Andy Fraser of Free Dies at 62

Andy Fraser, bassist with Free and co-composer of the classic “All Right Now” died on March 16th  A cause of death was not immediately announced, but Fraser had been battling both cancer and AIDS recently.

Fraser was part of John Mayall‘s Bluesbreakers as a teenager before co-founding Free with Paul Rodgers in the late ’60s. A survivor of both cancer and AIDS, Andy was a strong social activist and defender of individual human rights,” announced an official statement on his death.

Glide had the honor of talking to Fraser in late November 2014 for perhaps one of his final interviews as part of our My Roots segment- please visit here to re-read it.