Impossible. It's all their live from TV and radio shows. It's INCREDIBLE

[@lesgobrandon8038]

Yep and we're all here watching abd listening for FREE😎

[@randyyoumans9567]

Amen to that, the best band ever I listen to them everyday

[@kingbrinston]

Free and the Band of Gypsies the best ever in blues rock,huh.

[@MrCmd7572]

they had nothing no effects and totally destroy most bands of today raw power free!!!!!!!!

[@scottryan1989]

Best bassist, you don’t have to be fancy, be fast or slap, he was the back bone of the band and at such a young age, pure talent RIP andy fraiser you are massively missed

[@Baltihunter]

Scott Ryan well said Scott. Always was my favourite bassist. Backbone was the best word you used. He could also take the lead with that mother too when he felt like it

[@perrymitchell7591]

Just a great band and a great feel.and then the voice of Paul Roger's. I am 68 years old.seen all the best.thes guys are in my top 10 bands of all time ✝☮

[@setharmstrong8314]

Best band I ever saw at van dyke in plymouth

[@imannonymous7707]

He got such lush bass tone from that Gibson bass and a Marshall. Truly one of the best....andy fraser

[@JeyeNooks]

WORD!

[@kevdogrudi7260]

If you are watching this you are looking at the dream team. Cause you can't get no better

[@GordiansKnotHere]

What a sound. Koss was an incredible guitar player. Paul Rodgers voice is unmatched.

[@MrValentyne]

This was the standard they set in 1970, 50 years later still unmatched!

[@brennenlancashire2465]

I know 🤘🏼 they were my favourite group in the 70s they were so young and talented, I’m now 70yrs and still absolutely love them, we were so lucky to have them, 🎸🎤❤️

[@warwickdartagnanbarrett]

You are a superb judge and I like and agree

[@mandymarshall9220]

I totally agree!!

[@andrewhigginson5435]

You are so right

[@jasonouellette2436]

Paul Rodgers always great whether with Free, Bad Company or The Firm. He's no Geddy Lee but he's right up there!

[@dottiegillespie8067]

Mr. Rodgers still sings like that. None ever better.

[@dundundun4242]

These guys are just superb musicians. Incredible talents

[@frankstecker5675]

Free the best britisch rockband...all time..

[@patrickdoake6022]

One of my favorite free songs brilliant groove ageless unlike me! Time passes free keeps me young ✌️

[@CasperLCat]

Paul Kossoff really “sang” thru that guitar. When Paul Rodgers leaves off and Kossoff begins his solo, it’s like listening to a second human soul, bringing his own passions into the conversation.

[@daisywrabbit]

you really don’t see full flowing heads of hair like that anymore. 💙🤘

[@paulcowart3174]

Absolutely love Andy Fraser's bass playing

[@pauloedubrand]

and style

[@boedia.santosa2530]

Everyone does 👍👍👍💯💯

[@LordGreystoke]

Love Andy Fraser's bass sound and bass playing. He really made Free special.

[@johnsmith100]

Fraser was definitely up there with Macartney, Wilson, Bruce, Sting, Jones, Waters, Lee, Lane, Entwistle, Simons ...

[@mybedcavour8104]

How beautiful does that guitar play !!????

[@andyrose2158]

Just magnificent - none better

[@irock4u222]

Kossoff had the best insane natural vibrato i ever heard R.I.P

[@rafaelbrasil6801]

and Rip Andy Fraser

[@barrydougan4859]

So good, it's scary.

[@sunroy1]

He really did kill vibrato! Crap

[@donjohn2695]

Kossoff was an unbelievable talent

[@aggelakas]

Yeah, I was in awe when I first heard him when I was a kid. I immediately bought a sheet book with some Free songs and started playing. @@donjohn2695

[@boedia.santosa2530]

The bass line 👍👍👍❤️.. fabulous..

[@michaelturner795]

They'll always be one of my favorite bands.

[@mojojojojuniper6122]

Mine too💕

[@IvanLendl87]

So much talent in this band. Just unreal.

[@SkyJamVideos]

Jesus, so raw and so great.

[@eddiemuniz761]

This footage is Bloody priceless!!!! Led Zeppelin played Madison square garden for the first time that year!Free didn’t have that monstrous stage presence and sound that Bonzo gave them but had the music to make them just as impactful and successful as Peter Grants boys.

[@briansee7641]

FREE IS SO UNDERRATED

[@markhorton1718]

Andy Fraiser and Simon Kirke could lay down the coolest grooves!! Simplicity at its Finest!!!

