Artist

Paul Kossoff

Hampstead, United Kingdom · 1950 – 1976

Paul Kossoff is a musician from Hampstead, United Kingdom, active 1950–1976. Their discography on Gatefold includes 1 record. They also recorded with Free, Black Cat Bones, Kossoff / Kirke / Tetsu / Rabbit and Back Street Crawler.

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Albums tracked

106

In collections

1950

Since

5 projects · 106 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

English guitarist and songwriter, born 14 Sep 1950 in North London.
Playing with Black Cat Bones at the age of 15 he met drummer & future Free bandmate Simon Kirke.
Kossoff is best known for his work with English heavies Free (April 1968-72).
Amid session work, he followed with a solo release, 1973's Back Street Crawler, and the forming of the short lived Back Street Crawler in 1975.
He died 19 Mar 1976 from a drug-related heart problem on a flight from Los Angeles to New York.

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