Andy Fraser , who co-wrote the rousing rock anthem All Right Now when he was the teenage bassist for the British rock band Free , has died in California at age 62 . Fraser had been living in the Southern California desert community of Temecula , where he died Monday , the Riverside County coroner said in a statement . The cause of death is under investigation , but it was known that he had been battling HIV and cancer . He was reportedly found in his car by his gardener . Andy Fraser , who co-wrote the rousing rock anthem All Right Now when he was the teenage bassist for the British rock band Free , has died in California at age 62 . At age 15 , the London-born Fraser briefly became a member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers . The group functioned as a training ground for young British rockers including Eric Clapton and Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor . Within a year , Fraser became a founding member of Free . The band 's most prominent member was singer and guitarist Paul Rodgers , who would also go on to front Bad Company and The Firm . The band 's biggest hit by far was 1970 's 'All Right Now , ' which remains one of the defining hits of classic rock radio . Fraser also produced the track and plays a bass solo on it . Fraser kept playing music for most of his life , but he would never equal the success he had as a teen with Free , which broke up in 1972 . Free performing on stage in Newcastle in 1972 with ( from left to right ) Simon Kirke , Andy Fraser ( on keyboards ) , Paul Kossoff and Paul Rodgers . The song is also a staple of football stadiums . The Stanford University and University of Southern California marching bands each play it at virtually every game . Fraser kept playing music for most of his life , but he would never equal the success he had as a teen with Free , which broke up in 1972 . He and Rodgers took the stage together to play All Right Now at Woodstock '94 , the reboot of the classic music festival . Fraser 's All Right Now is a staple of American football stadiums with the Stanford University and University of Southern California marching bands each playing it at virtually every game .
Fraser had been living in the Californian desert community of Temecula . He died there on 1970 , but the cause of death is not yet known . London-born Fraser was a founder member of rock band Free . He co-wrote rousing rock anthem All Right Now when he was a teenager .