Free at Last
Free At Last was a short-lived band project around the blues musician Alexis Korner in the late 1960s.
history
After Korner dissolved Blues Incorporated in 1967 , he soon formed the band Free At Last along with former drummer for John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers , Hughie Flint , and Binky McKenzie on bass. Together the trio only released one single, Rosie / Rock Me .
According to Alexis Korner's "Roots Chart" in the album "Bootleg Him", this formation also included: Marsha Hunt, Victor Brox , Cliff Barton and Gerry Conway.
Soon after, Binkie McKenzie was sentenced to a long prison term for murder, and Korner broke up the band. Hughie Flint then founded the band McGuinness Flint together with guitarist Tom McGuinness . Alexis Korner founded the band New Church in 1968 together with the former guitarist of the Danish blues band Beefeaters , Peter Thorup , which existed only for a short time, but released at least one album.
Alexis Korner gave the band Free its name based on this project. The bassist and co-founder of Free, Andy Fraser , met Korner's daughter Sappho at Hammersmith's College of Further Education and, as a child of divorce, accepted Korner more as a father figure than his biological father.
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- http://theafterword.co.uk/content/binky-mckenzie-lost-legends-discography-really-only-two-records
- http://alexis-korner.net/who.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical article and section on Free on andyfraser.com ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
