I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s mystery artists were set to go out on the third tour in four years when one band member looked at the grueling schedule and said, I’m out,  I can’t do this anymore.  Think you know who the artist is or his bandmates left in the lurch?? 

This from an interview just this week with the Sun Chronicle,  Paul Rogers was retelling this story of Bad Companies latest tour exploits. You see, just one day after announcing that his band, Bad Company, would tour this summer with Joe Walsh, the group encountered an unexpected obstacle - guitarist Mick Ralphs had decided against doing the tour. Obviously, this came as a big surprise to Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers.

"I just said, 'Well, Mick, we announced the tour yesterday. What are we going to do?'" Rodgers said in a recent phone interview. "He said, 'Well, I took one look at the schedule and I just couldn't feel I could make it.' And I said, 'Well, I understand.' It is grueling to be on the road. I forget how old he is now (72, actually), but no one's getting any younger, are we?"

Fortunately, according to the SC,  it didn't take Rodgers long to think of a Plan B. He had met former Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson at a tribute event for Jimmy Page (the Led Zeppelin guitarist who was also in the band The Firm with Rodgers).

Rodgers has led Bad Company on several tours since then, and this summer's co-headlining run with Walsh marks the third outing in four years. But the singer is making no promises about how much more touring Bad Company will do.

"I think this is possibly one of the last tours we'll do as Bad Company, but we'll see how it pans out," Rodgers said. "No one's getting any younger, and I mean, Mick sort of flaking on us at the last minute like that, it makes you wonder how long are we going to do this?"

Good news is on I-95 they’ll be singing forever.  Here is tonight’s featured song with Rich Robinson.