Paul Rodgers

Some people would say that I'm too young to know who Paul Rodgers is, and yet here we are! Most people of my generation will know him without realising they know him, as he is the lead singer of a band called 'Free' whose most famous song is probably "All Right Now".

I must admit, Paul Rodgers is a very recent edition to my music knowledge and taste because  I won tickets to see him live in Blackpool (courtesy of Planet Rock's VIP section on their website) and then actually looked him up, listened to a few tracks, and found out he was known for having one of the best voices in rock. Then I went to see him and have been completely hooked ever since!

His voice is bluesy and is always at the perfect pitch, he didn't put a note wrong singing live! Which just shows that he is in a different league vocally compared to other musicians of the era (for example Joe Elliot - who was the support act at this gig - lead singer of Def Leppard, who cannot recreate the sound from their records live)

If anything, in fact, since the gig I have continued to listen to the various studio albums featuring Paul Rodgers and he is actually better live, which is almost unheard of in the music industry!

Isn't it funny how someone you've only just discovered seems to then end up popping up everywhere? Well, being also a relatively new fan of the band 'Queen' (thanks to 'We Will Rock You' the musical) I discovered that within the last few years Paul Rodgers went on tour with Queen because he was the only person who could possibly come close to filling the role of the late Freddie Mercury.

Paul is also very skilled with the microphone stand, throwing it in the air then catching it and such, which adds to his great charisma on stage.

I recommend that you listen to some Paul Rodgers music, both his 'Free' music and his new band of a few years 'Bad Company', my particular favourites being:

'Feel Like Makin' Love'

'Shooting Star'

'Bad Company'

'Mr. Midnight'

'Wishing Well'

'My Brother Jake'