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Andrew McIan Fraser (3 July 1952 – 16 March 2015) was a British musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist and co-composer for the rock band Free, which he helped found in 1968 when he was 15.
Andy Fraser left the band in 1972 and formed Sharks. Free recorded one more album, Heartbreaker, before disbanding in 1973; Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to co-form the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company. [8] Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler in 1973, but died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25 in 1976. [9]
Andy Fraser had originally contacted Chris Spedding, in July 1971, to discuss playing in his first post-Free band, Toby. When Fraser formed Sharks a year later, he contacted Spedding again and, this time, they agreed to work together. Fraser had already recruited his friend Marty Simon, so auditions were held for a singer to complete the line-up.
It was released as the album's lead single in March 1978. The song was written by Andy Fraser. [6] Original version. The song reached number 53 in the United ...
In April 1968, Kossoff and Kirke teamed up with Paul Rodgers (vocals) and Andy Fraser (bass) to form Free.They toured for two years, during which they recorded two albums: Tons of Sobs (1968) and Free (1969).
It didn’t take long for producers Andy Fraser and David Crockett to fall in love with his story and hatch a plan to build a movie around it. Though it went through various phases, it eventually ...
Andy Fraser and Katie Politanoff executive produce the documentary through their A Really Good Home Pictures banner. “It was an honor to document her courageous battle,” said Davis, CEO of ...
According to drummer Simon Kirke, "All Right Now" was written by Free bassist Andy Fraser and singer Paul Rodgers in the Durham Students' Union building, Dunelm House. [12] He said: "'All Right Now' was created after a bad gig in Durham. We finished our show and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps.