I had the good fortune to play and become friends with Koss...he was a very funny, creative dude...nicely skewed is how I describe him. I was a complete unknown when we met at Chris Wood's house, but he'd volunteer to help me with tracks whenever I asked, never asked to get paid...a real friend. He had an indelible influence on my playing. I miss him as much now as the day he died, but am delighted to find so much of him and his music here on youtube.

@GeordieGroundwater

2 жыл бұрын

That's a really beautiful comment. I'm kind of shocked nobody has thanked you for writing this until now, 11 years after you wrote it.

@mickleesongs

2 жыл бұрын

@@GeordieGroundwater Thank you, happy to hear it touched you. You may enjoy this, so far it's the only track I did with Koss that I've been able to rescue from my archives and polish up enough to post on my channel. Koss plays the acoustic, and he brought Andy with him to play bass. All the best to you! kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3VnqtV-lcngqM4.html

@Juergen.Scheiblhofer

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he knew how much influence his playing had and has on other musicians. He maybe did what he had to do - play guitar - in his unique way. I love his passion in the live performances. He'd gone much too early. It's a honor to be a friend of him. Great story. Love from Austria 🤘🏼♥️

@chriscschildmuller9614

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Just checked out your channel and so far I love it!

@judiheath5352

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky you, to have known him, and played w/ him! I too appreciate the good things u have said about Kids - I was too young back then to have travelled in those circles, but I sure wish I could have!!! At any rate, I still LOVE ALL HIS MUSIC, and will continue to search for more!!! This is a fantastic song, and I intend to check out more of your work. Thanks very much!!! 💜💜💜 - Judi Heath

Amazing after so many years my photos are still being circulated around the world, Thank God I had the opportunity to be there at that precious time, Long Live Paul Kossoff

Mr Kossoff = soul. He may not be the technocrat - just got the feel, sad to see so many wanabees think it's about how fast you play. Thanks for the post.

@rockdinosaur666

3 жыл бұрын

A handful of notes from Kossof is way better on the ear than a shredder's solo. Such a waste of talent.

I've been listening to Paul Kossoff for years ever since I was 15 I'm now 64

@trevorclarey3336

4 ай бұрын

Same here ,same age

I dont really see how Kossoff is so unknown he has the most beautiful playing style i have ever heard.... Jimmy Page wish's he was this good

@oki5289

3 жыл бұрын

...and Jimi Hendrix would have been proud on him.

@robertmudrow8034

2 жыл бұрын

Kossoff is famous you doughnut

@IronMonkee

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmudrow8034 to the older generation maybe.. you doughnut

@donjohn2695

Жыл бұрын

Joe bonnamassa Eric Clapton Gary rossington are all fans of Paul kossoff

@kuuleilani8

Жыл бұрын

If you listen closely ... Jimmy took many many Of Paul's Riffs n Leads.. They all did it back then

We miss you Kossoff =( .... the crowed cheered for you the loudest, you were loved and you moved people like you said you wanted to...you moved me and many other souls. RIP paul, my hero, you are a mover.

If my baby dont love me anymore, i know her sister will! Brilliant

I saw Back Street Crawler with my brother and some friends at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, UK 1975 or 76 and Koss was sober! One of the best gigs I've been to. Thanks to music I still feel alive but thanks to guitar based rock mostly.

@timoakes450

2 жыл бұрын

AH MEN -PLUG IN TURN IT UP -FRREEEEE BIRD

@gr8daysue838

Жыл бұрын

Awesome ohhhhhh

saw free 3 times in the early 70s and pauls playing made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, now 40 years on it still has the same effect, best band i've ever seen and best guitarist i've ever heard, r i p paul you were the best,

43 years ago today we lost an amazing talent in paul kossoff.the music lives on and always will.

@tonymcg56

4 жыл бұрын

The best guitarist ever!! RIP Paul

@mikecouzens8363

4 жыл бұрын

The music will always live on.an amazing talent taken way too soon.

