Paul Rodgers and his wife Cynthia recently appeared as guests on Appetite for Distortion and talked about seeking support from Slash and Jimmy Page for Rodgers’ solo album.
Cynthia initially recalled how Paul had played with Slash at an award ceremony and continued:
“Recently, Paul was playing at the CMTs to honor Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd, and so we were in touch with Slash. I said to Slash, ‘So, are you going to do the CMT?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, I committed because they said Paul was doing it.’ I said, ‘Well, we’re talking to them, but we hadn’t committed.’ He went, ‘Oh.’ I said, ‘No, no, if you’re committed, we’ll commit, too.’ So we went and saw him there.”
She then reflected on how they asked the GNR guitarist and Page’s help to promote Rodgers’ latest record, ‘Midnight Rose’:
“He’s a good man, and in fact, when we reached out to friends to put it out on social media about the release of the album, we reached out to Jimmy Page. We reached out to Slash and a few other people. Slash and Jimmy were the ones who jumped on board and really promoted it. Slash, in particular, really got behind this album. He’s a good friend.”
Both Slash and Page posted on their Instagram to help Rodgers promote his album. When he put out the second single, ‘Take Love,’ Jimmy shared a post, expressing his excitement about the record’s release. Slash also posted in September when the full album came out to support his longtime friend.
The singer’s first collaboration with Slash came with his Grammy-nominated solo album, ‘Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters,’ released in 1993. Later, for Woodstock’s 25th anniversary in 1994, Rodgers assembled the Paul Rodgers Rock and Blues Revue, featuring drummer Jason Bonham, bassist Andy Fraser, Slash, and Schon, giving the two a chance to work together again.
His first joint effort with Page took place in 1983 during the ARMS charity concerts held in the United States. Following that, they co-founded the Firm in 1984 and subsequently released two albums: ‘The Firm’ in 1985 and ‘Mean Business’ in 1986.
You can check out the interview below.
