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==1980s: Solo career and the Firm== In October 1983, Rodgers released his first solo LP ''[[Cut Loose]]''. He composed all of the music and played all of the instruments. The album reached number 135 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cut-loose-mw0000263193|title=Cut Loose β Paul Rodgers β Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> When his friend [[Jimmy Page]] started to come around to his house, guitar in hand and [[Led Zeppelin]] at an end, the duo's first live pairing was on the US ARMS (Action Research into Multiple Sclerosis) Tour, which had first been mooted by [[Eric Clapton]] and besides Rodgers and Page included [[Jeff Beck]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Steve Winwood]] and others. The inspiration behind ARMS had been former [[Small Faces]]/Faces member [[Ronnie Lane]]'s own struggle with MS. That led to Rodgers and Page's further teaming in the group [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]], which resulted in two albums and two tours. Critics' reception of the band was sometimes scathing (one review used the term "supersludge") and also mixed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9120045/the-pittsburgh-press/ |author=Bishop, Pete |title=Once show began, Firm wasn't super or supersludge |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |date=6 May 1985 |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> Even so, the Firm's two albums, ''[[The Firm (album)|The Firm]]'' and ''[[Mean Business]]'', achieved moderate sales success<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1986-03-15/billboard-200|title=Billboard 200|date=15 March 1986|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> and produced the radio hits "[[Radioactive (The Firm song)|Radioactive]]", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", and, in the UK, "[[All the King's Horses (The Firm song)|All The King's Horses]]". During that same period, a series of albums were produced called ''Willie and the Poor Boys.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Willie and the Poor Boys|url=http://billwyman.com/audio/willie-and-the-poor-boys/|publisher=BillWyman.com}}</ref> Rodgers and Page were briefly part of this and recorded "[[These Arms of Mine (Otis Redding song)|These Arms of Mine]]", an [[Otis Redding]] tune. The recording also became a video promoting the CD.
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