A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”

Mick Ralphs, founding guitarist for the rock band Bad Company whose warm power chords and understated melodies punctuate global mega-hits "Feel Like Makin' Love," "Ready for Love" and "Movin' On," has died,

A song from a Mott the Hoople album helped spawn the formation of Bad Company more than 50 years ago. In 1972, the song “Ready for Love” appeared on the Mott the Hoople album All the Young Dudes with a segue into an epic instrumental,