The first Bad Company album in 1974 was also the first album released on Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song label and it was a big hit.
The single “Can’t Get Enough” was all over the radio and the band had a soulful hard rock groove led by the incredible vocals of Paul Rodgers and the riffs of Mick Ralphs. The four piece band was rounded out with Boz Burrell on bass and Simon Kirke on drums. They followed the initial “Bad Co.” effort with the “Straight Shooter”, “Run With the Pack”and “Burnin’ Sky” albums and they were immensely popular.
We sat straight back a little to the right of the Madison Square Garden stage for opener Climax Blues Band who, like headliner Bad Co., also got their share of radio airplay. At some point during the festivities we noticed that up to the left of us a seat was on fire and there were flames visible from a distance. No one was particularly disturbed at the sight of the small inferno inside the famed arena and as I recall the show went on uninterrupted.
No Smoke Without Fire
Rock on!
GQ
I was there!!!!….My Memory: After the concert I noticed numerous NYPD cars rushed away with sirens and flashing lights. Friends and I took the train home to learn Son Of Sam killed again, it was Stacy Moscowitz who would be his last before getting caught.