Written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers for the band’s third album Fire and Water, the hard-rocking song peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1970. “All Right Now” became the band’s signature song as well as a classic rock anthem thanks in large part to guitarist Paul Kossoff’s iconic, driving guitar work.
The outlet noted that while Free was invited to play at Woodstock, the band turned the gig down. “And yet somehow, few licks define the spirit of the cultural revolution of the Woodstock generation more than ‘All Right Now’, despite it having not featured. It’s just two chords, strummed in a spirited fashion, but the effect is sensational,” the BBC music site added.
"All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser, and he started bopping around singing 'All Right Now,” Kirke recalled. “He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn't have taken more than ten minutes. Andy soon had the riffs worked out, and Paul came up with the words. That song changed our lives."
"Basically the chorus wrote itself, the chords took me about 10-15 minutes, and then Paul came up with the verses while he was waiting for a lift to a gig the next day,” he said of the song.
Free disbanded in 1973 singer-songwriter Rodgers famously went on to form Bad Company with Kirke. The singer also left “All Right Now” behind for nearly two decades.
Rodgers revealed that he finally agreed to perform "All Right Now," one of his best-known songs, after not playing it for 18 years. The moment came as Rodgers was playing a show in support of a Muddy Waters tribute album.
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