Looking back across the last 60-odd years of rock music‚ you’d be hard-pressed to find a harder-hitting and groovier drummer than Simon Kirke. Born in Lambeth‚ London‚ England‚ but deeply influenced by American R&;B‚ Motown soul‚ and British Invasion ’60s rock‚ Kirke upended the drum paradigm with his band Free (think “All Right Now” and “Fire and Water”) in an era when rock music‚ save for the likes of Carmine Appice and John Bonham‚ featured either spastic types or soft-hitting‚ jazzier players. But don’t get it twisted—there’s nothing wrong with jazz fills or frenetic flourishes ala Mitch Mitchell‚ Giner Baker‚ The post Simon Kirke Of Bad Company: 10 Albums That Changed My Life appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.