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" With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only song that stayed from our blues past was 'The Hunter' by Albert King. People just loved that. And I said, 'We have to write a song that will top that - otherwise, what are we doing here?' That was the birth of 'All Right Now.' "

Paul Rodgers

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Past

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Paul Rodgers

Singing

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Paul Rodgers

Kid

Rock

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