“Rock Steady” by Bad Company

Paul Rodgers wrote "Rock Steady" on his own, words and music, and it turned up on Bad Company's self-titled 1974 debut, the record that introduced the English hard rock supergroup and became only the second release on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label. The band cut the album in November 1973 at Headley Grange, working out of Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio.

The lineup is the whole pitch: Rodgers singing, Mick Ralphs on guitar, Boz Burrell on bass and Simon Kirke on drums, four players who know exactly how much to leave out. The band produced it themselves, with Ron Nevison recording and mixing and Ron Fawcus engineering, and the result is hard rock with the swagger kept on a short, steady leash.

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