Paul put his whole soul into each note, solo, and song. His approach to chording and soloing was so unique. His tone and style captured me long ago. What a great talent- RIP Paul.....

RIP Paul Kossoff thank you for sharing your god-given talent. ❤❤❤

Vibrato land ! oh my god Koss you are the man! If only you had stayed alive that little bit longer. Your guitar playing is unique

When Paul Kossoff died the band AC/DC were on their way from Australia to the UK to be the support band for Kossoff. Their current single was " It's a Long way To The Top ( if you want to Rock and Roll) ".

@KKTR3

4 ай бұрын

Few people know that I’ve known that since 1983

Oh wow.bless u man

i am 25, its so amazing what paul accomplished by the time he reached my age. it also makes me depressed to not have this talent in my generation

Awesome tone,feel,spirit,soul and balls-out blues!!! Paul gave us everything when he played!

You are a lucky guy. How wonderful. Love, V

Mere words cannot express how magical and amazing Paul Kossoff was. You just have to listen and feel it. Rest in peace dear, sweet, magical Koss. You're forever loved and missed. ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️

Paul Kossoff- jeden z mých nejmilejších kytaristu...každý ton si užívám...kytara tam zpívá..nádherný..

I wish I'd come across this when it was first posted. Paul Kossof had a profound effect on me, if that doesn't too dramatic, in that I was a budding guitarist in Summer 1970 when I saw Free live at the Guildford Civic - honestly the best concert I ever saw - and realised all the speed king shite I was failing at didn't matter, at all, if you had a great vib, phrasing and pure blues feel which Koss had in spades. I still listen to him now and feel the same.

paul koss an underated legend❤❤❤❤

Paul is famous for the notes he did no play, just like the Master of the Telecaster - Albert Collins, two great guitarists, RIP Paul and Albert, miss both of you.

I love this man. He had the blues running through his beautiful soul. Thank you Paul.

rare diamond this track ,hooked on koss's playing when i was thirteen, frikin 48 now,still stirs the soul like i was a teenager again

What a tune

Needed to listen to this after hearing some Roy Buchannan... appreciate Roy's skill, but he doesn't understand the power of absence and space, but Koss mastered it. Superb.

Absolutely love Free and Bad Co but have never heard this till last week. What a superb song, sound, tone and sublime playing by Kossoff.

Arguably Paul Kossoff could be the final boss to win guitar 🎸

The great thing about you tube and Vinyl shops and stalls, I am discovering stuff I somehow missed in my youth, buying it now and rediscovering music like this for the first time. Incredible really, I buy Koss the double album in 2014 and revel in it.

The man put such great feeling and soul into his playing. Some may say its blasphemy but I believe he's better than Clapton. Still dearly missed. RIP. Koss

@gregwinsett9

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Stephanski Totally Agree.

@philcliff5955

8 жыл бұрын

+myownkind myownkind yes

@colinhughes6088

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Stephanski miles better than Clapton totally eclipse if u ask me no pedals no boxes all soul fuck em

@johnbeloe

7 жыл бұрын

Colin Hughes apart from the phaser that's on through this whole song ;)

@mnbv990

7 жыл бұрын

Clapton is good, in the same that a trained car mechanic is ..Koss was transcendental..end of discucssion methinks!

Paul had to break away from Free to really get any attention. 'Back Street Crawler' were just incredible. I think it's ok to say he was the best in his Genre. Saddest day when he left us!

like his dad said "he's allright now" The greatest I know & I'm 59

poor koss playing this one on instinct and judging by the crowds reaction they were there for him alone this off the kossoff double album again brilliant

Just had to visit Kossoff today...needed some real music in my weary head

Nobody expressed more with less notes than Koss... RIP

The style is a dreary brooding blues something like Trower without flash that makes it distinct and unmistakeable being his signature style . Many came and went but the band Free was a special outfit The bass and six string wailing sounds hook up is serious cool and once the frontman sings it’s Free of all the bs and is pure . Currently taking all I can in the style phrasing , articulating , and the natural vibrato that permeates . Cliche riffs turn magic non cliche with this guitarist . Thank God he is not forgotten .

