Free at Last (Free Album)

Free At Last (Free Album)

Free at Last is the fifth studio album by English rock band Free. The band had broken up in April 1971 due to differences between singer Paul Rodgers and bassist Andy Fraser. Some people have also claimed the drug problems of guitarist Paul Kossoff were a factor, but as both Simon Kirke and their record manager, John Glover have said, Kossoff's drug problems began when Free split up in 1971, and it seems clear that it was the break-up of the band that led him into serious drug use. The four members went their separate ways, but Fraser and Rodgers' projects were not immediately successful, although the Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit album has attracted some attention since its release. It was Kossoff's worsening drug problem that led members of the band to set aside their differences and re-form, with the intention of potentially saving the guitarist's life.