[@impalaman9707]

Whenever I think of songs by Free that influenced Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is one of the first that come to mind. Skynyrd performed a lot of Free songs when they first gigged, and I can totally imagine Ronnie Van Zant singing this one

[@jplew138]

Like "Song For The Bad Man" and "On The Hunt" 😉

[@joejones9520]

@@jplew138 learning song for the badman made me start wanting to get into free again it is so reminiscent of free's sound and style, needle and the spoon too altho everyone says it's like cream, I hear free.

[@impalaman9707]

@@joejones9520 "Comin' Home" is another one that reminds me of Free from the 1971 Muscle Shoals sessions. And "Broad Daylight" and "Get Where I Belong" are two other Free songs that I think influenced Skynyrd's style

[@scottryan1989]

Brilliant what a band

[@liamhalligan188]

By far one of the best guitarist that ever lived! Very underatted. Shame his life was cut so short

[@timgreene8432]

Absolutely Fantastic.

[@WilliamThomas-dz1fs]

So good, never get bored listening to Free.

[@ThePhototroon]

How can 4 people not like this Free song shame on them.

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Can't shame ignorance ,pity sucks.

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

Can you imagine what it sounds like right where Kossoff is standing?

[@brennenlancashire2465]

Tony Wilson I’m amazed at the audience 😬 they’re sat there like they’re listening to a poem recital and not one of the best rock groups In the world 🎶✊🏼🎸

[@davecarey8986]

Kin epic

[@SalvadorDantes]

Must’ve been like sitting inside a formula one car. What a buzz! No wonder he pulled such facial expressions! My all time favourite.

[@MJ-ix7wm]

I've got a decent size amp and all. And it shakes my pant legs. He was FEELING it. Lol. Rock!!!!!

[@Peñarol-r1x]

MÚSICA DE MÍ ADOLESCENCIA PRECIOSOS AÑOS 70'S ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mm2280]

Everything about this - bass /guitar/drums/vocal = Perfect- Seriously

[@Dagger_323]

Never gets old :)

[@Zap840]

That quote is so simple but so true

[@frankperricone2065]

Andy Frazier, great bass tone with that EB3 him and Jack Bruce that's why my first bass was a Gibson EB3 over 40 years ago Paul Kossof very underrated he is never mentioned with JP EC JB and Townsend Great Band

[@imannonymous7707]

Now this is how I remember rocknroll . It didnt get any better than this band...front and center

[@kennycube5126]

I had this on VHS 5yrs before the internet. I loved that tape & wore it out. But it’s a lot more convenient this way. All of them are outstanding!

[@docbill22]

Wish these guys produced more songs, love the sounds

[@portcullis5622]

They were very young and too good to last. Their six studio albums and the live album sound better as the years roll by.

[@TrippinOnaHoleInaP8perHeart]

Kossoff was such an underrated guitar player. You know it's a complete joke when a band like free, still isn't in the rock hall of fame, when groups like NWA already are. It's a parody in and of itself. When you hear bad company, not taking anything away from their guitar playing whatsoever, as it's actually a compliment and sounds amazing, you know that guitar tone and style, is derived and inspired directly from Kossoff.

[@MarinosSiopis]

Superb!!!!

[@wiggy0956]

Great performance of one of my favorite bands.

[@mdb60]

Man I dig FREE , my all time favorite band by far… and Kossoff was so funky, his attack was so cool.

[@70swildchildvictoria13]

Luvvvvv them 60's 70's , this song is still a bomb 2020✌️😎✌️

[@jospinvanraat8730]

Jeez they were Y O U N G! ❤The even younger Andy Fraser was some bassist!!

[@davidblack2482]

Hey is this heaven , no better than that its FREE ❤

[@williamwallace2278]

Kossoffs Gibson/sound the deep resonance. We were totally robbed of this guitar genius. Not a technician actually feels the blues

[@llamapajama7840]

Loving you since age 14 in 70 to present !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥️☮️🌹

[@robertmcsorley4001]

He ended up #51 out of top 100 greatest guitar players. Pretty impressive considering his relatively short time playing.

[@donjohn2695]

@@robertmcsorley4001 kossoff should have been placed in top 10

[@genepharo7549]

Someone commented in another vid... Bad Company was the commercial version.. and Free the artistic version.... good description.. But I would like to add this Free... extreme drug use... Bad Company no drugs after Fraser's death. But one of my top 5 bands EVER! This band was a band of ALL STARS at every spot. I still get emotional listening after 51 years of listening... Im 68

[@portcullis5622]

"Bad Company no drugs" is rather inaccurate. After their massive success in America, by the early 1980s the band were washed up and had drug abs alcohol problems, as Simon Kirke has stated in interviews after getting clean.

[@alexvagias5295]

So much stress having to perform. Intense rock-and-roll is hard on the body and mind. It's a body basher. Drugs and alcohol gave repose.