@1wirey

2 жыл бұрын

Trower entered my head too as I was listening to this.

@gmedeiros5748

2 жыл бұрын

A bit definitely It was a vibe in the day and the bands had this sense of what was right . The pretty things did sone nice work in the same way as also a few other bands You can hear where the vibe is coming from .it’s all about the cool .

@donjohn2695

Жыл бұрын

Backstreet crawler was trying to capture the groove free had

If you love this band and want to know more about them check out the book Heavy Load. I highly recommend it. Tells their story very well.

@mjh5437

3 жыл бұрын

Yes,excellent book.

how can you NOT like this? strange.

you know that feeling someone walks over your grave that cold shock you want to cry koss

1975. I saw them later on thhat tour and this track was a standout.

This is so good and addiction is were I've come from Paul p Birmingham England ❤🌞👍👍 rest in peace god bless you

Great Music!! Timeless! Thanx for sharing it. ( I've put the "like" N. 666 here.... )

Cool track. Thx for posting

@mentallyunstable5238

4 жыл бұрын

ruffdiamondz old comment

Proof that less is more

very good.......................................................................................

Great one!!! Thanx!!!

"a tortured soul connects like a winded leaf held by a twig ,fading,Falls cold dusk blows it away " " Lord Byron of DoMazz

privately I think God knew became a disciple pure feel soul king koss

PK....tone & timing. Sweet.

Straordinaria eccellenza 2023...

boy this is some rare tracking!listen to that leslie!!!!

Pure Class

sounds like he's using a strat here! Sounds amazing.

Hermosa guitarra 🎸💕♥

killer song

GREAT!

Fantastic ✔️🎸🎶

Superb

A lost soul 💔

His guitar is owend by the hard rock cafe vault on youtube

Si Paul no hubiese muerto a los 26 años, después de Hendrix, habría sido el mejor guitarrista del mundo.

young talented guitarist. pitty he died too young i had double album vinnyl kossoff cover album colour Red i found it at the antiq shop street surabaya central jakarta menteng.

Que grande

Should I listen to it a third time?

@rewing4880

6 жыл бұрын

Back for another ride...

Free the best

❤

singer isa pure rodgers clone, and not a bad one either :) koss is ethereal, smooth feeling, beautiful.

R.I.P.Paul, It's a long way down into a black hool! Schwarzchild knew!

Lyrical. Trowerish. Relaxed..

Remember seeing on old Grey Whistle test with Keith Richards one of the saddest interviews 😢

@semrete GOD BLESS U RAJESH

What year is this? Really modern sounding compared to the stuff I've heard from Koss. That lead starting around 3:45 is absolutely golden. Koss played so clean, and with so much damn soul. I need to listen to this man more.

@rockdinosaur666

3 жыл бұрын

Must be around 75.

MY MOST FAVORITE GUITARIST, PAUL KOSSOF. 🤗😎😋💪❤💪

Paul's father used to tour this monologue about Paul around the schools: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpZ1yc1wY8WfosY.html

koss liked his phaser around this time

@Deliquescentinsight

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I thought sounds like an MXR phase 90 they were big in the 70's

Paul's tone is magical here. Whats he using?

