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Andy Fraser RIP

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,321
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Free bassist gone too soon

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,411
    RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    gone to join Koss.

    RIP
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,850
    He was only 14 when he joined Free. Wrote All Right Now amongst other classics. Good bassist too.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,080
    terrific musician ... so young when he started! RIP
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    R.I.P.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    RIP
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,092
    That gig at the isle of wight in 1970 is amongst my favourite's. I missed my chance at meeting him at the Blues club a couple of years ago. Just loved the sound and driving bass playing that he developed. RIP fellow.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,393
    Child prodigy .. like many 60s/70s rockers, has died far too young .. RIP
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    He wrote All right Now at the age of 17.

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  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    One of my favorite bands. As a guitarist, Koss was my hero but Andy Fraser, what a bassist! RIP
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,152
    Sad news. RIP.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,923
    A true legend taken far too soon.

    RIP
  • Spanish
    Spanish Posts: 856
    R.I.P.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,196
    On Saturdays a Czech DJ buddy has his remarkable rock anorak show on Prague's Radio 1, and always marks the fall of a rock giant, and he's a big Free fan. He has the time to say more than a sentence, and today mentioned something about Andy Fraser that was certainly news to me - that he was a tireless campaigner against child trafficking, and even suggested that some of the lyrics contain references to child abuse - Wishing well was one of them. Sadly neither the Telegraph obituary nor even the Wiki page mentions this.

    It's always sad when our heroes fall but I feel especially touched by this one. Going to blast Fire and Water later and let the bass shake the entire house. RIP Andy
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    RIP
  • Eddie Firmani
    Eddie Firmani Posts: 650
    PragueAddick said:

    On Saturdays a Czech DJ buddy has his remarkable rock anorak show on Prague's Radio 1, and always marks the fall of a rock giant, and he's a big Free fan. He has the time to say more than a sentence, and today mentioned something about Andy Fraser that was certainly news to me - that he was a tireless campaigner against child trafficking, and even suggested that some of the lyrics contain references to child abuse - Wishing well was one of them. Sadly neither the Telegraph obituary nor even the Wiki page mentions this.

    It's always sad when our heroes fall but I feel especially touched by this one. Going to blast Fire and Water later and let the bass shake the entire house. RIP Andy

    Wishing Well was after he left the band wasn't it? Did he have any input into it?
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,196
    Eddie Firmani said:

    PragueAddick said:

    On Saturdays a Czech DJ buddy has his remarkable rock anorak show on Prague's Radio 1, and always marks the fall of a rock giant, and he's a big Free fan. He has the time to say more than a sentence, and today mentioned something about Andy Fraser that was certainly news to me - that he was a tireless campaigner against child trafficking, and even suggested that some of the lyrics contain references to child abuse - Wishing well was one of them. Sadly neither the Telegraph obituary nor even the Wiki page mentions this.

    It's always sad when our heroes fall but I feel especially touched by this one. Going to blast Fire and Water later and let the bass shake the entire house. RIP Andy

    Wishing Well was after he left the band wasn't it? Did he have any input into it?
    yes I guess it was. I will ask my mate where he got all that stuff from.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    RIP Andy Fraser. I was devastated as a teenage hippie when I read that Paul Kossof had died.
    Re: Wishing Well - I was under the impression that it was written by Paul Rogers and was about/to Paul Kossoff who struggled with his drug dependence until it killed him indirectly.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,196
    Downloaded Free Live - remastered over the weekend. Anyone on this thread who hasn't got it, I thoroughly recommend it. Two versions of Mr Big as a showcase for Andy. What a band.

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