Paul Rodgers is 65 today. Here he is with Bad Company performing the title track from the band’s eponymous first album, thought at the time (back in 1974) to represent a backlash against Prog Rock.

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Paul Rodgers is 65 today. Here he is with Bad Company performing the title track from the band’s eponymous first album, thought at the time (back in 1974) to represent a backlash against Prog Rock.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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