😎🎸🇬🇷🎼👍👌👏👏👏

As a Blues-Rocker myself with nearly 50 years as a guitarist, I'm gonna say this: No one could touch Clapton while he was in Cream. He was better by far than Hendrix. Free came along just after Cream broke up. They had more competition that Cream ever did. Cream kicked the doors off their hinges to make way for every Blues-Rock band that came after. Free, Ten Years After, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, the list goes on. It didn't take Clapton long to completely lose his way as far as a guitarist goes. His piss-poor first solo album gives ample evidence of that. He was brilliant, if a little restrained, in Blind Faith . . and great with the Dominoes, up to a point. But he never played as well as he did with Cream for the next 40-odd years! And his choice of guitars, amps, and effects left much to be desired as well. I don't think there'd be ONE Cream fan who wasn't totally disappointed when Eric turned up at the Cream re-union with that shit-box Strat plugged into that pus-bucket Fender amp. He hasn't played a decent note since he switched to playing Strats. I'm far from alone in that opinion. Unlike his two main rivals, Koss and Jimi, Eric didn't die from the drugs he was doing. He was left in the unenviable position of having nowhere to go after hitting the top, but down to the bottom. I believe Koss was somewhat overshadowed in Free by the vocal brilliance of Paul Rodgers. As another commenter noted below, Koss was simply brilliant in Back Street Crawler . . as he definitely was in Free as well . . but by then the drugs wouldn't let him perform to his best. I think it's great that so many previously bootleg live videos and recording are still surfacing that show Koss at his unfettered best. So, who's better? Line ball for me, if we look at the best work from both men. Cream vs Free. Better I reckon to just enjoy and soak up both players' music.

@xblood1978

5 жыл бұрын

Clapton wasn't better than Jimi by a long stretch he was piss poor in comparison Jimi came on the scene and showed Clapton what playing the guitar was about as well as composing some amazing lyrics and chordal structures that to this day still stand the test of time check Axis Bold as Love.. Clapton became a shit guitarist because he knew he could never compete with the likes of Peter Green Paul Kossoff or Jimi Hendrix little did he know none of them would have the lifeline he had as a guitarist... I personally liked his performance of Stormy Monday Blues on the Cream reunion shows... he played his heart out on that.. But Blind Faith? Really ? They were utter dogshite mate

@arthurblackhistoric

5 жыл бұрын

@@xblood1978 . . We need to look at Clapton's actual history. As a drug addict he wasn't thinking straight and the intense pressure placed on Cream meant he was on the verge of a breakdown by the time Cream imploded. Even when they announced they'd be splitting up, Robert Stigwood immediately organised a massive farewell tour to milk them for all they were worth. After Blind Faith were pushed into the limelight far too early . . again by Stigwood . . Eric was contacted by George Harrison who was touring with Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett and at George's suggestion Eric sat in on the tour. It was Delaney and Bonnie's band that played on Eric's first solo album and the core of that band became Derek and the Dominos. Unfortunately for the future of Rock music, Eric became enamoured with the music of The Band, in particular the Big Pink album. He began playing a Fender Stratocaster because Robbie Robertson used one. That detour ended up contributing to what many call Clapton's "wilderness years" . . with album after album of banal, dreary music. Heroin was the number one thing in his life prior to his going into rehab and spending time on the rehab farm. Unfortunately it also ruined his musical output. Then no sooner was he clean from heroin, than he became a serious alcoholic. That's another contributing factor to him losing his way. It took him years to dry out from that. The standout album was 461 Ocean Boulevard. Shortly after that good record, he slipped into alcoholism. Son, we're gonna have to agree to disagree on the subject of Clapton and Hendrix and which one was better than the other. So much utter garbage that Hendrix had been recorded playing but was never intended for release HAS been released over the decades and it's really eroded Jimi's reputation as a guitarist, due to the terrible playing on the recordings. Those who say he never played badly need to listen to the steady stream of crap records they released to cash in on him after his death. Eric had an insecurity problem and that was really exaggerated by the press into him being humiliated by Hendrix, but once the two became friends it was clear to all who could see that they were on an even pegging. I see the two as complete opposites. On the one hand we have the sloppy playing hippy with flashes of brilliance in Jimi, and on the other we have the driven perfectionist in Eric. On their best days, I give the nod to Eric. Feel free to disagree but please don't gypsy curse me like one other idiot did years ago when I suggested that Gary Moore was better than Hendrix.