[@leonmosk8462]

A good summary.Never get sick of free.Unbelievable sound. I'm 67 and glad I was born when I was. 🤗🥰

[@glenncambray626]

What a time. Koss........................the heart bleeds tears of joy.Loved him then and I love him now.

[@keithkarlinsky6632]

Wow, fantastic!!

[@sass3676]

I love playing this in my car and you can feel that bass a mile away 🔥

[@maryellenlouvelle4475]

Brilliant❤😊 Best rocker voice 🎉❤😊❤🎉🎉

[@divinespark4955]

wow! discovered this band through my dad some 24 years ago (via the free story album). they really are a one-off and so groovy and talented. paul rodgers’ voice is just incredible ... must be the best to ever hail from these shores?? okay, craig david as well?? 😉😎

[@robertmcsorley4001]

Don't forget Steve Marriott, Small Faces, Humble Pie.

[@hawnyfox3411]

^^^ Craig David ? You on some sort of wind-up ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/naGycmt3gr96bq8si=W8JKuJ9Z1-dSDMzx&t=16

[@camadventures2.0]

the Voice kicked ass since inception

[@tizianalancia7679]

And an incredible frontman

[@tonymate6664]

Will any of Millennium puppies be ever able to make at least one song like these guys?... Wish the Free Band was back to save us from what we hear today...🤘🏻

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

You had to live it. Too much desperation now daze.

[@josemonte4083]

He, hehe,..

[@70swildchildvictoria13]

🎵🎼✌️😎✌️🎵🎼oh hell yeah

[@davidwilliams8728]

Short answer no. Long answer noooooo.

[@elbo2485]

Amen

[@amandalarch5620]

Free is just so fun to watch live! Not to mention the music is simply the best

[@Flying_turnip187]

Funny…..i never “got” free until recently. Now I realize this band was pure feeling and sex. That dragging behind the beat and open spaces in the song….pure sex. Super tight rhythm section…..that smoking guitar….and paul Rogers….belting on top. Being a bass player, Andy Fraser …..man…..the epitome of a rock bass playing legend. That Gibson eb-3 sounded amazing in his hands. That’s my bass tone and style that I am working on now……amazing….

[@freddyeltigre2327]

One of the bands to come out of England bar none !

[@simonmarner8079]

Amen.

[@СергейРябаев]

Как же оБожаю Free .теперь еще и могу их видеть.Спасибо.

[@robertguildford]

I heard a rock journalist once say " when free were on their game, there was no one to really touch them". I think he was right.

[@hankhardigan1104]

This is exceptional

[@clarkewi]

Great band.

[@alexpaton2818]

So many guitarists who are really good sound so alike. You don t have to be technically brilliant to make a good impression. I was around in that productive period when you knew instintively certain players who just had their own sound and feel. Paul Kossof Leslie West Carlos Santana and Ollie Halsall not forgetting Roy Buchanan immediately spring to mind. I saw Free at the Fox and Greyhound in Croydon in 1970 and it is firmly etched in my memory.

[@edwardsethlim4105]

very unique bass playing... superb stuff

[@peter2828]

Awesome Free

[@dianaallison6110]

OMG..those moves (Paul Rogers)! His white pants should've been outlawed..but not really! Great performance by the whole band..hands down 🙂🙂☮☮✌✌💕💕

[@57debraann]

I hear ya. I always had a crush on Paul Rodgers and those white pants are 👀! This band is pure gold. 💖🤘💋👍

[@antoniodipalma492]

----this is a sexy dance of Paul Rodgers to a good hardrock blues---Do you agree,Diana ?--I missed to see "FREE" live in the 70ies in Germany--I am 61 years old----------Your photo is very beautiful,Diana----

[@tizianalancia7679]

A lovely frontman, and what a beautiful physique he had! Impressive voice and excellent band 😀❤️

[@bungabening3530]

Back in 1987 I had a girlfriend from Liverpool who came to visit me in London. I put on a VHS video tape, a compilation of music, that included this performance by Free. I don't think I've ever seen a woman get worked up so quickly. I put the video on slow motion for a joke and she was practically writhing on the seat. As a man I don't know what Paul had that had such an effect on women, but I wouldn't have minded just a little of it😂

[@1960gal]

Love lead guitar but cant help putting that to the side to listen to AF's bass. Whod ever imagine a lead singer, lead guitarist, bassist and drummer could produce stuff of magic like this? I❤the 70s

[@kimmartin7024]

I love blues Rock

[@pascaljeanne8002]

a great bass player he was !

[@djwarren5081]

Great stuff. Never got to see them. Did go to a Bad Company gig at Earls Court. Paul Rogers has an amazing voice.

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Wasn't Andy Fraser something like 16 when he joined the band? Insane. One of my fav Rock bassists. He really gave Free a funky swing unusual for hard rock bands of that era.

[@MegaElvisd]

15, and the maturity he displayed as the arranger of the band was really impressive.

