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Simon Frederick St George Kirke (* 28. Juli 1949 in Lambeth , London ) ist ein britischer Schlagzeuger , der mit den Rockbands Free und Bad Company bekannt wurde. Inhaltsverzeichnis
Simon Frederick St George Kirke (born 28 July 1949) is an English musician who was the co-founder, drummer, and only continuous member of the rock supergroup Bad Company. Prior to forming Bad Company he was the drummer and co-founder of Free .
Simon Kirke is best known for his powerful back beat drumming. He is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He cowrote "Bad Company" with Paul Rodgers as well as most of the songs on his three solo albums. Though Simon's main commitment is with Bad Company he has done three tours with Ringo Starr's All Starr Band and performs his own solo shows.
24. Okt. 2011 · Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke has contributed more than a solid backbeat to the group's sound. In nearly 40 years with Bad Co., he's been involved on the back end, helping to co-write several ...
Simon Kirke is the only member of Bad Company who’s been in every lineup of the band. In addition to his work with Free and Bad Company, Simon has guested on a long list of recordings by other artists over the years, including albums by Wilson Pickett, Faces, Gov’t Mule, Jim Capaldi and Ron Wood, among countless others and he is often found ...
Meanwhile, Kirke’s reaction to being reunited with the instrument threw up a range of emotions. “I had mixed feelings really, anything connected with Paul Kossoff invokes different types of feelings,” he admits. “He took me under his wing when I came down to London from the countryside back in ‘68. He was a good friend to me and of course I witnessed his descent into drug addiction ...
18. März 2015 · Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke comment on death of bassist at 62. Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke have led tributes to former Free bandmate Andy Fraser, who died on Monday aged 62. His passing was confirmed last night. No cause of death has been reported, but he’d been dealing with AIDS and cancer for many years. Singer Rodgers said simply ...
21. Apr. 2010 · 1970 was the year U.K. blues-rock sodbusters Free soared to unimaginable heights and then crashed in a fiery heap. Formed two years earlier, Free — comprised of singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Paul Kossoff, bassist Andy Fraser and drummer Simon Kirke — had spun the raw, organic dirt of its proto-metal sound into gold with the smash-hit single “All Right Now.”
Simon Kirke and Paul Rodgers, 2019. Simon Kirke offered his perspective on Bad Company’s legacy and about the “heartbreaking” condition of his longtime bandmate, Mick Ralphs, in a wide-ranging 2020 interview. He also talked about the serendipity of a flip of a coin that started his career and ultimately led to the formation of Free.
17. Apr. 2015 · Classic Rock. Fire And Water: The Making Of Free's Masterpiece. By Mick Wall. ( Classic Rock ) published 17 April 2015. “We had the whole world in the palm of our hands in 1970. That’s what it felt like,” says Free drummer Simon Kirke. “And we let it blow away.”. For those of us whose memories are longer than our hair these days, 1970 ...
23. März 2010 · Drummer Simon Kirke is a founding member of two of the most legendary bands of his generation, FREE and BAD COMPANY.In an interview with "Long Live Rock" on Blog Talk Radio, he recalled the ...
2. Aug. 2019 · Friday, August 2, 2019. By Will Harris. Simon Kirke’s career in music stretches back to his early teens, which means that he’s been sitting behind a drum kit for 50 years at this point, but you’ll be pleased to know that he’s not only still playing but, indeed, estimates that he’s playing better now than he did when he was half his ...
21. Sept. 2023 · The Birth of Bad Company (1973): Out of the ashes of Free, a new rock powerhouse emerged: Bad Company. Kirke, along with Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, and Boz Burrell, formed this supergroup, taking the music world by storm. Their eponymous debut album, “Bad Company,” was a massive success, yielding classics like “Can’t Get Enough” and ...
11. Dez. 2023 · Simon Kirke Of Bad Company: 10 Albums That Changed My Life. Looking back across the last 60-odd years of rock music, you’d be hard-pressed to find a harder-hitting and groovier drummer than Simon Kirke. Born in Lambeth, London, England, but deeply influenced by American R&B, Motown soul, and British Invasion ’60s rock, Kirke upended the ...
Simon Kirke was born in Lambeth, South London, England on July 28, 1949 and spent his first seventeen years living with his parents and two brothers in a primitive cottage, in the very small village of Clun in Shropshire, England, which had no electricity or running water. As a child, Simon sang the solo lead in his church’s Christmas performance of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ each ...
7. Dez. 2020 · By 1980, drummer Simon Kirke had topped the charts with not one, but two legendary rock ‘n’ roll bands: Free, whose seminal hit “All Right Now” has been a go-to feel-good hit since its release in 1970, and Bad Company, the greatest hits of which are burned into the brains of anyone who came of age during the classic rock era.
30. Nov. 2023 · Drummer Simon Kirke has indicated that his band, Bad Company, is done. During an appearance on the Bob Lefsetz Podcast, Kirke was asked if Bad Company would ever perform again. “Honestly, I ...
1. Apr. 2014 · Simon Kirke. Classic rockers Bad Company are celebrating 40 years this year, and the band have just released their Official 40th Anniversary music documentary, which is also available as a Classic Rock fan pack. Simon Kirke, one of the UK’s greatest ever rock drummers, was behind the kit with BadCo, as well as Free with Paul Rodgers beforehand.
Determined to be a full-time drummer, Simon left school at the age of 17 and moved to London, where he lived with a relative. He held down a several menial jobs to pay monthly bills, and in early 1968, Simon Kirke joined Paul Kossoff of the blues band, The Black Cat Bones as their drummer. Simon and Paul Kossoff left the band a few months later ...
10. Feb. 2017 · Simon Kirke's new studio album, "All Because Of You", can be streamed in its entirety using the YouTube playlist below. The disc is being released today (Friday, February 10) via The End Records ...
