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My Take
Andy Fraser co-wrote All Right Now, and that one fact secures his immortality, since the song is among the most played rock tracks ever recorded. What floors me is that he co-founded Free and wrote that riff as a teenager, just fifteen when the band formed. His bass playing was melodic and spacious in a way few rock players attempt, leaving room rather than filling it. He died in 2015. Beyond Free he wrote for others and kept creating through serious illness and personal struggle. A quietly brilliant musician whose biggest hit overshadows how inventive a player he actually was.
Overview
Andrew McIan Fraser (3 July 1952 – 16 March 2015) was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist and co-composer for the rock band Free, which he helped found in 1968 when he was 15. He is known for writing the hit songs "All Right Now" and "Every Kinda People". He also founded the rock band Sharks after leaving Free in 1972.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andy Fraser
- Name (Japanese)
- アンディ・フレイザー・バンド(Andy Fraser Band)
- Reading
- あんでぃ・ふれいざー・ばんど(Andy Fraser Band)
- Born
- July 3, 1952 – March 16, 2015
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Paddington, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / bassist / songwriter / composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.