@xblood1978

5 жыл бұрын

@@arthurblackhistoric to me there's alot of people dont actually listen to what Jimi did record in his time and I mean the first 3 experience ...Axis and Electric Ladyland they maybe hear purple Haze or star spangled Banner and think that's Jimi...I'm not suggesting you are like this but merely there are alot of people who've never actually sat down with the albums and really listened to what he did ...My dad is one of these... Axis Bold as Love to me is the most genius guitar driven record of that time I think by a long shot and I love Creams output too ....but to listen to it as a guitarist he was way beyond anything at the time and alot of what is about now .. Clapton was great but mainly a blues player Jimi was driving forward take a listen to the guitar apreggios in the song Axis Bold as Love it would be another 15 years before people really started doing that again....Or his chord choices on Angel... Little Wing or Drifting.. the man was a pure genius..his backwards solos in which he would write out backwards so that when they turned the tape around he had the perfect order and phrasing of notes but the backwards sound these are the things that made Jimi great ....he could also be increasingly sloppy live but only because he was driving towards the unknown in a big way and taking chances when he played it straight he tore the roof of the place ... He was a very technical well learned guitarist too and could play his guitar both left handed or right handed and with the strings on upside down or the right way up I went to a show where his brother explained that and apparently his dad didn't see it as right him playing the guitar left handed and if he caught him Jimi would get the belt so he forced himself to learn it right handed to please his dad and save himself a beating. I'm a guitar player myself and to this day Jimis talent amazes me...he was one of a kind ...the kind of which dont seem to exist anymore

@arthurblackhistoric

5 жыл бұрын

@@xblood1978 . . Eric's biggest problem was that he survived his excesses while too many others didn't. Had he died of an overdose like Jimi did, the world would revere him every bit as much as they do Jimi. I listened to all Hendrix's albums when they first came out and I may have been too young at 16 to fully appreciate them. I was 17 when he died. Then out came all the "lost" recordings that should've stayed lost! I was lucky to hear The Bluesbreakers Featuring Eric Clapton when that record first came out and I took straight to it, even as a 13 year old. We had a Blues program on the radio on Monday nights that I listened to and they played "Key To Love" and "Have You Heard" from the album and it was mind-blowing! Then Clapton joined Cream and of course I followed him on with that. There were two main camps in Rock music in the 1960s. The rough and ready style typified by the Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Kinks etc. Then there was the more polished side of Rock, spearheaded by The Beatles, Manfred Mann, The Hollies, etc. Then when the guitar heroes came on the scene, I think those two camps aligned themselves with either Clapton or Hendrix, depending on whether they liked their music rough or slick. We'd love one and tolerate the other. At least that's how it was in my neighbourhood and at my high school. With decades of listening based on personal preferences, I doubt anyone who came up in the way I did will suddenly "discover" Hendrix after decades of overlooking him. In my opinion the best guitarist at Woodstock wasn't Jimi . . It was Alvin Lee by a country mile! That's how I roll and I mean no offence to anyone with a contrary opinion to mine.

