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Francis Rossi on the Status Quo groove, Kempers, and his relationship with the late Rick Parfitt
The Quo’s motormouthed frontman had no intention of releasing a new solo album. But with The Accidental, Francis Rossi tells us he’s stumbled across his best work yet
![Rick Parfitt [left] and Francis Rossi give their Telecasters a good thrashing during a 2010 live performance in Perth, Australia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kUajqnE4SGm6cLFQRTgaEi-840-80.jpg.webp)
Francis Rossi opens up on the internal tensions between Status Quo’s two guitar greats
A decade on since Rick Parfitt's death, Rossi reveals how the Quo wasn't big enough for the both of them
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Francis Rossi: “You really need to be a s**t-hot player to make a Telecaster sound good. Particularly when playing lead”
Status Quo’s Francis Rossi on baiting the purists, swapping guitars with Badfinger, and why he’s not an all-time-great Tele player
Status Quo's Francis Rossi: "I put a Tune-o-Matic bridge on my Tele like the old Gibsons. I think all that stuff, and taking off the lacquer, added to the tone"
How a hardware calamity led the Quo legend towards the Telecaster
Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi’s green Tele fetches more than $150,000 at auction
Other instruments on the block included a KK Downing Hamer Mini V and George Harrison Zemaitis acoustic
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