[@melissamear5391]

No matter how old or young, you have to love this.

[@iljalasarow8269]

Es wird über Supergruppen gesprochen und das Free wohl die einzigartigste ist wird zu wenig gewürdigt. Einer der besten Gitarristen der damaligen Zeit,der damals am modernsten funkyblues Bassisten,ein auf den Punkt trommelnden Schlagzeuger und als ein Höhepunkt der hervorragende Sänger....bis heute ist der herzlich warme,unter die Haut gehende Klang und Ausdruckskraft sowie growing Bluesrock von Free nicht Übertrumpft werden...und auch ein Dank an Alex's Körper ,daß er Free gefordert hat...Free werden immer ein Vorbild sein für junge Musiker. Für uns Fans ein unerschöpflichlicher musikalischer Genuss. Dr.Ilja Lasaroff aus Bulgarien das Land von Orpheus der Rosen und Weins....

[@alexvagias5295]

Grew up in the middle of this music. It was an awesome time. My buddies and I would travel from Beaver County, PA to Youngstown Ohio to hear bands play this kind of music. There was some ass kicking rock-n-roll coming out of NE Ohio in those days. Free would have felt right at home there.

[@artysanmobile]

I think Andy might’ve studied the playing of Jamerson and other Motown masters to hone his own syncopated countermelody playing. However he got there, it was a signature of the band’s sound and still feels so fresh.

[@andrekuhr8036]

Yeah, I listen to an my comment by Simon Kirke be and said that Andy Frazer was only 15 years old. First played with John Mayall band before joining supergroup " FREE".

[@EdExploresScotland]

Most great bands are the total of all members, but it would be very hard to imagine Free without Andy Fraser.

[@robertmudrow8034]

They made an album without him that many people like

[@donjohn2695]

They made the album heartbreaker with tetsu on bass in my opinion a fantastic album tetsu was ALOT heavier than Fraser he didn't have Fraser's groove or fluidity on bass Fraser was just magic on the bass

[@naturalrestingface4909]

One Tom and makes it sound like four! Kossof and Fraser amazing, RIP!

[@brianmckee9123]

I mean Paul kossoff, what can you say about the man. Sheer class!

[@ianclarke1852]

They put everything they had into their performance. The intensity is frightening. To have seen them live at this time would have stayed with you. Truly memorable.

[@danceswithbadgers]

Yes folks, television used to be THIS good!

[@שרוןדהרי-ו4ט]

Natural suond..natural band🎉🎉❤❤....this is Mather of all rock bands ever

[@mithugaha8995]

So mesmerising ❤️🤟

[@andrewkeeling9935]

Free were excellent. The space, raw feel, rhythm and great playing unencumbered by technology. Each band member contributes an essential feature to the overall sound.

[@foldsofblubber]

Kossoff was as good as a guitar picker as he was slasher. Amazing talent.

[@walkinmyshadow]

I’m going to assume certain individuals in the comments have not been properly exposed to great music before… I haven’t watched this footage in a long time but it feels great seeing it again!!

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

Fucking amazing!!

[@fromthe306]

Kirke just beating the piss out of those drums at the end.

[@GeordieGroundwater]

Simon is the one that misses out on the praise for this band, IMO. They all 'had it' - but in the glorious mix, Simon is so often overlooked. Hope you read this one day, Mr Kirke.

[@setharmstrong8314]

Had more than the odd brown split with Simon in the railway Albert road before he went on stage at van dike back in the day

[@Zap840]

Yep

[@shankly01]

I watched this on live TV in 1970. Doing Their Thing used to be on every Friday night featuring a different band every week. A great show.

[@tonymate6664]

Don't bring sweet wine for an old drummer. Just let'im do the right rhythm tempo with these gorgeous syncops...🤘🏻✌️🏻

[@kenhamilton3248]

Bass incredable

[@louismachado7313]

Saw Free in 1972 or 73 at Winterland. Kirk, Fraser, Kossoff and Rogers were Fantastic

[@paulpayton8238]

Love this

[@Magali2481]

J'adore ce titre ....Quelle merveille époque! !!!

[@NathanSmith-xf7rk]

They got a great groove 🎸

[@CosettaBoone]

Great music

[@avi_s0ncin0]

That outfit makes Andy Fraser look like he's ready to hop on a stagecoach after the show!

[@carlwakefield889]

That bass line

[@tonymate6664]

Music of yesterday. Music of today. Music of tomorrow. We do not hear this around nowadays an' we an' our grandchildren would not... Keep yourself an' your old records safe. Take care!🥁🤘🏻✌🏻

[@Geirfuglen1]

Those days they could play☺ now Computers sucks😈

[@johnholmes7307]

This is pure rock , thank you for putting it out .