Pete McMurray Show

Singer Paul Rodgers on suffering a series of strokes (he's since recovered) "I lost the power of speech. It's very strange because you go into this world where you know what you want to say but when it comes out 'what the heck did I just say?!?'"

Episode Notes

Paul Rodgers is the voice of Rock n Roll.  LOVE Paul
Free, Bad company , The Firm - All right Now, Feel like making love, Can’t get enough ... so many wonderful songs
Paul is back - his first solo album in 25 years - it’s called Midnight Rose

Paul Talks:
-New album and how he chose songs 
-He quotes writer Stephen Hunter "Well those that the gods are going to destroy, first they make proud" 
-The band recording together and remotely 
-Paul's 'memory keeper' Cynthia 
-He suffered a series of strokes where he couldn't speak or sing
-How he used 'hyper barracks' during recovery
-'All Right Now' by the band Free is still played on every rock station in the US
-Bad Company songs being played to this day too
-How the lyrics 'I can't love you if you keep running away' came about
-Where did the title Midnight Rose 
 

Paul's new album