Editing Paul Rodgers (section)

==1970s: Bad Company==
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[[File:At Tenerife 2023 048.jpg|thumb|right|Guitar used by Rodgers, on display at the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] in [[Tenerife|Tenerife, Canary Islands]]]]
Rodgers formed his next band, [[Bad Company]], with [[Mick Ralphs]], former guitarist of [[Mott the Hoople]]. The line-up also included Free drummer [[Simon Kirke]], and [[Boz Burrell]], former vocalist and bassist of [[King Crimson]]. Rodgers said that he and Ralphs were still trying to come up with a name for the band, "and I just said 'Bad Company', and there was this scuffling noise and he said, 'Sh_, I dropped the phone—that's it!{{'"}}<ref name=BadCo-name>{{cite web|last=Wardlaw|first=Matt|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-rodgers-interview-2013/|title=Paul Rodgers on Bad Company Tour: 'It's Good to Be Back Together'|website=[[Townsquare Media|Ultimate Classic Rock]]|date=8 May 2013|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>

Bad Company was the first act signed to [[Led Zeppelin]]'s new record label, [[Swan Song Records|Swan Song]]. They toured from 1973 to 1982, and had several hits including "[[Feel Like Makin' Love (Bad Company song)|Feel Like Makin' Love]]", "[[Can't Get Enough (Bad Company song)|Can't Get Enough]]", "[[Shooting Star (Bad Company song)|Shooting Star]]", "[[Bad Company (song)|Bad Company]]", and "Run with the Pack". Rodgers played instruments on several tracks: "Bad Company" and "Run with the Pack" featured him on piano; "[[Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy|Rock and Roll Fantasy]]" on guitar; and on the ballad "Seagull" Rodgers played all of the instruments. Bad Company earned six platinum albums until Rodgers left in 1982, stating that he wanted to spend time with his young family.

It was revealed in April 2011 that after [[Jim Morrison]]'s death in 1971, the rest of [[The Doors]] wanted Rodgers to replace him. [[Robby Krieger]] flew to England to personally offer him the job. However, Rodgers has said that he was off the grid in a very rural area at the time, and the moment passed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/paul-rodgers-reveals-that-the-doors-wanted-him-to-replace-jim-morrison/ |title=Paul Rodgers Reveals That The Doors Wanted Him to Replace Jim Morrison |date=4 April 2011 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_doors_considered_paul_rodgers_to_replace_jim_morrison.html |title=The Doors Considered Paul Rodgers to Replace Jim Morrison |publisher=Ultimate-Guitar.com |access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> In late 1973, Rodgers was asked to become the singer of [[Deep Purple]] when [[Ian Gillan]] had left the band. He rejected their offer in order to start [[Bad Company]].