@xblood1978

5 жыл бұрын

@@arthurblackhistoric Jimi didn't die of an Overdose and according to Medics at the time his lungs were completely drowned in Red wine something he didn't drink...His manager Mike Jefferies had ties with the Mafia and other shady organisations and Jimi wanted out of his contract with him...it was decided he would be better off dead to Jefferies than alive ...Alot of people know this now and his brother openly talks of it ... Some of the recordings in the last 20 years released and produced by Eddie Kramer his original producer have been mindblowing ...Angel...Pali Gap...Drifting are all totally beautiful and would have been on Jimis album he was writing and recording when he died I'm glad they have been released but yeah there has been some shite too..As for Alvin yes he was a complete master at what he did i.e the blues as was Johnny Winter but this is what I was saying before to pigeon hole Jimi as a straight blues guitarist is to discredit him and any guitarist who's actually sat down and listened to his chord voicings and scales will know he doesn't really belong in that category although he was good at it ...he was using Dorian Mixolydian and Aeolyian modes when the only other guitarists using them were Jazz or Classical and his chord voicings were completely unique ... I'm not talking about Hey Joe or Purple Haze or the other hits that he was told to write I'm talking about drifting or Bold as love or Pali Gap this is what makes him a great all round guitarist not just blues ....In the category of people who used the blues scales Peter Green was a better guitarist than both Clapton and Jimi and Kossoff was the most feelingful and he is what this video is all about not Jimi or Clapton so lets leave it like you say you will never be converted ... It's like my Dad to him Jimi was just a showman who did tricks with the guitar and yet couldn't play to great and yet he's never actually heard anything just Smash Hits and the first album...well I've heard all Jimi and all Clapton and dissected what they do and clapton just noodles around the Blues scale very loudly trying to be Freddie King who by the way pisses all over Clapton on Tone and Technique

Who's singing ? It's a great match ...

@portcullis5622

4 жыл бұрын

Terry Wilson-Slesser.

Who's that cheeky chap with Koss ?

@johnwinger2240

4 жыл бұрын

Kirke

prove it

what happened to music... everything is processed now, just run through a computer. This generation is going nowhere, nothings original anymore.... I'm 18 years old

@hermanhelmich

7 жыл бұрын

snowblindwizard Typ in James Bell. Rock bottom Just one example There's so many.... But first. James Bell rock bottom,

@underworldent4817

4 жыл бұрын

@@hermanhelmich nonsense

Personally I much prefer Koss to his idol Clapton. There, I said it 🤭

@Pdoolesct

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!!!! I feel the same!!!

@davidemargiotta981

4 жыл бұрын

Me too By far

@davidmonaghan172

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard Eric play? Listen to Rory Gallagher, he blows everyone away.

@lassesuurmunne8340

3 жыл бұрын

David Monaghan Rory is my favorite right after Koss 🎉. This stuff is all subjective ✌️. Koss just moves me like no other personally. I’ve never cared about who’s “best”. Doesn’t really even exist. Everyone has their own voice and Koss’s voice just speaks to me. Eric is amazing but doesn’t speak to me like Koss or Rory or Kirwan or Green. Danny Kirwan is also criminally underrated in my opinion. Again my opinion. Subjective. It’s like talking about favorite beers or women who are your type personally.

@judiheath5352

2 жыл бұрын

I agree !!! Clapton should idolize Koss!!💜

Its a Koss thing

Could you imagine Joe Walsh laying down a guitar part to to that rhythm?

Kossof was god.

I came to the right place. Kossof way better than the multimillionaire Clapton.

best guitarist ever. personally better than hendrix and all that lot.

@cgavin1

7 жыл бұрын

No. Sorry. I am the hugest fan of Kossoff but Hendrix was pure genius tried and tested. Kossoff was clearly a genius too, but he never had the chance to mature. Got to be honest.

@legatou

7 жыл бұрын

i'm a FREE fanatic, best band ever step on earth....but it's a funny crazy thing to say about kossof and hendrix :-) ...but probably i also enjoy more Free & Kossof then hendrix...but jimi was a killer, the best guitar hero

@JoJo-Hamilton

6 жыл бұрын

Geniuses in their own right! :-)

@xblood1978

5 жыл бұрын

Paul worshipped Hendrix and was devestated when he died but it's like comparing Chalk and cheese they are both totally amazing guitarists as was Peter Green from that Era from the late 60's those 3 I think were the masters and all had their own unique style ....I dont compare either of them it's impossible and a very odd comment to write about Paul and Jimi

@knawl

4 жыл бұрын

@@xblood1978 well said, when talent gets to a certain point there is no best. Jimi was unique, extremely innovative, though you can see what shoulders he rode on. Peter Greene and Kossoff were so expressive, you can feel the gut wrenching soulfulness just oozing out of their every note.

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TERRIFIC!!!!

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